HCPCS code A9560: Labeled red blood cells, per study dose2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Missouri
Reports a diagnostic dose of technetium-99m labeled red blood cells used for nuclear imaging, including cardiac blood-pool studies and gastrointestinal bleeding localization.
CMS doesn’t publish an office rate for A9560 in Missouri.
Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.
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What A9560 covers
A9560 identifies a diagnostic dose of the patient’s red blood cells labeled with technetium-99m. Nuclear medicine teams use the radiopharmaceutical for blood-pool imaging, including cardiac studies of ventricular function and imaging to help locate active gastrointestinal bleeding. The radiopharmaceutical is prepared and administered for the imaging study; the imaging service itself is reported separately when applicable.
Medicare assigns this code physician fee schedule status C, or carrier priced: CMS publishes no national physician fee schedule payment, and the Medicare contractor sets payment for each claim. HCPCS pricing is classified as other contractor pricing, and coverage is left to the Medicare contractor’s judgment. One unit represents one study dose, up to 30 millicuries.
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.
Where A9560 pays more and less in Missouri
The same RVUs, adjusted for each area’s costs. Open a locality for its calculation, history and nearby areas.
| Payment locality | Office | Facility |
|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Kansas City, MO | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Metropolitan St. Louis, MO | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Rest of Missouri | Unavailable | Unavailable |
How the A9560 rate is calculated
Each of A9560’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 · A9560
RVUs × geographic indexes × conversion factor
Work0.00
0.00 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI
Practice expense0.00
0.00 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI
Malpractice0.00
0.00 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI
Adjusted RVUs
0.0000
Conversion factor
$33.4009
Medicare rate
$0.00
Every GPCI starts at 1.000, the national rate. Enter a ZIP or drag a slider.
Payment rules and modifiers for A9560
A9560 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 · A9560
Which rate does Medicare pay?
The POS code on the claim line (CMS-1500 box 24B).
POS 11 · non-facility rate · national
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A9560 isn’t priced in this setting.
A9560 compared with similar codes
Compare codes · National
4 codes, side by side
How to choose
- A9569Tc-99m labeled WBCsPer study dose
- A9560 identifies technetium-99m labeled red blood cells; A9569 identifies technetium-99m labeled white blood cells.
- 78472Cardiac blood-pool imagingSingle planar equilibrium study
- A9560 reports the radiopharmaceutical dose. 78472 reports the cardiac blood-pool imaging service.
- 78278GI bleeding scanAcute blood loss
- A9560 reports the radiopharmaceutical dose; 78278 reports gastrointestinal bleeding imaging.
A9560 billing questions
How many units of A9560 should be reported?
One unit represents one diagnostic study dose, up to 30 millicuries.
Does A9560 include the imaging procedure?
A9560 identifies the radiopharmaceutical dose; the applicable nuclear imaging service is reported separately when performed.
How does Medicare price A9560?
It has physician fee schedule status C, or carrier priced. The Medicare contractor sets payment for each claim, and coverage is left to that contractor’s judgment.
Should A9560 be used for labeled white blood cells?
No. A9560 is for labeled red blood cells. Technetium-99m labeled white blood cells are identified by A9569.
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.
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