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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01

90838 Medicare reimbursement rates

Compare 90838 physician payment amounts across CMS localities, including office and facility settings.

Amounts below use the non-QP conversion factor for participating physicians. These are base physician payments before claim-level adjustments, not patient costs or total hospital charges.

What does Medicare pay for 90838?

The service location and office or facility setting determine which base rate applies. These are the supported base rates for the 109 payment areas shown below, using the same CMS release.

Office / nonfacility

$129.44–$184.98

109 of 109 localities have a supported rate.

Lowest: Arkansas

Highest: Alaska*

A spread of $55.54 per service.

Facility setting

$106.77–$156.88

109 of 109 localities have a supported rate.

Lowest: Arkansas

Highest: Alaska*

A spread of $50.11 per service.

These are locality ranges, not averages or address-specific quotes. A facility-setting amount covers the physician service; it does not include a hospital’s separate bill. Choose a locality below to inspect its calculation, compare other payment areas, or price a percentage of Medicare.

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Where 90838 pays more and less

109 payment localities

$129.44 to $184.98

$129.44$157.21$184.98
One dot per payment locality, office / nonfacility. Hover a dot to see the locality; select it to open that rate.

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90838 · Office / nonfacility · Non-QP. Choose a state to explore its payment localities. A range means the amount varies within that state.

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$129.44

$184.98

Color shows the midpoint of each state’s locality range.

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State / territoryRate rangeLocalities
AK$184.981
AL$130.241
AR$129.441
AZ$134.881
CA$139.93–$161.6429
CO$139.251
CT$142.221
DC$148.821
DE$136.241
FL$136.99–$144.263
GA$133.38–$138.302
GU$140.001
HI$140.001
IA$131.041
ID$131.531
IL$135.64–$142.654
IN$131.841
KS$131.061
KY$132.151
LA$132.18–$134.972
MA$139.29–$147.282
MD$137.68–$148.823
ME$132.13–$134.802
MI$133.90–$138.062
MN$134.861
MO$131.39–$134.843
MS$130.411
MT$136.601
NC$132.681
ND$134.231
NE$131.261
NH$137.631
NJ$144.23–$148.832
NM$134.341
NV$135.981
NY$133.57–$153.175
OH$133.421
OK$131.751
OR$135.27–$141.232
PA$133.35–$140.622
PR$136.961
RI$139.221
SC$133.191
SD$133.951
TN$131.381
TX$132.99–$138.628
UT$133.981
VA$134.80–$148.822
VI$136.961
VT$134.261
WA$138.86–$149.072
WI$132.281
WV$133.481
WY$135.571

Compare 90838 by payment locality

Find the payment area for your service address, then open its rate page for calculation inputs, release history and the percentage-of-Medicare tool. A city may cross payment-area boundaries; the ZIP lookup above helps resolve the location.

109 of 109 payment localities

90838 office and facility rates by payment locality
Payment localityOfficeFacility
Alabama

Office

$130.24

Facility

$107.15
Alaska*

Office

$184.98

Facility

$156.88
Arizona

Office

$134.88

Facility

$109.31
Arkansas

Office

$129.44

Facility

$106.77
Atlanta

Office

$138.30

Facility

$111.49
Austin

Office

$138.49

Facility

$110.58
Bakersfield

Office

$140.42

Facility

$111.50
Baltimore/Surr. Cntys

Office

$141.79

Facility

$113.48
Beaumont

Office

$132.99

Facility

$108.98
Brazoria

Office

$136.16

Facility

$110.01
Chicago

Office

$142.65

Facility

$116.14
Chico

Office

$139.93

Facility

$111.01
Colorado

Office

$139.25

Facility

$111.18
Connecticut

Office

$142.22

Facility

$113.80
Dallas

Office

$136.75

Facility

$110.47
Dc + Md/Va Suburbs

Office

$148.82

Facility

$117.74
Delaware

Office

$136.24

Facility

$110.17
Detroit

Office

$138.06

Facility

$112.60
East St. Louis

Office

$137.71

Facility

$113.43
El Centro

Office

$139.95

Facility

$111.03
Fort Lauderdale

Office

$140.33

Facility

$113.60
Fort Worth

Office

$136.43

Facility

$110.42
Fresno

Office

$139.93

Facility

$111.01
Galveston

Office

$136.42

Facility

$110.22
Hanford-Corcoran

Office

$139.93

Facility

$111.01
Hawaii, Guam

Office

$140.00

Facility

$110.00
Houston

Office

$138.62

Facility

$112.42
Idaho

Office

$131.53

Facility

$107.26
Indiana

Office

$131.84

Facility

$107.38
Iowa

Office

$131.04

Facility

$106.90
Kansas

Office

$131.06

Facility

$107.21
Kentucky

Office

$132.15

Facility

$108.70
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim (Los Angeles/Orange Cnty)

