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CPT code 95148: Venom antigen preparation, four insect venoms2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Santa Clara County, CA

Reports preparation and provision of a venom immunotherapy dose containing four distinct stinging-insect venoms under allergy specialist supervision.

CMS RVU26DEffective Oct 1, 2026One payment locality19.1K Medicare services in 2024

In Santa Clara County, CA, Medicare pays $127.58 for 95148 in the office and $2.84 when it’s performed in a hospital or facility.

$127.58Office (non-facility)
$2.84Hospital or facility
+43.1%vs the national office rate ($89.18)

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 95148 nationwide

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

We’ll open 95148 for the payment locality that covers the ZIP.

On this page 11 sections
  1. Rate in Santa Clara County, CA
  2. What 95148 covers
  3. Compared with other areas
  4. Rate map
  5. How it’s calculated
  6. Payment rules
  7. Related codes
  8. Rate history
  9. Where it applies
  10. Billing questions
  11. Sources

What 95148 covers

This service covers the allergy practice’s supervised preparation and provision of a venom immunotherapy dose containing four distinct stinging-insect venoms. It is used for patients receiving desensitization treatment for insect-sting allergy, commonly under an allergist’s direction in an allergy office. The venoms may come from different stinging insects, such as bees, yellow jackets, wasps, or hornets; the code selection follows the number of venoms in the dose, not the number of injections given at that visit.

Report one unit for each dose prepared and provided with four venoms. Documentation should identify the prescribed venom immunotherapy, the four venoms included, the dose or doses prepared, and the professional oversight. This code represents antigen preparation and provision, not administration of the injection. When the patient receives immunotherapy injections, report the applicable injection-administration service separately, such as 95115 for one injection or 95117 for two or more injections.

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 Santa Clara County, CA compares for 95148

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for 95148 runs from $76.77 in Arkansas to $127.63 in San Benito County, CA. Santa Clara County, CA pays $127.58. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

95148 in Santa Clara County, CA vs other payment areas
  1. Santa Clara County, CA · this page$127.58
  2. Bakersfield, CA · California$97.42−$30.16
  3. Chico, CA · California$97.40−$30.18
  4. El Centro, CA · California$97.40−$30.18
  5. Fresno, CA · California$97.40−$30.18
  6. Hanford, CA · California$97.40−$30.18
  7. Los Angeles, CA · California$105.04−$22.54

Other areas in California first, then benchmark localities. Bars start at $0.

Every other payment area

95148 in every other Medicare payment locality
Payment localityOfficeFacility
Madera, CACalifornia$97.40$2.58
Merced, CACalifornia$97.40$2.58
Modesto, CACalifornia$97.40$2.58
Napa, CACalifornia$116.76$2.74
Oxnard, CACalifornia$104.92$2.66
Redding, CACalifornia$97.40$2.58
Rest of CaliforniaCalifornia$97.40$2.58
Riverside, CACalifornia$97.50$2.69

95148 rates by state

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

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$76.77

$112.52

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95148 office rate range by state
State / territoryOffice rate rangeLocalities
AK$95.681
AL$78.181
AR$76.771
AZ$86.441
CA$97.40–$127.6329
CO$94.691
CT$95.981
DC$104.781
DE$88.111
FL$85.53–$93.253
GA$79.87–$90.642
GU$100.941
HI$100.941
IA$81.601
ID$82.061
IL$81.81–$91.804
IN$82.671
KS$80.681
KY$79.511
LA$79.18–$84.102
MA$93.75–$106.072
MD$90.22–$104.783
ME$82.11–$88.282
MI$81.67–$86.372
MN$91.461
MO$77.19–$85.013
MS$77.021
MT$89.181
NC$83.241
ND$88.981
NE$82.291
NH$92.701
NJ$97.28–$103.222
NM$82.041
NV$89.211
NY$84.74–$106.015
OH$81.631
OK$79.811
OR$88.73–$98.772
PA$82.04–$92.842
PR$90.131
RI$92.051
SC$82.531
SD$88.961
TN$81.121
TX$81.34–$94.188
UT$83.941
VA$87.61–$104.782
VI$90.131
VT$88.151
WA$93.73–$108.932
WI$85.301
WV$77.951
WY$89.091

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How the 95148 rate is calculated

Each of 95148’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 · 95148

RVUs × geographic indexes × conversion factor

Office or facility?

