CPT code 73701: Extremity CT, with contrast2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in South Dakota

In South Dakota, Medicare pays $164.01 for 73701 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 73701 covers

This service covers CT imaging of a lower extremity using contrast material to help evaluate structures such as bone and soft tissue. It may be used when the clinical question involves a suspected mass, infection, or other abnormality requiring contrast-enhanced cross-sectional imaging. A radiologic technologist performs the acquisition in a hospital or imaging center, and a radiologist typically interprets the images.

Select 73701 when the CT study is performed with contrast only; use 73702 when images are acquired both before and after contrast, and 73700 for a study without contrast. Documentation should identify the imaged extremity, clinical indication, contrast-enhanced technique, and interpretation. Modifier 26 identifies the professional interpretation, modifier TC identifies the technical service, and billing without either modifier represents the global service. For multiple diagnostic imaging services, CMS applies the multiple-procedure reduction to both components. When performed bilaterally, each side is paid separately at 100%.

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 Dakota compares for 73701

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for 73701 runs from $146.88 in Arkansas to $224.12 in San Benito County, CA. South Dakota pays $164.01. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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73701 rates by state

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

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How the 73701 rate is calculated

Each of 73701’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 73701

The CMS indicators that decide how 73701 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 26

Codes related to 73701

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

How 73701 has changed in South Dakota

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Where the South Dakota rate applies

South Dakota is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 485 cities and communities in South Dakota. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Aberdeen
• Agar
• Agency Village
• Akaska
• Albee
• Alcester
• Alexandria
• Allen

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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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