2018 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.
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What changed in the latest release?
RVU18D (effective 2018-10-01) compared with RVU18C (2018-07-01) 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 · — 9 unchanged
| Code | RVU18C | RVU18D | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 99202 | $80.61 | $80.61 | Unchanged |
| 99203 | $117.01 | $117.01 | Unchanged |
| 99204 | $177.87 | $177.87 | Unchanged |
| 99205 | $224.09 | $224.09 | Unchanged |
| 99211 | $22.86 | $22.86 | Unchanged |
| 99212 | $46.99 | $46.99 | Unchanged |
| 99213 | $78.02 | $78.02 | Unchanged |
| 99214 | $114.96 | $114.96 | Unchanged |
| 99215 | $155.45 | $155.45 | Unchanged |
Behavioral health↑ 0 higher · ↓ 0 lower · — 5 unchanged
Physical therapy↑ 0 higher · ↓ 0 lower · — 5 unchanged
One code, compared over time
Showing 99214 in Chicago for 2018. 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
$114.96
Effective 2018-10-01
The base rate is unchanged from 2018-07-01: $114.96 in both releases.
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 2018. 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.
| Release | Effective | 99214 office | 99214 facility | Codes | Localities | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RVU18DRevision 1 | until 2019-01-01 (excl.) | $114.96 | $84.44 | 14,703 | 112 | Calculate 99214CMS source |
| RVU18CRevision 1 | until 2018-10-01 (excl.) | $114.96 | $84.44 | 14,689 | 112 | Calculate 99214CMS source |
| RVU18BRevision 1 | until 2018-07-01 (excl.) | $114.96 | $84.44 | 14,681 | 112 | Calculate 99214CMS source |
| RVU18AR1Revision 3 | until 2018-04-01 (excl.) | $114.96 | $84.44 | 14,665 | 112 | Calculate 99214CMS 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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