CPT code 78216: Liver-spleen scan, with vascular flow2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Mississippi

In Mississippi, Medicare pays $115.91 for 78216 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 78216 covers

This nuclear medicine examination records vascular flow to the liver and spleen, then obtains images showing radiopharmaceutical distribution in both organs. A gamma camera captures the study after tracer administration. It is typically performed in a hospital nuclear medicine department when the clinical question calls for perfusion information together with liver-and-spleen imaging; a nuclear medicine physician or radiologist interprets the images.

Select 78216 when the performed study images both liver and spleen and includes vascular-flow imaging. A liver-only flow examination or a static liver-spleen examination has a different code. The report and technical record should support the organs imaged, flow acquisition, tracer administration, and interpretation. CMS recognizes professional and technical components: bill modifier 26 for the physician’s interpretation, modifier TC for equipment and staff, or no component modifier for the global service. CMS separately prices modifiers 26 and TC.

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 Mississippi compares for 78216

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for 78216 runs from $115.16 in Arkansas to $181.92 in San Benito County, CA. Mississippi pays $115.91. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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78216 rates by state

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How the 78216 rate is calculated

Each of 78216’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 78216

The CMS indicators that decide how 78216 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 26

Codes related to 78216

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

How 78216 has changed in Mississippi

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Where the Mississippi rate applies

Mississippi is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 427 cities and communities in Mississippi. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Abbeville
• Aberdeen
• Ackerman
• Agricola
• Alcorn State University
• Algoma
• Alligator
• Amory

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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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