CPT code 71048: Chest X-ray, four or more views2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Connecticut

In Connecticut, Medicare pays $48.13 for 71048 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 71048 covers

This code describes a chest radiographic study that includes four or more views, meaning distinct projections of the chest rather than simply multiple images of one projection. A radiologic technologist typically acquires the images in an outpatient imaging department, hospital, or office; a radiologist or other qualified physician interprets them and documents the findings. The ordering clinician may request additional projections to evaluate a particular chest concern.

Select the code from the number of views performed, not from the diagnosis or the number of images produced. The order, imaging record, and interpretation should support a chest study with at least four views. Medicare recognizes separately priced professional and technical components: modifier 26 reports the interpretation, modifier TC reports the equipment and staff, and billing without either modifier represents the global service, including both portions.

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 Connecticut compares for 71048

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for 71048 runs from $39.80 in Arkansas to $60.79 in San Benito County, CA. Connecticut pays $48.13. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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71048 rates by state

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

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How the 71048 rate is calculated

Each of 71048’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 71048

The CMS indicators that decide how 71048 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 26

Codes related to 71048

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

How 71048 has changed in Connecticut

Price 71048 for an earlier date of service

Where the Connecticut rate applies

Connecticut is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 215 cities and communities in Connecticut. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Ansonia
• Ball Pond
• Baltic
• Bantam
• Bethel
• Bethlehem Village
• Bigelow Corners
• Blue Hills

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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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