Work0.06

0.06 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI

Practice expense2.60

2.60 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI

Malpractice0.01

0.01 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI

Adjusted RVUs

2.6700

Conversion factor

$33.4009

Medicare rate

$89.18

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

The exact Santa Clara County, CA inputs and CMS source lines

PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv

12,485

Code
95148
Physician work
0.06
Practice expense
2.60
Malpractice
0.01

GPCI2026.csv

28

Locality
Santa Clara County, CA
Physician work
1.110
Practice expense
1.442
Malpractice
0.397
Office calculation for 95148 in Santa Clara County, CA
ComponentRVULocality factorAdjusted
Physician work0.06× 1.1100.0666
Practice expense2.60× 1.4423.7492
Malpractice0.01× 0.3970.0040
Total RVUs3.8198
Conversion factor× 33.4009

Office rate, Santa Clara County, CA$127.58

Office: (0.06 × 1.11 + 2.6 × 1.442 + 0.01 × 0.397) × $33.4009 = $127.58

Facility: (0.06 × 1.11 + 0.01 × 1.442 + 0.01 × 0.397) × $33.4009 = $2.84

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Payment rules and modifiers for 95148

95148 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 · 95148

Which rate does Medicare pay?

The POS code on the claim line (CMS-1500 box 24B).

POS 11 · non-facility rate · national

$89.18

Non-facility (office)
$89.18
Facility
$2.67

Higher because the practice carries its own overhead.

Codes related to 95148

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

Codes related to 95148
CodeHow it relatesOffice range, Santa Clara County, CA
Same family
95147Antigen preparation, three stinging insect venomsVenom antigen preparation for a dose containing three stinging-insect venoms.$85.68
95149Venom antigen preparation, five or more venomsVenom antigen preparation for a dose containing five stinging-insect venoms.$169.97
Used instead
95165Allergy extract preparation, multidose vials, per doseUsed for allergen treatment sets rather than a dose of four insect venoms.$24.03
Often billed with
95117Allergy shots, two or more injections, extract not includedReports administration when two or more immunotherapy injections are given in the encounter.$17.47

How 95148 has changed in Santa Clara County, CA

95148 · Office / nonfacility

$127.58

Effective 2026-10-01

The base rate is $0.45 higher than on 2025-10-01, moving from $127.13 to $127.58 (0.4%).

It is unchanged from the immediately preceding available release, effective 2026-07-01.

Base rate by release · bars start at $0 · select a bar to compare

One bar per available release, ordered by effective date. Missing rates remain gaps. These comparisons hold the code, setting and locality identifiers constant; they do not isolate which policy or input caused a change.

What changed, release by release

  1. January 1, 2026

    RVU26A

    $127.13changed to$127.58

    • Conversion factor 32.3465 changed to 33.4009
    • Practice expense RVU 2.69 changed to 2.60
    • Work GPCI 1.100 changed to 1.110
    • Practice expense GPCI 1.435 changed to 1.442
    • Malpractice GPCI 0.420 changed to 0.397

    Held through RVU26B, RVU26C, RVU26D.

  2. January 1, 2025

    RVU25A

    $137.52changed to$127.13

    • Conversion factor 33.2875 changed to 32.3465
    • Practice expense RVU 2.83 changed to 2.69

    Held through RVU25B, RVU25C, RVU25D.

  3. March 9, 2024

    RVU24AR

    $135.27changed to$137.52

    • Conversion factor 32.7442 changed to 33.2875

    Held through RVU24B, RVU24C, RVU24D.

  4. January 1, 2024

    RVU24A

    $123.17changed to$135.27

    • Conversion factor 33.8872 changed to 32.7442
    • Practice expense RVU 2.53 changed to 2.83
    • Work GPCI 1.098 changed to 1.100
    • Practice expense GPCI 1.409 changed to 1.435
    • Malpractice GPCI 0.417 changed to 0.420

  5. January 1, 2023

    RVU23A

    $126.86changed to$123.17

    • Conversion factor 34.6062 changed to 33.8872
    • Practice expense RVU 2.60 changed to 2.53
    • Work GPCI 1.096 changed to 1.098
    • Practice expense GPCI 1.383 changed to 1.409
    • Malpractice GPCI 0.414 changed to 0.417

    Held through RVU23B, RVU23C, RVU23D.

