CPT code 78282: Protein-loss imaging, gastrointestinal tract2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Arkansas

CMS doesn’t publish a rate for 78282 in Arkansas.

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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 78282 covers

This nuclear medicine imaging study evaluates gastrointestinal protein loss, including suspected protein-losing enteropathy. It may be considered when findings such as unexplained hypoalbuminemia raise concern that protein is being lost through the gastrointestinal tract. The clinical question is whether protein loss originates in the gastrointestinal tract, rather than whether acute bleeding or another intestinal finding is present.

Medicare assigns 78282 carrier-priced status C: CMS publishes no national payment, and the Medicare Administrative Contractor sets payment for each claim. The service has professional and technical components: modifier 26 reports the interpretation, and modifier TC reports equipment and staff. Reporting 78282 without either modifier represents the global 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.

How Arkansas compares for 78282

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How the 78282 rate is calculated

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Payment rules and modifiers for 78282

The CMS indicators that decide how 78282 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 26

How 78282 has changed in Arkansas

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Where the Arkansas rate applies

Arkansas is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 626 cities and communities in Arkansas. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Acorn
• Adona
• Alexander
• Alicia
• Alix
• Alleene
• Allport
• Alma

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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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