HCPCS code G2002: Home visit, new patient, 30 minutes2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in California
Reports a 30-minute home-based evaluation and management visit for a new patient after discharge from an inpatient facility.
Medicare pays $76.31–$88.43 for G2002 in the office in California, from Chico, CA to San Benito County, CA. 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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What G2002 covers
G2002 identifies a post-discharge home visit for a new patient at the 30-minute level. The clinician evaluates the patient in the home following an inpatient discharge; the encounter is distinct from a routine office follow-up. Physicians and other qualified practitioners who provide evaluation and management care may furnish this type of visit in the patient’s residence.
Select G2002 when the patient meets the applicable new-patient criteria and the documented visit corresponds to the 30-minute level. The record should support the post-discharge context, home setting, new-patient status, and time associated with the service. CMS assigns the code work, practice-expense, and malpractice RVUs, with practice expense values listed for office and facility settings.
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 G2002 pays more and less in California
The same RVUs, adjusted for each area’s costs. Open a locality for its calculation, history and nearby areas.
29 payment localities
$76.31 to $88.43
29 of 29 payment localities
| Payment locality | Office | Facility |
|---|---|---|
| Bakersfield, CA | $76.59 | Unavailable |
| Chico, CA | $76.31 | Unavailable |
| El Centro, CA | $76.33 | Unavailable |
| Fresno, CA | $76.31 | Unavailable |
| Hanford, CA | $76.31 | Unavailable |
| Los Angeles, CA | $79.69 | Unavailable |
| Madera, CA | $76.31 | Unavailable |
| Marin County, CA | $86.81 | Unavailable |
| Merced, CA | $76.31 | Unavailable |
| Modesto, CA | $76.31 | Unavailable |
| Napa, CA | $83.33 | Unavailable |
| Oxnard, CA | $78.91 | Unavailable |
| Redding, CA | $76.31 | Unavailable |
| Rest of California | $76.31 | Unavailable |
| Riverside, CA | $77.11 | Unavailable |
| Sacramento, CA | $78.71 | Unavailable |
| Salinas, CA | $78.37 | Unavailable |
| San Benito County, CA | $88.43 | Unavailable |
| San Diego, CA | $79.13 | Unavailable |
| San Francisco, CA | $86.73 | Unavailable |
| San Luis Obispo, CA | $77.23 | Unavailable |
| Santa Clara County, CA | $88.11 | Unavailable |
| Santa Cruz, CA | $79.06 | Unavailable |
| Santa Maria, CA | $78.37 | Unavailable |
| Santa Rosa, CA | $79.80 | Unavailable |
| Stockton, CA | $76.31 | Unavailable |
| Vallejo, CA | $83.22 | Unavailable |
| Visalia, CA | $76.31 | Unavailable |
| Yuba City, CA | $76.31 | Unavailable |
How the G2002 rate is calculated
Each of G2002’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 · G2002
RVUs × geographic indexes × conversion factor
Work1.52
1.52 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI
Practice expense0.64
0.64 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI
Malpractice0.07
0.07 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI
Adjusted RVUs
2.2300
Conversion factor
$33.4009
Medicare rate
$74.48
Every GPCI starts at 1.000, the national rate. Enter a ZIP or drag a slider.
Payment rules and modifiers for G2002
G2002 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 · G2002
Which rate does Medicare pay?
The POS code on the claim line (CMS-1500 box 24B).
POS 11 · non-facility rate · national
$74.48
Higher because the practice carries its own overhead.
G2002 compared with similar codes
Compare codes · National
4 codes, side by side
How to choose
- G2001Home visitNew patient, 20 minutes
- G2001 is the 20-minute new-patient level; G2002 is the 30-minute level.
- G2003Home visitNew patient, 45 minutes
- G2003 is the 45-minute new-patient level; G2002 is the 30-minute level.
- G2007Home visitEstablished patient, 30 minutes
- G2007 is for an established patient at the 30-minute level; G2002 is for a new patient.
G2002 billing questions
How does G2002 differ from G2001 and G2003?
These are new-patient post-discharge home-visit levels distinguished by time: G2001 is the 20-minute level, G2002 the 30-minute level, and G2003 the 45-minute level.
Can G2002 be reported for an established patient?
No. G2002 is the new-patient level; G2007 is the corresponding 30-minute post-discharge home-visit code for an established patient.
What should the note support?
Document the home setting, the post-discharge context, the patient’s new-patient status, and the service time supporting the 30-minute level.
Does G2002 describe an office follow-up?
No. It identifies a post-discharge home visit, not an office-based follow-up appointment.
How is G2002 represented in the CMS fee schedule?
CMS lists work, practice-expense, and malpractice RVUs for the code, including practice-expense values for office and facility settings.
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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