HCPCS code G2006: Home visit, 20-minute level2026 Medicare rate & RVUs

Medicare pays $49.43 for G2006 nationally in the office. Local office rates run $46.71–$66.49.

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

What G2006 covers

G2006 represents a post-discharge visit in the patient’s home for someone classified as an established patient. A physician or other qualified billing practitioner provides the home-based clinical service after discharge. The code identifies the 20-minute duration level, rather than an office visit or a new-patient home visit.

Select G2006 based on both established-patient status and documented visit time. The record should support the discharge context, home location, practitioner’s clinical work, and time for the selected duration level. Use another code in the G200x post-discharge home-visit series when the patient category or duration differs. CMS assigns physician work, practice expense, and malpractice relative values to G2006 under the Physician Fee Schedule.

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 G2006 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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G2006 rates by state

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

How the G2006 rate is calculated

Each of G2006’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 G2006

G2006 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.

G2006 compared with similar codes

How to choose

G2001Home visitNew patient, 20 minutes

Both are 20-minute post-discharge home visits. The patient category distinguishes them: G2001 is for new patients, while G2006 is for established patients.

G2007Home visitEstablished patient, 30 minutes

Both apply to established-patient post-discharge home visits. G2007 represents the 30-minute level; G2006 represents the 20-minute level.

G2008Home visitEstablished patient, 45 minutes

G2008 is the 45-minute established-patient level. Select G2006 for the 20-minute level when supported by the documented time.

Codes related to G2006

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.

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