CPT code 90970: ESRD services, per day, age 20 or older2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in North Carolina

In North Carolina, Medicare pays $9.65 for 90970 in the office and $9.65 when it’s performed in a hospital or facility.

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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 90970 covers

This code represents physician services related to end-stage renal disease for a patient age 20 or older during a period shorter than a full month. A nephrologist commonly reports it when the patient’s ESRD care begins or ends partway through the month, or when care shifts between providers. Services may occur in a dialysis facility, hospital, or other setting where the physician manages the patient’s ESRD care.

Report the code by day for the partial-month period, rather than selecting a monthly ESRD service code based on visit count. Documentation should support the patient’s age, dates of ESRD-related physician care, the partial-month service period, and the management performed. The service concerns physician ESRD care, not a dialysis treatment procedure such as a single dialysis evaluation. Medicare Physician Fee Schedule payment is based on the per-day service represented by this code.

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 North Carolina compares for 90970

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for 90970 runs from $9.34 in Arkansas to $13.12 in Alaska. North Carolina pays $9.65. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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90970 rates by state

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How the 90970 rate is calculated

Each of 90970’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 90970

90970 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.

Codes related to 90970

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

How 90970 has changed in North Carolina

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Where the North Carolina rate applies

North Carolina is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 785 cities and communities in North Carolina. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Aberdeen
• Advance
• Ahoskie
• Alamance
• Albemarle
• Alexis
• Alliance
• Altamahaw

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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.

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