CPT code 78832: Tumor SPECT/CT, two or more areas2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Alaska

In Alaska, Medicare pays $869.33 for 78832 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 78832 covers

This service combines SPECT imaging after radiopharmaceutical administration with CT images that help localize uptake anatomically. Nuclear medicine departments use it to evaluate suspected or known tumor-related radiopharmaceutical uptake across two or more areas, such as the chest and pelvis. A nuclear medicine physician interprets the images, while imaging staff perform the acquisition in a hospital or outpatient imaging center.

Select this code when the study includes SPECT with CT and covers two or more areas; a single area belongs to a different code in the family. The report should identify the radiopharmaceutical, the areas imaged, the SPECT/CT acquisition, and the findings. CMS recognizes professional and technical components: modifier 26 identifies interpretation, modifier TC identifies equipment and staff, and billing 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 Alaska compares for 78832

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for 78832 runs from $687.09 in Arkansas to $1,112.12 in San Benito County, CA. Alaska pays $869.33. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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78832 rates by state

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

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How the 78832 rate is calculated

Each of 78832’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 78832

The CMS indicators that decide how 78832 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 26

Codes related to 78832

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

How 78832 has changed in Alaska

Price 78832 for an earlier date of service

Where the Alaska rate applies

Alaska is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 355 cities and communities in Alaska. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Adak
• Akhiok
• Akiachak
• Akiak
• Akutan
• Alakanuk
• Alatna
• Alcan Border

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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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