CPT code 70554: Functional brain MRI, technologist acquisition2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in North Dakota

In North Dakota, Medicare pays $374.39 for 70554 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 70554 covers

This service uses functional MRI to map brain activity associated with tasks, often to help plan surgery near areas involved in language or movement. A technologist conducts the imaging acquisition; the physician or psychologist interprets the study and prepares the report without attending the acquisition. It is commonly performed in a hospital or imaging center when a clinical team needs functional information for neurologic or neurosurgical evaluation.

Choose this code for functional rather than routine anatomic brain imaging, and retain documentation of the clinical purpose, acquisition, interpretation, and report. The global service is billed without a component modifier; modifier TC identifies the technical service, and modifier 26 identifies the professional interpretation. When multiple diagnostic imaging procedures are performed, the imaging multiple-procedure reduction applies to both components. CMS pays each side separately at 100% when the service is performed bilaterally.

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 North Dakota compares for 70554

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for 70554 runs from $332.25 in Arkansas to $516.75 in San Benito County, CA. North Dakota pays $374.39. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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70554 rates by state

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How the 70554 rate is calculated

Each of 70554’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 70554

The CMS indicators that decide how 70554 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 26

Codes related to 70554

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

How 70554 has changed in North Dakota

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Where the North Dakota rate applies

North Dakota is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 406 cities and communities in North Dakota. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Abercrombie
• Adams
• Alamo
• Alexander
• Alice
• Almont
• Alsen
• Ambrose

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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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