CPT code 77417: Port imaging, treatment-field verification2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Florida
Reports imaging of radiation treatment ports to verify treatment-field positioning during a radiation course; it is distinct from radiation dose delivery.
CMS doesn’t publish an office rate for 77417 in Florida.
Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.
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What 77417 covers
Radiation oncology practices report 77417 for imaging of radiation treatment ports—views used to check treatment-field position against the planned treatment. These images help verify field placement during a course of radiation therapy. The code identifies port-image work rather than delivery of the therapeutic radiation dose or management of the treatment course. Radiation oncology teams use port images to assess setup and targeting.
For Medicare physician fee schedule purposes, 77417 has status B (bundled): Medicare never pays it separately, and payment is included in payment for other services. The neighboring codes 77402, 77407, and 77412 identify radiation treatment delivery at different levels; 77417 identifies port imaging rather than treatment delivery. Port imaging is distinct from radiation treatment management.
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 77417 pays more and less in Florida
The same RVUs, adjusted for each area’s costs. Open a locality for its calculation, history and nearby areas.
| Payment locality | Office | Facility |
|---|---|---|
| Fort Lauderdale, FL | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Miami, FL | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Rest of Florida | Unavailable | Unavailable |
How the 77417 rate is calculated
Each of 77417’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.
How the rate is built · 77417
RVUs × geographic indexes × conversion factor
Work0.00
0.00 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI
Practice expense0.00
0.00 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI
Malpractice0.02
0.02 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI
Adjusted RVUs
0.0200
Conversion factor
$33.4009
Medicare rate
$0.67
Every GPCI starts at 1.000, the national rate. Enter a ZIP or drag a slider.
Payment rules and modifiers for 77417
77417 has no global surgery period, no multiple-procedure, bilateral or assistant-at-surgery adjustment, and no professional/technical split. What changes the payment is where the service happens: the place of service on the claim decides whether Medicare pays the office or the facility rate.
Place of service · 77417
Which rate does Medicare pay?
The POS code on the claim line (CMS-1500 box 24B).
POS 11 · non-facility rate · national
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77417 isn’t priced in this setting.
77417 compared with similar codes
Compare codes · National
4 codes, side by side
How to choose
- 77402Radiation deliveryLevel 1
- 77402 identifies radiation treatment delivery at level 1. Use 77417 to identify port imaging, not delivery.
- 77407Radiation deliveryLevel 2
- 77407 identifies radiation treatment delivery at level 2. It does not identify port imaging, which is reported with 77417.
- 77412Radiation deliveryComplex treatment
- 77412 identifies radiation treatment delivery at level 3. Use 77417 to identify port imaging rather than delivery.
77417 billing questions
What does 77417 report?
It identifies imaging of radiation treatment ports used to check treatment-field position. It does not report delivery of the therapeutic radiation dose.
How does 77417 differ from 77402, 77407, and 77412?
77417 identifies port imaging. Codes 77402, 77407, and 77412 identify radiation treatment delivery at different levels.
Does Medicare pay 77417 separately?
No. Medicare assigns status B, meaning the code is bundled and never paid separately; its payment is included in payment for other services.
Is port imaging the same as radiation treatment management?
No. 77417 identifies imaging of radiation treatment ports, while radiation treatment management is a different service.
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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