  6. January 1, 2022

    RVU22A

    $127.43changed to$126.86

    • Conversion factor 34.8931 changed to 34.6062
    • Practice expense RVU 2.59 changed to 2.60

    Held through RVU22B, RVU22C, RVU22D.

  7. January 1, 2021

    RVU21A

    $115.15changed to$127.43

    • Conversion factor 36.0896 changed to 34.8931
    • Practice expense RVU 2.28 changed to 2.59
    • Work GPCI 1.089 changed to 1.096
    • Practice expense GPCI 1.369 changed to 1.383
    • Malpractice GPCI 0.401 changed to 0.414

    Held through RVU21B, RVU21C, RVU21D.

  8. January 1, 2020

    RVU20A

    $107.88changed to$115.15

    • Conversion factor 36.0391 changed to 36.0896
    • Practice expense RVU 2.16 changed to 2.28
    • Work GPCI 1.083 changed to 1.089
    • Practice expense GPCI 1.354 changed to 1.369
    • Malpractice GPCI 0.388 changed to 0.401

    Held through RVU20B, RVU20C, RVU20D.

  9. January 1, 2019

    RVU19A

    $98.50changed to$107.88

    • Conversion factor 35.9996 changed to 36.0391
    • Practice expense RVU 1.97 changed to 2.16

    Held through RVU19B, RVU19C, RVU19D.

  10. January 1, 2018

    RVU18AR1

    $93.64changed to$98.50

    • Conversion factor 35.8887 changed to 35.9996
    • Practice expense RVU 1.88 changed to 1.97
    • Work GPCI 1.086 changed to 1.083
    • Practice expense GPCI 1.351 changed to 1.354
    • Malpractice GPCI 0.402 changed to 0.388

    Held through RVU18B, RVU18C, RVU18D.

  11. January 1, 2017

    RVU17A

    $70.01changed to$93.64

    • Conversion factor 35.8043 changed to 35.8887
    • Practice expense RVU 1.40 changed to 1.88
    • Work GPCI 1.088 changed to 1.086
    • Practice expense GPCI 1.347 changed to 1.351
    • Malpractice GPCI 0.416 changed to 0.402

    Held through RVU17B, RVU17C, RVU17D.

  12. January 1, 2016

    RVU16A

    $70.74changed to$70.01

    • Conversion factor 35.9335 changed to 35.8043
    • Practice expense RVU 1.41 changed to 1.40

    Held through RVU16B, RVU16C, RVU16D.

  13. July 1, 2015

    RVU15C

    $70.39changed to$70.74

    • Conversion factor 35.7547 changed to 35.9335

    Held through RVU15D.

  14. January 1, 2015

    RVU15A

    $69.80changed to$70.39

    • Conversion factor 35.8228 changed to 35.7547
    • Practice expense RVU 1.40 changed to 1.41
    • Work GPCI 1.083 changed to 1.088
    • Practice expense GPCI 1.342 changed to 1.347
    • Malpractice GPCI 0.466 changed to 0.416

    Held through RVU15B.

  15. January 1, 2014

    RVU14A

    $72.43changed to$69.80

    • Conversion factor 34.0230 changed to 35.8228
    • Practice expense RVU 1.54 changed to 1.40
    • Work GPCI 1.077 changed to 1.083
    • Practice expense GPCI 1.337 changed to 1.342
    • Malpractice GPCI 0.516 changed to 0.466

    Held through RVU14B, RVU14C, RVU14D.

  16. October 1, 2013

    RVU13D

    No ratechanged to$72.43

  17. January 1, 2013

    RVU13AR

    Earliest loaded release: No rate

    Held through RVU13B, RVU13C.

