HCPCS code G0141: Cytology screening, automated screening, manual rescreening2026 Medicare rate & RVUs

Medicare pays $24.05 for G0141 nationally in the office and $24.05 in a hospital or facility. Local office rates run $21.72–$31.60.

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

What G0141 covers

G0141 covers laboratory screening of a cervical or vaginal cytology specimen using automated screening followed by manual rescreening, with physician interpretation. It is used for Pap screening workflows in which those steps are part of the service. Cytotechnologists typically perform the screening and rescreening, with a pathologist or other qualified physician providing the interpretation. The specimen may be collected in a physician’s office or another clinical setting and processed by a cytology laboratory.

Select G0141 when the documented workflow includes automated screening, manual rescreening, and physician interpretation; it is not a code for specimen collection alone. Documentation should identify the cervical or vaginal specimen and support the screening purpose and review steps performed. Report the workflow as one cytology service rather than separately reporting its automated screening, manual rescreening, and interpretation stages.

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 G0141 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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G0141 rates by state

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

How the G0141 rate is calculated

Each of G0141’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 G0141

G0141 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.

G0141 compared with similar codes

How to choose

G0147Cervical cytologyAutomated screening

G0141 includes manual rescreening and physician interpretation after automated screening. G0147 identifies screening performed by an automated system.

G0148Cytology screeningAutomated, with manual rescreening

Both describe automated screening and manual rescreening, but G0141 also includes physician interpretation.

G0143Pap screeningManual screen and rescreen

G0143 is associated with automated thin-layer preparation. G0141 identifies automated screening, manual rescreening, and physician interpretation.

Codes related to G0141

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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