CPT code 70548: Neck MRA, with contrast2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Virginia

In Virginia, Medicare pays $241.13 for 70548 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 70548 covers

This service is an MRI-based angiographic study of the arteries in the neck performed after contrast administration. It is commonly used to evaluate carotid and vertebral artery disease, including suspected stenosis, dissection, or aneurysm. A radiology technologist performs the acquisition, and a radiologist interprets the images and prepares the report. It may be performed in a hospital imaging department or an outpatient imaging center.

Choose this code when the documented study is MR angiography of the neck performed with contrast, rather than a soft-tissue neck MRI or a neck MRA performed without contrast. The order, imaging record, and interpretation should support the neck arterial anatomy examined and contrast use. Medicare recognizes professional and technical components: modifier 26 identifies the interpretation, modifier TC identifies the equipment and staff, and no component modifier represents the global service. The diagnostic imaging multiple procedure reduction applies to both the technical and professional components when applicable.

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 Virginia compares for 70548

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for 70548 runs from $216.49 in Arkansas to $334.49 in San Benito County, CA. Virginia pays $241.13. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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70548 rates by state

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How the 70548 rate is calculated

Each of 70548’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 70548

The CMS indicators that decide how 70548 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 26

Codes related to 70548

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

How 70548 has changed in Virginia

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Where the Virginia rate applies

Virginia is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 628 cities and communities in Virginia. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Abbs Valley
• Abingdon
• Accomac
• Adwolf
• Afton
• Alberta
• Aldie
• Allison Gap

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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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