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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01

99490 Chronic care management Medicare reimbursement rates

Monthly clinical staff care management for patients with at least two qualifying chronic conditions, reported after 20 minutes in a calendar month. Compare 99490 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities.

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 99490?

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

$60.71–$83.76

109 of 109 localities have a supported rate.

Lowest: Arkansas

Highest: Alaska*

A spread of $23.05 per service.

Facility setting

$41.49–$59.93

109 of 109 localities have a supported rate.

Lowest: Arkansas

Highest: Alaska*

A spread of $18.44 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 99490 pays more and less

109 payment localities

$60.71 to $83.76

$60.71$72.23$83.76
One dot per payment locality, office / nonfacility. Hover a dot to see the locality; select it to open that rate.

Care management

About 99490: Chronic care management, clinical staff first 20 minutes

Monthly clinical staff care management for patients with at least two qualifying chronic conditions, reported after 20 minutes in a calendar month.

This service coordinates care for patients with at least two chronic conditions expected to last 12 months or until death and posing significant risk of death, acute exacerbation, or functional decline. Clinical staff working under a physician or qualified health care professional may review medications, update the care plan, coordinate with specialists or home health, and follow up by phone or portal. Primary care and internal medicine practices commonly furnish this care between visits.

Report 99490 once per calendar month when clinical staff time reaches 20 minutes; report each additional full 20 minutes with 99439. Document consent, qualifying conditions, the comprehensive care plan, activities performed, and the time spent. For new patients or those not seen in the prior year, CMS requires an initiating face-to-face visit, such as an E/M visit, annual wellness visit, or initial preventive physical examination. Staff may furnish CCM under general supervision. Only one practitioner may bill CCM for a patient in a calendar month.

Where the value comes from

  • Work RVU1.00 · 51%
  • Practice expense (office) RVU0.91 · 46%
  • Malpractice RVU0.07 · 4%

6.9M

Medicare services in 2024 · #29 by national volume

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.

99490 compared with similar codes

Office rate ranges across all CMS payment localities, from the same CMS release.

99491

Chronic care management

30 minutes, physician/QHP time

$82.64–$115.23

Choose 99491 for at least 30 minutes of CCM personally performed by the physician or qualified health care professional; 99490 is based on at least 20 minutes of directed clinical staff time.

99487

Complex chronic care management

Clinical staff, first 60 minutes

$130.98–$184.06

99487 requires at least 60 minutes of staff time, moderate or high complexity medical decision making, and establishment or substantial revision of the comprehensive care plan. Use 99490 when its requirements are met instead.

99424

Principal care management

Physician/QHP, first 30 minutes

$80.74–$112.38

99424 is based on physician or qualified health care professional time managing one qualifying high-risk chronic condition. 99490 requires clinical staff time managing at least two qualifying chronic conditions.

99484

Behavioral health management

General integration service

$53.04–$73.67

99484 covers general behavioral health integration for a behavioral health condition. 99490 covers comprehensive care management for at least two qualifying chronic conditions, which may include behavioral health conditions.

See how rates vary across the country

99490 · 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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$60.71

$83.76

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

View all state and territory rates as a table
State / territoryRate rangeLocalities
AK$83.761
AL$61.321
AR$60.711
AZ$64.851
CA$68.53–$82.1629
CO$67.971
CT$69.631
DC$73.611
DE$65.701
FL$65.97–$70.953
GA$63.30–$67.192
GU$69.311
HI$69.311
IA$62.141
ID$62.471
IL$64.81–$69.554
IN$62.711
KS$62.061
KY$62.561
LA$62.54–$64.662
MA$67.80–$73.142
MD$66.64–$73.613
ME$62.82–$65.002
MI$63.79–$66.672
MN$65.371
MO$61.88–$64.683
MS$61.301
MT$66.131
NC$63.251
ND$64.741
NE$62.341
NH$67.091
NJ$70.49–$73.262
NM$64.081
NV$65.771
NY$63.92–$76.025
OH$63.511
OK$62.361
OR$65.32–$69.442
PA$63.51–$68.432
PR$66.431
RI$67.521
SC$63.471
SD$64.581
TN$62.291
TX$63.23–$67.708
UT$64.071
VA$64.93–$73.612
VI$66.431
VT$64.671
WA$67.62–$74.282
WI$63.241
WV$63.161
WY$65.531

