CPT code 99349: Home visit, established patient, moderate complexity2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Alabama

Report an established patient home or residence visit when medical decision making is moderate or the reporting practitioner spends at least 40 minutes on the visit date.

CMS RVU26DEffective Oct 1, 2026One payment locality3.7M Medicare services in 2024

In Alabama, Medicare pays $124.27 for 99349 in the office.

$124.27Office (non-facility)
Not available in this settingHospital or facility
−6.0%vs the national office rate ($132.27)

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 99349 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 99349 for the payment locality that covers the ZIP.

On this page 11 sections
  1. Rate in Alabama
  2. What 99349 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 99349 covers

This visit covers evaluation and management of an established patient in a private home or another residence, such as an assisted living facility or group home, rather than a nursing facility. Physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants commonly perform these visits in house-call and home-based primary care programs. Patients may have limited mobility and several chronic conditions, such as heart failure, diabetes, or COPD, requiring assessment of a worsening problem or a medication change.

Select this level by moderate medical decision making or at least 40 minutes of the reporting practitioner’s qualifying time on the visit date. For decision making, document the problems addressed, relevant data reviewed, and management risk; two of those three elements must support the level. For time-based selection, record total minutes, including qualifying non-face-to-face work that day but excluding travel, staff time, and separately billed services. The former domiciliary and rest home visit settings are included in this home or residence visit family. Report the place of service that identifies where the patient was seen.

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 Alabama compares for 99349

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for 99349 runs from $123.27 in Arkansas to $173.57 in Alaska. Alabama pays $124.27. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

99349 in Alabama vs other payment areas
  1. Alabama · this page$124.27
  2. Los Angeles, CA · California$142.13+$17.86
  3. Washington, DC area · District of Columbia$145.36+$21.09
  4. Miami, FL · Florida$142.30+$18.03
  5. Chicago, IL · Illinois$139.99+$15.72
  6. Manhattan, NY · New York$147.97+$23.70
  7. Alaska · Alaska$173.57+$49.30

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

Every other payment area

99349 in every other Medicare payment locality
Payment localityOfficeFacility
ArkansasArkansas$123.27—
ArizonaArizona$130.09—
Bakersfield, CACalifornia$136.09—
Chico, CACalifornia$135.53—
El Centro, CACalifornia$135.56—
Fresno, CACalifornia$135.53—
Hanford, CACalifornia$135.53—
Madera, CACalifornia$135.53—

99349 rates by state

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

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$123.27

$173.57

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99349 office rate range by state
State / territoryOffice rate rangeLocalities
AK$173.571
AL$124.271
AR$123.271
AZ$130.091
CA$135.53–$158.8329
CO$134.981
CT$138.521
DC$145.361
DE$131.591
FL$132.96–$142.303
GA$128.39–$134.312
GU$136.241
HI$136.241
IA$125.181
ID$125.821
IL$131.32–$139.994
IN$126.201
KS$125.261
KY$126.771
LA$126.82–$130.312
MA$134.89–$143.832
MD$133.19–$145.363
ME$126.61–$129.892
MI$129.00–$134.342
MN$129.821
MO$125.86–$130.103
MS$124.561
MT$132.261
NC$127.291
ND$129.091
NE$125.451
NH$133.461
NJ$140.22–$145.032
NM$129.571
NV$131.421
NY$128.41–$150.655
OH$128.361
OK$126.221
OR$130.50–$137.252
PA$128.25–$136.632
PR$132.691
RI$134.741
SC$128.011
SD$128.721
TN$125.661
TX$127.80–$134.618
UT$129.001
VA$129.92–$145.362
VI$132.691
VT$129.171
WA$134.46–$145.682
WI$126.661
WV$128.621
WY$130.881

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How the 99349 rate is calculated

Each of 99349’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 · 99349

RVUs × geographic indexes × conversion factor

Office or facility?

Work2.44

2.44 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI

Practice expense1.36

1.36 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI

Malpractice0.16

0.16 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI

Adjusted RVUs

3.9600

Conversion factor

$33.4009

Medicare rate

$132.27

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

The exact Alabama inputs and CMS source lines

PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv

13,060

Code
99349
Physician work
2.44
Practice expense
1.36
Malpractice
0.16

GPCI2026.csv

4

Locality
Alabama
Physician work
1.000
Practice expense
0.875
Malpractice
0.566
Office calculation for 99349 in Alabama
ComponentRVULocality factorAdjusted
Physician work2.44× 1.0002.4400
Practice expense1.36× 0.8751.1900
Malpractice0.16× 0.5660.0906
Total RVUs3.7206
Conversion factor× 33.4009

Office rate, Alabama$124.27

Office: (2.44 × 1 + 1.36 × 0.875 + 0.16 × 0.566) × $33.4009 = $124.27

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Payment rules and modifiers for 99349

99349 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 · 99349

Which rate does Medicare pay?

