CPT code 99473: BP device training, education and calibration2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Connecticut

In Connecticut, Medicare pays $16.59 for 99473 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 99473 covers

This service covers educating a patient to measure blood pressure at home with a device validated for clinical accuracy, along with calibrating that device. In primary care or hypertension management, office staff may teach cuff placement and proper measurement technique and check the home monitor against the practice’s equipment. The work prepares the patient to collect self-measured readings; it is not the ongoing review of a month of readings.

Report 99473 when the training and calibration are performed, and document the device, education provided, and calibration. Distinguish this setup service from 99474, which concerns analysis and reporting of qualifying self-measured readings. The CMS RVU profile assigns no physician-work RVU and assigns practice-expense and malpractice RVUs. Select the service based on the work actually furnished, not simply because a patient owns a home blood pressure monitor.

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 Connecticut compares for 99473

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for 99473 runs from $13.08 in Arkansas to $21.85 in San Benito County, CA. Connecticut pays $16.59. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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99473 rates by state

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How the 99473 rate is calculated

Each of 99473’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 99473

99473 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.

Codes related to 99473

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

How 99473 has changed in Connecticut

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Where the Connecticut rate applies

Connecticut is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 215 cities and communities in Connecticut. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Ansonia
• Ball Pond
• Baltic
• Bantam
• Bethel
• Bethlehem Village
• Bigelow Corners
• Blue Hills

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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.

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

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