CPT code 80327: Anabolic steroid testing, 1 or 22026 Medicare rate & RVUs in California

CMS doesn’t publish an office rate for 80327 in California.

Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

What 80327 covers

Code 80327 identifies a drug-testing service for the anabolic-steroid category in the one-or-two count range. It differs from code 80328, which represents anabolic steroid testing in the three-or-more range. It is also distinct from nearby drug-testing codes for amphetamines, alcohol-related testing, analgesics, and other drug groups. The drug category and count range distinguish this service from those neighboring codes.

For Medicare, physician fee schedule status I means 80327 is not valid for Medicare reporting; Medicare uses a different code to report and pay for the service. Billing teams should not submit 80327 as the Medicare code for this service. The count range identifies the service category, while the Medicare status governs whether this code is valid for Medicare reporting.

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 80327 pays more and less in California

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

29 of 29 payment localities

How the 80327 rate is calculated

Each of 80327’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 80327

80327 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.

80327 compared with similar codes

How to choose

80328Anabolic steroid testingThree or more analytes

Both codes concern anabolic steroid testing. 80327 is for the one-or-two count range; 80328 is for three or more.

80324Amphetamine testing1 or 2 substances

80324 concerns amphetamine testing in the one-or-two count range; 80327 concerns anabolic steroid testing.

80325Amphetamine testing3 or 4 analytes

80325 concerns amphetamine testing in the three-or-four count range; 80327 concerns anabolic steroid testing in the one-or-two range.

80326Amphetamine testingFive or more

80326 concerns amphetamine testing in the five-or-more count range; 80327 concerns anabolic steroid testing.

Codes related to 80327

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

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.

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