HCPCS code G0283: Electrical stimulation, unattended, other than wound care2026 Medicare rate & RVUs

Medicare pays $12.69 for G0283 nationally in the office. Local office rates run $11.64–$16.00.

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

What G0283 covers

This service covers electrical stimulation set up by a therapist or other qualified provider and then allowed to run without continuous one-on-one attendance. Common examples are interferential current or premodulated stimulation for low back or neck pain, muscle spasm, or swelling, sometimes paired with a hot or cold pack. Physical therapists, occupational therapists, and physician practices provide it, predominantly in office and outpatient clinic settings. Medicare uses this code in place of CPT 97014.

The code is untimed, so one unit is reported per session regardless of how many body areas are treated or how long the electrodes are applied. Documentation should name the areas treated, parameters, duration, and goal tied to the therapy plan of care. Report the appropriate GP, GO, or GN therapy modifier rather than separate professional or technical components with modifiers 26 or TC. For the therapy multiple procedure payment reduction, CMS ranks same-day therapy services by practice expense and reduces practice expense for the second and later therapy units.

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 G0283 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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G0283 rates by state

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How the G0283 rate is calculated

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Payment rules and modifiers for G0283

The CMS indicators that decide how G0283 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

G0283 compared with similar codes

How to choose

97032Electrical stimulationAttended, timed modality

G0283 is untimed and unattended after setup; 97032 requires continuous one-on-one attendance and is billed per 15 minutes of documented time.

97014Electrical stimulationUnattended

Same clinical service, but Medicare uses G0283; 97014 is reported to payers that recognize the CPT code.

G0281Wound stimulationSpecified chronic ulcers

G0281 describes unattended stimulation for qualifying chronic wounds; G0283 covers pain, spasm, swelling, and other non-wound indications.

Codes related to G0283

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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