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

POS 11 · non-facility rate · national

$132.27

Higher because the practice carries its own overhead.

How 99349 has changed in Alabama

99349 · Office / nonfacility

$124.27

Effective 2026-10-01

The base rate is $8.92 higher than on 2025-10-01, moving from $115.35 to $124.27 (7.7%).

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

    $115.35changed to$124.27

    • Conversion factor 32.3465 changed to 33.4009
    • Practice expense RVU 1.19 changed to 1.36
    • Practice expense GPCI 0.869 changed to 0.875
    • Malpractice GPCI 0.575 changed to 0.566

    Held through RVU26B, RVU26C, RVU26D.

  2. January 1, 2025

    RVU25A

    $118.71changed to$115.35

    • Conversion factor 33.2875 changed to 32.3465

    Held through RVU25B, RVU25C, RVU25D.

  3. March 9, 2024

    RVU24AR

    $116.77changed to$118.71

    • Conversion factor 32.7442 changed to 33.2875

    Held through RVU24B, RVU24C, RVU24D.

  4. January 1, 2024

    RVU24A

    $121.51changed to$116.77

    • Conversion factor 33.8872 changed to 32.7442
    • Practice expense RVU 1.16 changed to 1.19
    • Malpractice RVU 0.17 changed to 0.16
    • Practice expense GPCI 0.878 changed to 0.869
    • Malpractice GPCI 0.748 changed to 0.575
  5. January 1, 2023

    RVU23A

    $122.89changed to$121.51

    • Conversion factor 34.6062 changed to 33.8872
    • Work RVU 2.33 changed to 2.44
    • Practice expense RVU 1.23 changed to 1.16
    • Malpractice RVU 0.14 changed to 0.17
    • Practice expense GPCI 0.888 changed to 0.878
    • Malpractice GPCI 0.921 changed to 0.748

    Held through RVU23B, RVU23C, RVU23D.

  6. January 1, 2022

    RVU22A

    $123.92changed to$122.89

    • Conversion factor 34.8931 changed to 34.6062
    • Practice expense RVU 1.22 changed to 1.23
    • Malpractice RVU 0.15 changed to 0.14

    Held through RVU22B, RVU22C, RVU22D.

  7. January 1, 2021

    RVU21A

    $124.94changed to$123.92

    • Conversion factor 36.0896 changed to 34.8931
    • Practice expense RVU 1.17 changed to 1.22
    • Malpractice RVU 0.13 changed to 0.15
    • Practice expense GPCI 0.889 changed to 0.888
    • Malpractice GPCI 0.707 changed to 0.921

    Held through RVU21B, RVU21C, RVU21D.

  8. January 1, 2020

    RVU20A

    $123.69changed to$124.94

    • Conversion factor 36.0391 changed to 36.0896
    • Practice expense RVU 1.15 changed to 1.17
    • Malpractice RVU 0.16 changed to 0.13
    • Practice expense GPCI 0.890 changed to 0.889
    • Malpractice GPCI 0.492 changed to 0.707

    Held through RVU20B, RVU20C, RVU20D.

  9. January 1, 2019

    RVU19A

    $123.56changed to$123.69

    • Conversion factor 35.9996 changed to 36.0391

    Held through RVU19B, RVU19C, RVU19D.

  10. April 1, 2018

    RVU18B

    No ratechanged to$123.56

    Held through RVU18C, RVU18D.

  11. January 1, 2013

    RVU13AR

    Earliest loaded release: No rate

    Held through RVU13B, RVU13C, RVU13D, RVU14A, RVU14B, RVU14C, RVU14D, RVU15A, RVU15B, RVU15C, RVU15D, RVU16A, RVU16B, RVU16C, RVU16D, RVU17A, RVU17B, RVU17C, RVU17D, RVU18AR1.

