HCPCS code G0500: Endoscopy sedation, initial 15 minutes, age 5+2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Elgin, Texas
HCPCS G0500: $63.20–$69.96 office ($5.20–$5.29 facility) across 2 localities in Elgin, TX in 2026 Medicare. Compare each area.
Medicare pays $63.20–$69.96 for G0500 in the office in Elgin, Texas, from Rest of Texas to Austin, TX. Which amount applies depends on the service address.
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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Where G0500 pays more and less in Elgin, Texas
Elgin, Texas maps to 2 Medicare payment localities in our Census-to-CMS crosswalk. A city name alone doesn’t confirm an address’s payment area.
| Payment locality | Office | Facility |
|---|---|---|
| Austin, TX | $69.96 | $5.29 |
| Rest of Texas | $63.20 | $5.20 |
How payment areas work in Elgin
City limits and Medicare payment areas are different maps. These are the payment areas that cover the city’s counties; the service ZIP decides which one applies.
- Rest Of State · Bastrop County
- Austin · Travis County
City boundaries: 2026 Census geography · Census source · CMS county-to-locality definitions
How the G0500 rate is calculated
Each of G0500’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 · G0500
RVUs × geographic indexes × conversion factor
Work0.10
0.10 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI
Practice expense1.86
1.86 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI
Malpractice0.03
0.03 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI
Adjusted RVUs
1.9900
Conversion factor
$33.4009
Medicare rate
$66.47
Every GPCI starts at 1.000, the national rate. Enter a ZIP or drag a slider.
Payment rules and modifiers for G0500
G0500 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 · G0500
Which rate does Medicare pay?
The POS code on the claim line (CMS-1500 box 24B).
POS 11 · non-facility rate · national
$66.47
- Non-facility (office)
- $66.47
- Facility
- $5.34
Higher because the practice carries its own overhead.
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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