CPT code 96379: Unlisted administration, intravenous or intra-arterial2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in California

CMS doesn’t publish an office rate for 96379 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 96379 covers

96379 is an unlisted administration code for therapeutic, preventive, or diagnostic intravenous or intra-arterial injection or infusion services that do not fit a more specific listed code. It represents administration, not the drug itself or a particular medication dose. Listed codes distinguish services by method, including intra-arterial injection, intravenous push, and intravenous infusion; use a listed code when its defined service matches the administration performed. Clinicians report 96379 when the administration service has no applicable specific code.

Medicare assigns status C under the Physician Fee Schedule. CMS publishes no national payment, and the Medicare Administrative Contractor sets payment for each claim. A routine intravenous push or initial intravenous infusion has a specific administration code and should not be shifted to the unlisted code merely because the medication is unusual.

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 96379 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 96379 rate is calculated

Each of 96379’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 96379

96379 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.

96379 compared with similar codes

How to choose

96373Injection administrationIntra-arterial route

96373 describes a specific intra-arterial injection service. Use 96379 when no listed administration code fits the service performed.

96374IV pushSingle or initial IV push

96374 describes an intravenous push. Use 96379 for an intravenous administration service that does not fit a specific listed code.

96365IV drug infusionInitial, first hour

96365 describes an initial intravenous infusion. Use 96379 when the infusion service does not fit a specific listed administration code.

Codes related to 96379

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.

CMS RVU26D · effective Oct 1, 2026 through the day before Jan 1, 2027

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