HCPCS code R0070: X-ray transport, one patient per trip2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in California

CMS doesn’t publish an office rate for R0070 in California.

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

What R0070 covers

R0070 covers transporting portable X-ray equipment and personnel to a patient’s home or a nursing home, for one patient seen at that location. Mobile imaging suppliers typically report it with the portable radiology service performed during the visit. The code represents the trip to the facility or location, not an individual image or view. A separate code covers the radiologist’s interpretation.

Medicare assigns R0070 carrier-priced status, so CMS publishes no national payment and the Medicare Administrative Contractor determines payment for each claim. In the HCPCS pricing file, it is priced by the contractor under the physician fee schedule. CMS also assigns special Medicare coverage instructions. R0070 is a technical-component-only transport code; it does not include the interpretation. Report the trip for one patient seen, and distinguish it from the multiple-patient transport code when more than one patient is seen.

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 R0070 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 of 29 payment localities

How the R0070 rate is calculated

Each of R0070’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 R0070

The CMS indicators that decide how R0070 is paid alongside other services.

R0070 compared with similar codes

How to choose

R0075Portable X-ray transportMultiple patients

Use R0070 for a trip when one patient is seen at the location; R0075 is for a trip when multiple patients are seen.

Q0092Portable x-ray setupPer patient visit, technical only

Q0092 describes setting up portable X-ray equipment. R0070 describes transporting the equipment and personnel to the location.

R0076ECG transportPer patient

R0076 concerns transport of portable electrocardiogram equipment and personnel; R0070 concerns portable X-ray transport.

Codes related to R0070

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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