CPT code 73725: MR angiography, lower-extremity arteries2026 Medicare rate & RVUs

Medicare pays $337.02 for 73725 nationally in the office. Local office rates run $296.11–$461.81.

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

What 73725 covers

This study uses magnetic resonance imaging to depict arteries in the lower extremity, with a protocol that may be performed without contrast or with contrast. It is used to assess concerns such as peripheral arterial narrowing or occlusion and to map vessels for treatment planning. Imaging technologists acquire the study in a hospital or outpatient imaging center; a physician, commonly a radiologist, interprets the images and provides a report.

Report the code for an MR angiographic examination of the lower-extremity arteries, and document the clinical indication, anatomic coverage, side or sides examined, contrast protocol, and interpretation. Medicare payment is restricted to specific circumstances, so the record must support coverage under applicable requirements. Billing without a component modifier represents the global service; modifier 26 identifies the professional interpretation, while modifier TC identifies the technical service. If diagnostic imaging multiple-procedure reduction applies, it affects both components. When both sides are performed, 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.

Where 73725 pays more and less

The same RVUs, adjusted for each area’s costs. Open a locality for its calculation, history and nearby areas.

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73725 rates by state

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

How the 73725 rate is calculated

Each of 73725’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 73725

The CMS indicators that decide how 73725 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 26

73725 compared with similar codes

How to choose

73706CT angiographyLower extremity, without and with contrast

Both evaluate lower-extremity arteries, but 73706 is CT angiography; this code is MR angiography.

75635CTA runoffAbdominal aorta and both legs

75635 describes CTA coverage of the abdominal aorta and bilateral iliofemoral runoff; this code is MR angiography of the lower extremity.

73720MRINon-joint, without and with contrast

73720 is MRI of the lower extremity without and with contrast, generally for nonangiographic tissue evaluation; this code is for MR angiography of the arteries.

Codes related to 73725

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

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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