CPT code 70545: Head MR angiography, with contrast2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in South Carolina

In South Carolina, Medicare pays $211.97 for 70545 in the office.

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Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

What 70545 covers

This service uses magnetic resonance imaging techniques and contrast to visualize arteries within the head. It may be performed to investigate suspected intracranial aneurysm, narrowing, or vascular malformation, or to assess known vascular disease. Imaging is typically performed in a hospital or outpatient imaging center, with a radiologist interpreting the study. It focuses on intracranial vessels rather than brain tissue or the arteries of the neck.

Choose this code when the documented head angiographic study uses contrast; use the corresponding head MRA code for a study without contrast or for imaging performed both without and with contrast. The order, imaging protocol, contrast documentation, and radiologist’s report should support the anatomy and contrast approach. The service has professional and technical components: report modifier 26 for interpretation, TC for equipment and staff, or neither modifier for the global service. When multiple diagnostic imaging procedures are reported, CMS’s multiple procedure reduction applies to both components.

This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.

How South Carolina compares for 70545

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for 70545 runs from $198.89 in Arkansas to $310.55 in San Benito County, CA. South Carolina pays $211.97. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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70545 rates by state

Office rate range in each state. Select a state to see its payment localities.

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How the 70545 rate is calculated

Each of 70545’s three RVUs is multiplied by a geographic index (GPCI) for the payment locality, added up, and multiplied by the conversion factor. Drag the indexes or enter a ZIP to see what moves the rate.

Payment rules and modifiers for 70545

The CMS indicators that decide how 70545 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 26

Codes related to 70545

Related codes aren’t interchangeable: bill the code that matches the service performed.

How 70545 has changed in South Carolina

Price 70545 for an earlier date of service

Where the South Carolina rate applies

South Carolina is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 475 cities and communities in South Carolina. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Abbeville
• Abney Crossroads
• Adams Run
• Aiken
• Alcolu
• Allendale
• Anderson
• Andrews

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Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indexes and the conversion factor. Services without a published rate are labeled, never given a made-up amount. Amounts are Medicare allowed amounts before claim adjustments: not a patient’s bill or a commercial rate.

CMS RVU26D · effective Oct 1, 2026 through the day before Jan 1, 2027

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