Rates in every CMS release
Effective fromOfficeFacilityCMS release
2026-10-01$124.27Not available in this settingRVU26D
2026-07-01$124.27Not available in this settingRVU26C
2026-04-01$124.27Not available in this settingRVU26B
2026-01-01$124.27Not available in this settingRVU26A
2025-10-01$115.35Not available in this settingRVU25D
2025-07-01$115.35Not available in this settingRVU25C
2025-04-01$115.35Not available in this settingRVU25B
2025-01-01$115.35Not available in this settingRVU25A
2024-10-01$118.71Not available in this settingRVU24D
2024-07-01$118.71Not available in this settingRVU24C
2024-04-01$118.71Not available in this settingRVU24B
2024-03-09$118.71Not available in this settingRVU24AR
2024-01-01$116.77Not available in this settingRVU24A
2023-10-01$121.51Not available in this settingRVU23D
2023-07-01$121.51Not available in this settingRVU23C
2023-04-01$121.51Not available in this settingRVU23B
2023-01-01$121.51Not available in this settingRVU23A
2022-10-01$122.89Not available in this settingRVU22D
2022-07-01$122.89Not available in this settingRVU22C
2022-04-01$122.89Not available in this settingRVU22B
2022-01-01$122.89Not available in this settingRVU22A
2021-10-01$123.92Not available in this settingRVU21D
2021-07-01$123.92Not available in this settingRVU21C
2021-04-01$123.92Not available in this settingRVU21B
2021-01-01$123.92Not available in this settingRVU21A
2020-10-01$124.94Not available in this settingRVU20D
2020-07-01$124.94Not available in this settingRVU20C
2020-04-01$124.94Not available in this settingRVU20B
2020-01-01$124.94Not available in this settingRVU20A
2019-10-01$123.69Not available in this settingRVU19D
2019-07-01$123.69Not available in this settingRVU19C
2019-04-01$123.69Not available in this settingRVU19B
2019-01-01$123.69Not available in this settingRVU19A
2018-10-01$123.56Not available in this settingRVU18D
2018-07-01$123.56Not available in this settingRVU18C
2018-04-01$123.56Not available in this settingRVU18B
2018-01-01Rate data unavailableNot available in this settingRVU18AR1
2017-10-01Rate data unavailableNot available in this settingRVU17D
2017-07-01Rate data unavailableNot available in this settingRVU17C
2017-04-01Rate data unavailableNot available in this settingRVU17B
2017-01-01Rate data unavailableNot available in this settingRVU17A
2016-10-01Rate data unavailableNot available in this settingRVU16D
2016-07-01Rate data unavailableNot available in this settingRVU16C
2016-04-01Rate data unavailableNot available in this settingRVU16B
2016-01-01Rate data unavailableNot available in this settingRVU16A
2015-10-01Rate data unavailableNot available in this settingRVU15D
2015-07-01Rate data unavailableNot available in this settingRVU15C
2015-04-01Rate data unavailableNot available in this settingRVU15B
2015-01-01Rate data unavailableNot available in this settingRVU15A
2014-10-01Rate data unavailableNot available in this settingRVU14D
2014-07-01Rate data unavailableNot available in this settingRVU14C
2014-04-01Rate data unavailableNot available in this settingRVU14B
2014-01-01Rate data unavailableNot available in this settingRVU14A
2013-10-01Rate data unavailableNot available in this settingRVU13D
2013-07-01Rate data unavailableNot available in this settingRVU13C
2013-04-01Rate data unavailableNot available in this settingRVU13B
2013-01-01Rate data unavailableNot available in this settingRVU13AR

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Where the Alabama rate applies

Alabama is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 595 cities and communities in Alabama. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

  • Abanda
  • Abbeville
  • Adamsville
  • Addison
  • Akron
  • Alabaster
  • Albertville
  • Alexander City

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99349 billing questions

When is 99349 chosen over 99348 or 99350?

Choose 99349 for moderate medical decision making or at least 40 minutes of qualifying practitioner time. When selecting by time, 99348 has a 30-minute minimum and 99350 has a 60-minute minimum; choose the highest level whose minimum is met.

Can 99349 be billed for visits in an assisted living facility?

Yes. Assisted living facilities and group homes are residential settings covered by the home or residence visit family. Use the place-of-service code for the actual setting.

Does Medicare require the patient to be homebound for 99349?

No. A medically necessary practitioner visit may be reported even if the patient is not homebound; homebound status concerns eligibility for home health services.

What counts toward the 40-minute threshold?

Count the reporting practitioner’s qualifying work on the visit date, including the visit, record review, care-related caregiver discussion, ordering, and documentation. Exclude travel, staff time, and time spent on separately billed services.

Can prolonged services be added to 99349?

Prolonged home or residence E/M services pair with the highest visit levels, 99345 and 99350, rather than 99349. A visit selected by time reaches 99350 at 60 minutes.

Is a new patient seen at home reported with 99349?

No. For a patient new to the practitioner and same-specialty, same-subspecialty group under the three-year new-patient rule, select from the new-patient home or residence codes, such as 99344 for moderate medical decision making.

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 99349PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv, line 13,060 (RVU26D)
Geographic factors for AlabamaGPCI2026.csv, line 4 (RVU26D)

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