Office

$145.96

Facility

$114.75
Madera

Office

$139.93

Facility

$111.01
Manhattan

Office

$151.08

Facility

$120.42
Merced

Office

$139.93

Facility

$111.01
Metropolitan Boston

Office

$147.28

Facility

$115.77
Metropolitan Kansas City

Office

$134.26

Facility

$109.48
Metropolitan Philadelphia

Office

$140.62

Facility

$113.15
Metropolitan St. Louis

Office

$134.84

Facility

$109.72
Miami

Office

$144.26

Facility

$116.79
Minnesota

Office

$134.86

Facility

$107.71
Mississippi

Office

$130.41

Facility

$107.69
Modesto

Office

$139.93

Facility

$111.01
Montana**

Office

$136.60

Facility

$110.21
Napa

Office

$152.45

Facility

$117.67
Nebraska

Office

$131.26

Facility

$106.91
Nevada**

Office

$135.98

Facility

$109.56
New Hampshire

Office

$137.63

Facility

$110.16
New Mexico

Office

$134.34

Facility

$110.14
New Orleans

Office

$134.97

Facility

$110.14
North Carolina

Office

$132.68

Facility

$108.06
North Dakota**

Office

$134.23

Facility

$107.84
Northern Nj

Office

$148.83

Facility

$118.22
Nyc Suburbs/Long Island

Office

$153.17

Facility

$121.79
Ohio

Office

$133.42

Facility

$109.33
Oklahoma

Office

$131.75

Facility

$108.19
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura

Office

$144.52

Facility

$113.33
Portland

Office

$141.23

Facility

$111.91
Poughkpsie/N Nyc Suburbs

Office

$145.27

Facility

$116.38
Puerto Rico

Office

$136.96

Facility

$110.28
Queens

Office

$151.24

Facility

$120.05
Redding

Office

$139.93

Facility

$111.01
Rest Of California

Office

$139.93

Facility

$111.01
Rest Of Florida

Office

$136.99

Facility

$111.77
Rest Of Georgia

Office

$133.38

Facility

$109.84
Rest Of Illinois

Office

$135.64

Facility

$111.55
Rest Of Louisiana

Office

$132.18

Facility

$108.83
Rest Of Maine

Office

$132.13

Facility

$107.85
Rest Of Maryland

Office

$137.68

Facility

$110.98
Rest Of Massachusetts

Office

$139.29

Facility

$111.50
Rest Of Michigan

Office

$133.90

Facility

$109.81
Rest Of Missouri

Office

$131.39

Facility

$108.64
Rest Of New Jersey

Office

$144.23

Facility

$115.42
Rest Of New York

Office

$133.57

Facility

$108.50
Rest Of Oregon

Office

$135.27

Facility

$108.99
Rest Of Pennsylvania

Office

$133.35

Facility

$109.13
Rest Of Texas

Office

$134.33

Facility

$109.29
Rest Of Washington

Office

$138.86

Facility

$111.07
Rhode Island

Office

$139.22

Facility

$111.96
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario

Office

$141.30

Facility

$112.38
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom

Office

$144.23

Facility

$113.54
Salinas

Office

$143.61

Facility

$113.02
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad

Office

$144.91

Facility

$113.35
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (Marin Cnty)

Office

$158.72

Facility

$121.51
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (San Francisco/San Mateo/Alameda/Contra Costa Cnty)

Office

$158.58

Facility

$121.38
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (San Benito Cnty)

Office

$161.64

Facility

$123.60
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (Santa Clara Cnty)

Office

$161.09

Facility

$123.04
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles

Office

$141.53

Facility

$111.47
Santa Cruz-Watsonville

Office

$144.73

Facility

$112.67
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara

Office

$143.58

Facility

$112.81
Santa Rosa-Petaluma

Office

$146.07

Facility

$113.67
Seattle (King Cnty)

Office

$149.07

Facility

$116.69
South Carolina

Office

$133.19

Facility

$108.81
South Dakota**

Office

$133.95

Facility

$107.56
Southern Maine

Office

$134.80

Facility

$108.65
Stockton

Office

$139.93

Facility

$111.01
Suburban Chicago

Office

$141.37

Facility

$114.27
Tennessee

Office

$131.38

Facility

$107.39
Utah

Office

$133.98

Facility

$109.17
Vallejo

Office

$152.25

Facility

$117.47
Vermont

Office

$134.26

Facility

$108.14
Virgin Islands

Office

$136.96

Facility

$110.28
Virginia

Office

$134.80

Facility

$108.86
Visalia

Office

$139.93

Facility

$111.01
West Virginia

Office

$133.48

Facility

$110.55
Wisconsin

Office

$132.28

Facility

$107.00
Wyoming**

Office

$135.57

Facility

$109.18
Yuba City

Office

$139.93

Facility

$111.01

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Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense, and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indices and the applicable conversion factor. Unavailable or separately priced services are labeled rather than assigned a made-up amount.

Source: RVU26D. Effective 2026-10-01 through the day before 2027-01-01.

RVUs for 90838PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv, line 11,534 (RVU26D)