2023 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 RVU23D4 releases in 2023Chicago

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?

RVU23D (effective 2023-10-01) compared with RVU23C (2023-07-01) in Chicago: office/nonfacility base rates for common codes by specialty, non-QP basis where applicable.

0codes paid more
0codes paid less
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Primary care↑ 0 higher · ↓ 0 lower · — 9 unchanged
Primary care: office/nonfacility rate changes
CodeRVU23CRVU23DChange
99202$76.98$76.98Unchanged
99203$120.52$120.52Unchanged
99204$177.92$177.92Unchanged
99205$234.97$234.97Unchanged
99211$24.32$24.32Unchanged
99212$60.09$60.09Unchanged
99213$95.85$95.85Unchanged
99214$135.44$135.44Unchanged
99215$189.78$189.78Unchanged
Behavioral health↑ 0 higher · ↓ 0 lower · — 5 unchanged
Behavioral health: office/nonfacility rate changes
CodeRVU23CRVU23DChange
90791$180.60$180.60Unchanged
90792$205.21$205.21Unchanged
90832$77.92$77.92Unchanged
90834$103.30$103.30Unchanged
90837$151.70$151.70Unchanged
Physical therapy↑ 0 higher · ↓ 0 lower · — 5 unchanged
Physical therapy: office/nonfacility rate changes
CodeRVU23CRVU23DChange
97110$30.75$30.75Unchanged
97112$35.26$35.26Unchanged
97140$28.31$28.31Unchanged
97530$38.81$38.81Unchanged
97535$34.25$34.25Unchanged

One code, compared over time

Showing 99214 in Chicago for 2023. 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

$135.44

Effective 2023-10-01

The base rate is unchanged from 2023-07-01: $135.44 in both releases.

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 2023. 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
RVU23DRevision 1until 2024-01-01 (excl.)$135.44$103.5816,007112Calculate 99214CMS source
RVU23CRevision 1until 2023-10-01 (excl.)$135.44$103.5815,971112Calculate 99214CMS source
RVU23BRevision 1until 2023-07-01 (excl.)$135.44$103.5815,882112Calculate 99214CMS source
RVU23ARevision 1until 2023-04-01 (excl.)$135.44$103.5815,855112Calculate 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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