Rates in every CMS release
Effective fromOfficeFacilityCMS release
2026-10-01$127.58$2.84RVU26D
2026-07-01$127.58$2.84RVU26C
2026-04-01$127.58$2.84RVU26B
2026-01-01$127.58$2.84RVU26A
2025-10-01$127.13$3.66RVU25D
2025-07-01$127.13$3.66RVU25C
2025-04-01$127.13$3.66RVU25B
2025-01-01$127.13$3.66RVU25A
2024-10-01$137.52$3.29RVU24D
2024-07-01$137.52$3.29RVU24C
2024-04-01$137.52$3.29RVU24B
2024-03-09$137.52$3.29RVU24AR
2024-01-01$135.27$3.24RVU24A
2023-10-01$123.17$3.33RVU23D
2023-07-01$123.17$3.33RVU23C
2023-04-01$123.17$3.33RVU23B
2023-01-01$123.17$3.33RVU23A
2022-10-01$126.86$3.38RVU22D
2022-07-01$126.86$3.38RVU22C
2022-04-01$126.86$3.38RVU22B
2022-01-01$126.86$3.38RVU22A
2021-10-01$127.43$3.40RVU21D
2021-07-01$127.43$3.40RVU21C
2021-04-01$127.43$3.40RVU21B
2021-01-01$127.43$3.40RVU21A
2020-10-01$115.15$3.49RVU20D
2020-07-01$115.15$3.49RVU20C
2020-04-01$115.15$3.49RVU20B
2020-01-01$115.15$3.49RVU20A
2019-10-01$107.88$3.46RVU19D
2019-07-01$107.88$3.46RVU19C
2019-04-01$107.88$3.46RVU19B
2019-01-01$107.88$3.46RVU19A
2018-10-01$98.50$3.45RVU18D
2018-07-01$98.50$3.45RVU18C
2018-04-01$98.50$3.45RVU18B
2018-01-01$98.50$3.45RVU18AR1
2017-10-01$93.64$3.45RVU17D
2017-07-01$93.64$3.45RVU17C
2017-04-01$93.64$3.45RVU17B
2017-01-01$93.64$3.45RVU17A
2016-10-01$70.01$3.45RVU16D
2016-07-01$70.01$3.45RVU16C
2016-04-01$70.01$3.45RVU16B
2016-01-01$70.01$3.45RVU16A
2015-10-01$70.74$3.46RVU15D
2015-07-01$70.74$3.46RVU15C
2015-04-01$70.39$3.45RVU15B
2015-01-01$70.39$3.45RVU15A
2014-10-01$69.80$3.46RVU14D
2014-07-01$69.80$3.46RVU14C
2014-04-01$69.80$3.46RVU14B
2014-01-01$69.80$3.46RVU14A
2013-10-01$72.43$3.28RVU13D
2013-07-01Rate data unavailableRate data unavailableRVU13C
2013-04-01Rate data unavailableRate data unavailableRVU13B
2013-01-01Rate data unavailableRate data unavailableRVU13AR

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Where the Santa Clara County, CA rate applies

Santa Clara County, CA is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 24 cities and communities in California. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

  • San Jose
  • Santa Clara
  • Sunnyvale
  • Alum Rock
  • Burbank
  • Cambrian Park
  • Campbell
  • Cupertino

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95148 billing questions

How is 95148 distinguished from 95147 or 95149?

Select 95148 when the prepared dose contains four distinct stinging-insect venoms. Use 95147 for three venoms or 95149 for five.

Does 95148 include administering the venom injections?

No. It represents supervised antigen preparation and provision. Report the applicable injection-administration code separately when injections are given.

How many units should be reported?

Report one unit for each dose prepared and provided that contains four venoms. The number of venoms determines the code; the number of injections does not.

What documentation supports 95148?

Document the venom immunotherapy prescription, the four venoms in the dose, the number of doses prepared and provided, and the professional oversight.

Should 95148 be used for a non-venom allergy treatment set?

No. This code is for venom immunotherapy with four stinging-insect venoms. Code 95165 is used for allergen treatment sets rather than this four-venom service.

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

Show the CMS file lines behind this rate
RVUs for 95148PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv, line 12,485 (RVU26D)
Geographic factors for Santa Clara County, CAGPCI2026.csv, line 28 (RVU26D)

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