2013 Medicare physician fee schedule releases

The service date decides which fee schedule applies. See what changed in the latest release, how one code moved over time in your payment locality, and the CMS file behind every period.

Latest: CMS RVU13D4 releases in 2013Chicago

On this page 4 sections
  1. What changed
  2. One code over time
  3. Release files and dates
  4. Reading a rate change

What changed in the latest release?

RVU13D (effective 2013-10-01) compared with RVU13C (2013-07-01) in Chicago: office/nonfacility base rates for common codes by specialty, non-QP basis where applicable.

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Primary care↑ 0 higher · ↓ 0 lower · — 0 unchanged · 9 unavailable
Primary care: office/nonfacility rate changes
CodeRVU13CRVU13DChange
99202Unavailable$80.09Not comparable (data unavailable → priced)
99203Unavailable$117.58Not comparable (data unavailable → priced)
99204Unavailable$179.36Not comparable (data unavailable → priced)
99205Unavailable$221.35Not comparable (data unavailable → priced)
99211Unavailable$21.68Not comparable (data unavailable → priced)
99212Unavailable$47.18Not comparable (data unavailable → priced)
99213Unavailable$78.27Not comparable (data unavailable → priced)
99214Unavailable$114.70Not comparable (data unavailable → priced)
99215Unavailable$153.56Not comparable (data unavailable → priced)
Behavioral health↑ 0 higher · ↓ 0 lower · — 0 unchanged · 5 unavailable
Behavioral health: office/nonfacility rate changes
CodeRVU13CRVU13DChange
90791Unavailable$160.25Not comparable (data unavailable → priced)
90792Unavailable$132.24Not comparable (data unavailable → priced)
90832Unavailable$66.65Not comparable (data unavailable → priced)
90834Unavailable$85.84Not comparable (data unavailable → priced)
90837Unavailable$125.90Not comparable (data unavailable → priced)
Physical therapy↑ 0 higher · ↓ 0 lower · — 0 unchanged · 5 unavailable
Physical therapy: office/nonfacility rate changes
CodeRVU13CRVU13DChange
97110Unavailable$33.64Not comparable (data unavailable → priced)
97112Unavailable$35.07Not comparable (data unavailable → priced)
97140Unavailable$31.51Not comparable (data unavailable → priced)
97530Unavailable$36.87Not comparable (data unavailable → priced)
97535Unavailable$36.50Not comparable (data unavailable → priced)

One code, compared over time

Showing 99214 in Chicago for 2013. These are this payment area’s base physician fees, not a national average. Change the code or locality to match your question.

Rate history

99214 in Chicago

99214 · Office / nonfacility

$114.70

Effective 2013-10-01

A rate is unavailable in one of these releases, so a change cannot be calculated.

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.

Standard / non-QP conversion factor where applicable. Unmodified service, before claim-level adjustments. A missing or unsupported rate stays unavailable.

Release files and effective dates

4 available releases in 2013. The latest accepted revision is shown for each effective start date. This is FeeBase’s loaded archive; it does not imply every historical CMS release is present.

Physician fee schedule releases with 99214 rates in Chicago
ReleaseEffective99214 office99214 facilityCodesLocalitiesLinks
RVU13DRevision 1until 2014-01-01 (excl.)$114.70$82.8713,63890Calculate 99214CMS source
RVU13CRevision 1until 2013-10-01 (excl.)UnavailableUnavailable13,63790CMS source
RVU13BRevision 1until 2013-07-01 (excl.)UnavailableUnavailable13,62690CMS source
RVU13ARRevision 2until 2013-04-01 (excl.)UnavailableUnavailable13,62190CMS source

Checking a past service? “Calculate” opens the RVU calculator with that release’s date, the code and the payment locality already selected.

What a rate change tells you

The comparison holds the code, setting and payment-locality identifiers constant. Each release supplies its own RVUs, geographic indexes and conversion factor. A difference shows the combined result of those inputs; it does not identify a single policy cause.

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