CPT code 99070: Special supplies, beyond usual service2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in California

CMS doesn’t publish an office rate for 99070 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 99070 covers

99070 represents supplies or materials a physician or other qualified health care professional furnishes beyond what is usually included in an office visit or another service. Examples include drugs, trays, and other supplies or materials; spectacles are excluded. The code concerns the additional items furnished, rather than a separate evaluation or treatment service. It may be used in office or other care settings when the clinician provides items beyond those ordinarily included.

Medicare assigns 99070 physician fee schedule status B, or bundled. Medicare never pays the code separately; its payment is included in payment for other services. The code does not specify a drug dose or a fixed quantity of supplies. Reporting 99070 does not create separate Medicare payment for the furnished items.

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 99070 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 99070 rate is calculated

Each of 99070’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 99070

99070 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.

99070 compared with similar codes

How to choose

99071Patient educationMaterials supplied

Use 99071 for patient education materials. Use 99070 for other additional supplies or materials beyond those usually included with the service.

99072PHE suppliesSupplies, materials, and staff time

99072 addresses additional supplies, materials, and clinical staff time during a public health emergency; 99070 describes additional supplies or materials more generally.

99002Device handlingPhysician or QHP service

99002 describes handling or other services connected with special supplies used to implement a treatment plan. 99070 concerns additional supplies or materials furnished.

Codes related to 99070

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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