HCPCS code G0153: Speech-language service, per 15 minutes2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Florida
Reports 15-minute units of speech-language pathology services provided by a qualified speech-language pathologist in a home health or hospice setting.
CMS doesn’t publish an office rate for G0153 in Florida.
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 G0153 covers
G0153 identifies speech-language pathology services provided by a qualified speech-language pathologist in a home health or hospice setting. These services may address communication, language, voice, cognitive-communication, or swallowing problems, such as those associated with stroke or neurologic disease. The code describes the practitioner’s service, not a speech-language pathology assistant’s work.
Each unit represents 15 minutes of service. Medicare assigns this code physician fee schedule status X: it is not a physician service under the Medicare statute and is not paid under the physician fee schedule. HCPCS pricing classifies it as not separately priced by Medicare Part B. When covered, payment is through another applicable fee schedule or payment system; coverage is left to the Medicare contractor’s judgment.
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 G0153 pays more and less in Florida
The same RVUs, adjusted for each area’s costs. Open a locality for its calculation, history and nearby areas.
| Payment locality | Office | Facility |
|---|---|---|
| Fort Lauderdale, FL | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Miami, FL | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Rest of Florida | Unavailable | Unavailable |
How the G0153 rate is calculated
Each of G0153’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 · G0153
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 G0153
G0153 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 · G0153
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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G0153 isn’t priced in this setting.
G0153 compared with similar codes
Compare codes · National
4 codes, side by side
How to choose
- G0161Speech therapyMaintenance, per 15 minutes
- Use G0161 for home health speech-language pathology maintenance therapy. G0153 identifies speech-language pathology services in a home health or hospice setting.
- G0152Occupational therapyHome health or hospice, per 15 minutes
- G0152 is for occupational therapy, while G0153 is for speech-language pathology.
- G0151Home health PTQualified therapist, per 15 minutes
- G0151 is for physical therapy, while G0153 is for speech-language pathology.
G0153 billing questions
Who provides the service reported with G0153?
A qualified speech-language pathologist provides the service in a home health or hospice setting. The code is not for physical or occupational therapy services.
What does one unit represent?
One unit represents 15 minutes of speech-language pathology service.
How is G0153 different from G0161?
G0153 identifies speech-language pathology services in a home health or hospice setting. G0161 identifies home health speech-language pathology services for maintenance therapy.
Is G0153 paid under the physician fee schedule?
No. It has physician fee schedule status X and is not separately priced by Medicare Part B; when covered, payment is through another applicable fee schedule or payment system.
Who determines whether Medicare covers G0153?
Coverage is left to the Medicare contractor’s judgment.
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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