HCPCS code G0082: Care management, established patient, 30 minutes2026 Medicare rate & RVUs

Medicare pays $80.83 for G0082 nationally in the office. Local office rates run $75.98–$107.55.

Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

What G0082 covers

G0082 identifies a care-management home visit for an established patient at the 30-minute level. The service takes place in the patient’s home and addresses care-management needs there. It is distinct from a routine office encounter and from home visits coded for new patients. The descriptor does not identify a particular diagnosis or specialty, so the clinical record should make clear what care-management work was performed for the patient.

Select this code when the patient is established and the documented service supports the 30-minute level, rather than the shorter or longer established-patient levels. Documentation should identify the home setting, established-patient status, the care-management work, and the time supporting the selected level. CMS assigns work, practice-expense, and malpractice relative value units to the service under the Physician Fee Schedule.

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 G0082 pays more and less

The same RVUs, adjusted for each area’s costs. Open a locality for its calculation, history and nearby areas.

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G0082 rates by state

Office rate range in each state. Select a state to see its payment localities.

How the G0082 rate is calculated

Each of G0082’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 G0082

G0082 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.

G0082 compared with similar codes

How to choose

G0081Home care visitEstablished patient, 20 minutes

G0081 is the 20-minute established-patient level; G0082 is the 30-minute level.

G0083Care management visitEstablished patient, 45 minutes

G0083 is the 45-minute established-patient level; G0082 is the 30-minute level.

G0077Home care managementNew patient, 30 minutes

Both identify a 30-minute care-management home visit, but G0077 is for a new patient and G0082 is for an established patient.

Codes related to G0082

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

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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