CPT code 92544: Vestibular test, optokinetic response2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Chicago, IL

In Chicago, IL, Medicare pays $18.67 for 92544 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 92544 covers

The patient watches a moving visual pattern while a clinician observes or records the resulting rhythmic eye movements. The test examines how the eyes respond to visual motion and can help characterize oculomotor and vestibular function in patients evaluated for vertigo, imbalance, or suspected vestibular dysfunction. Audiologists and otolaryngology practices commonly perform it in a vestibular testing setting.

Report 92544 when optokinetic stimulation is performed as an individual test; distinguish it from smooth-pursuit tracking, which evaluates eye movement while following a target. Record the test performed and findings, including the patient’s eye-movement response to the visual stimulus. Medicare recognizes professional and technical components: use modifier 26 for interpretation, modifier TC for equipment and staff, or neither modifier when billing the global service. When the defined basic vestibular evaluation is reported with 92540, its component tests are not separately unbundled.

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 Chicago, IL compares for 92544

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for 92544 runs from $16.20 in Arkansas to $22.29 in Alaska. Chicago, IL pays $18.67. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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How the 92544 rate is calculated

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Payment rules and modifiers for 92544

The CMS indicators that decide how 92544 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 26

Codes related to 92544

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How 92544 has changed in Chicago, IL

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Where the Chicago, IL rate applies

Chicago, IL is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 137 cities and communities in Illinois. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• 92544 in Chicago · multiple payment areas
• Alsip
• Arlington Heights
• 92544 in Barrington · multiple payment areas
• 92544 in Barrington Hills · multiple payment areas
• 92544 in Bartlett · multiple payment areas
• Bedford Park
• Bellwood

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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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