CPT code 76014: MRI safety assessment, initial 15 minutes2026 Medicare rate & RVUs

Medicare pays $11.02 for 76014 nationally in the office. Local office rates run $9.35–$15.59.

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

What 76014 covers

Qualified personnel, commonly MRI technologists, perform this technical assessment when a patient has an implant, device, or possible retained metal that needs review before an MRI. The work may include identifying a device from an implant card or medical record, gathering relevant implant information, and assessing whether the implant or foreign body can be scanned safely. Examples include implanted orthopedic hardware, an implanted stimulator, or a possible retained metallic fragment.

Report this code for the initial 15 minutes of the staff assessment; use 76015 for each additional 15 minutes when the assessment continues. Documentation should identify the implant or suspected foreign body, describe the records or other information reviewed, support the safety assessment, and record the time spent. This is a technical-component-only service: a separate code covers interpretation, which is not included in this service.

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 76014 pays more and less

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76014 rates by state

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How the 76014 rate is calculated

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Payment rules and modifiers for 76014

The CMS indicators that decide how 76014 is paid alongside other services.

76014 compared with similar codes

How to choose

76015MR safety assessmentAdditional 30 minutes

Use 76014 for the initial 15 minutes of staff assessment; 76015 represents each additional 15 minutes.

76016MR safety reviewPhysician or QHP determination

76014 captures staff assessment of an implant or foreign body. 76016 describes a physician or other qualified health care professional's MR safety determination.

76017MR safetyMedical physics examination

76017 is for a medical physics examination that includes customized scanning-protocol development, rather than the staff assessment reported with 76014.

Codes related to 76014

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.

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