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CPT code 80050: General health panel, four-test combination2026 Medicare rate & RVUs

This panel combines metabolic, lipid, thyroid, and blood-count testing and is reported when all four component tests are performed.

CMS RVU26DEffective Oct 1, 2026109 payment localities

Medicare rate · 80050

General health panel, four-test combination

Office or facility?

Work RVUs
0
Total RVUs
0.00
Global days
XXX

National rate · 2026

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Not priced in the facility setting.

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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.

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Medicare pays by the payment locality where the service is performed.

On this page 9 sections
  1. Medicare rate
  2. What 80050 covers
  3. By payment locality
  4. Rate map
  5. How it’s calculated
  6. Payment rules
  7. Similar codes
  8. Billing questions
  9. Sources

What 80050 covers

The general health panel groups four laboratory services: a comprehensive metabolic panel, a lipid panel, a thyroid-stimulating hormone test, and a complete blood count with automated differential. Clinicians order the combined testing for broad health assessment, and clinical, hospital, or office laboratories perform the component tests. The chemistry, lipid, and thyroid tests use blood-derived specimens, while the blood count uses whole blood.

Medicare lists status N under the physician fee schedule, meaning Medicare does not cover this panel code. Report one unit for the complete combination when all four component tests are performed; if fewer are performed, report the individual tests performed rather than the panel. Do not separately report the same included tests in addition to the panel.

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 80050 pays more and less

The same RVUs, adjusted for each area’s costs. Open a locality for its calculation, history and nearby areas.

109 of 109 payment localities

80050 office and facility rates by payment locality
Payment localityOfficeFacility
AlabamaUnavailableUnavailable
AlaskaUnavailableUnavailable
ArizonaUnavailableUnavailable
ArkansasUnavailableUnavailable
Atlanta, GAUnavailableUnavailable
Austin, TXUnavailableUnavailable
Bakersfield, CAUnavailableUnavailable
Baltimore area, MDUnavailableUnavailable
Beaumont, TXUnavailableUnavailable
Brazoria, TXUnavailableUnavailable

80050 rates by state

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

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80050 office rate range by state
State / territoryOffice rate rangeLocalities
AKNo published base rate1
ALNo published base rate1
ARNo published base rate1
AZNo published base rate1
CANo published base rate29
CONo published base rate1
CTNo published base rate1
DCNo published base rate1
DENo published base rate1
FLNo published base rate3
GANo published base rate2
GUNo published base rate1
HINo published base rate1
IANo published base rate1
IDNo published base rate1
ILNo published base rate4
INNo published base rate1
KSNo published base rate1
KYNo published base rate1
LANo published base rate2
MANo published base rate2
MDNo published base rate3
MENo published base rate2
MINo published base rate2
MNNo published base rate1
MONo published base rate3
MSNo published base rate1
MTNo published base rate1
NCNo published base rate1
NDNo published base rate1
NENo published base rate1
NHNo published base rate1
NJNo published base rate2
NMNo published base rate1
NVNo published base rate1
NYNo published base rate5
OHNo published base rate1
OKNo published base rate1
ORNo published base rate2
PANo published base rate2
PRNo published base rate1
RINo published base rate1
SCNo published base rate1
SDNo published base rate1
TNNo published base rate1
TXNo published base rate8
UTNo published base rate1
VANo published base rate2
VINo published base rate1
VTNo published base rate1
WANo published base rate2
WINo published base rate1
WVNo published base rate1
WYNo published base rate1

How the 80050 rate is calculated

Each of 80050’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 · 80050

RVUs × geographic indexes × conversion factor

Office or facility?

Work0.00

0.00 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI

Practice expense0.00

0.00 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI

Malpractice0.00

0.00 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI

Adjusted RVUs

0.0000

Conversion factor

$33.4009

Medicare rate

$0.00

Every GPCI starts at 1.000, the national rate. Enter a ZIP or drag a slider.

Payment rules and modifiers for 80050

80050 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 · 80050

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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80050 isn’t priced in this setting.

80050 compared with similar codes

Compare codes · National

5 codes, side by side

Office or facility?

  • 80050

    General health panel, four-test combination0 wRVU

    Not priced

  • 80053

    Metabolic panel, fourteen blood chemistry testsLab fee

    $10.56

  • 80048

    Basic metabolic panel, total calciumLab fee

    $8.46

  • 80055

    Obstetric panel, without HIV testingLab fee

    $47.81

  • 80081

    Obstetric panel, includes HIV testingLab fee

    $74.86

How to choose

80053Metabolic panelFourteen blood chemistry tests
This code represents a comprehensive metabolic panel alone. The general health panel also includes lipid, thyroid, and blood-count testing.
80048Basic metabolic panelTotal calcium
This code represents a basic metabolic panel, not the broader metabolic profile in the general health panel. It also lacks the lipid, thyroid, and blood-count tests.
80055Obstetric panelWithout HIV testing
This is an obstetric panel, rather than the general health panel’s combination of metabolic, lipid, thyroid, and blood-count testing.
80081Obstetric panelIncludes HIV testing
This is an obstetric panel that includes HIV testing, not the general health panel combination.

80050 billing questions

Which tests are included in the panel?

It combines a comprehensive metabolic panel, a lipid panel, a thyroid-stimulating hormone test, and a complete blood count with automated differential.

When should the panel be reported instead of individual tests?

Report the panel when all four included tests are performed. If the full combination is not performed, report the individual tests that were performed.

Can the included tests also be reported separately?

Do not separately report the same included laboratory tests in addition to the complete panel.

How many units are reported?

One unit represents the complete panel, not one unit for each included test.

Does Medicare cover this code?

No. Medicare lists this code with status N, meaning the code is not covered by Medicare.

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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