Compare 99490 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

99490 office and facility rates by payment locality
Payment localityOfficeFacility
Alabama

Office

$61.32

Facility

$41.74
Alaska*

Office

$83.76

Facility

$59.93
Arizona

Office

$64.85

Facility

$43.17
Arkansas

Office

$60.71

Facility

$41.49
Atlanta

Office

$67.19

Facility

$44.45
Austin

Office

$67.70

Facility

$44.02
Bakersfield

Office

$68.77

Facility

$44.25
Baltimore/Surr. Cntys

Office

$69.44

Facility

$45.43
Beaumont

Office

$63.23

Facility

$42.87
Brazoria

Office

$65.61

Facility

$43.44
Chicago

Office

$69.55

Facility

$47.06
Chico

Office

$68.53

Facility

$44.01
Colorado

Office

$67.97

Facility

$44.16
Connecticut

Office

$69.63

Facility

$45.53
Dallas

Office

$65.98

Facility

$43.69
Dc + Md/Va Suburbs

Office

$73.61

Facility

$47.25
Delaware

Office

$65.70

Facility

$43.59
Detroit

Office

$66.67

Facility

$45.08
East St. Louis

Office

$66.07

Facility

$45.48
El Centro

Office

$68.55

Facility

$44.02
Fort Lauderdale

Office

$68.42

Facility

$45.75
Fort Worth

Office

$65.71

Facility

$43.64
Fresno

Office

$68.53

Facility

$44.01
Galveston

Office

$65.79

Facility

$43.56
Hanford-Corcoran

Office

$68.53

Facility

$44.01
Hawaii, Guam

Office

$69.31

Facility

$43.87
Houston

Office

$67.07

Facility

$44.85
Idaho

Office

$62.47

Facility

$41.88
Indiana

Office

$62.71

Facility

$41.97
Iowa

Office

$62.14

Facility

$41.66
Kansas

Office

$62.06

Facility

$41.83
Kentucky

Office

$62.56

Facility

$42.67
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim (Los Angeles/Orange Cnty)

Office

$72.28

Facility

$45.81
Madera

Office

$68.53

Facility

$44.01
Manhattan

Office

$74.57

Facility

$48.56
Merced

Office

$68.53

Facility

$44.01
Metropolitan Boston

Office

$73.14

Facility

$46.42
Metropolitan Kansas City

Office

$64.23

Facility

$43.21
Metropolitan Philadelphia

Office

$68.43

Facility

$45.14
Metropolitan St. Louis

Office

$64.68

Facility

$43.38
Miami

Office

$70.95

Facility

$47.66
Minnesota

Office

$65.37

Facility

$42.34
Mississippi

Office

$61.30

Facility

$42.03
Modesto

Office

$68.53

Facility

$44.01
Montana**

Office

$66.13

Facility

$43.75
Napa

Office

$76.75

Facility

$47.26
Nebraska

Office

$62.34

Facility

$41.68
Nevada**

Office

$65.77

Facility

$43.37
New Hampshire

Office

$67.09

Facility

$43.79
New Mexico

Office

$64.08

Facility

$43.56
New Orleans

Office

$64.66

Facility

$43.60
North Carolina

Office

$63.25

Facility

$42.37
North Dakota**

Office

$64.74

Facility

$42.37
Northern Nj

Office

$73.26

Facility

$47.30
Nyc Suburbs/Long Island

Office

$76.02

Facility

$49.41
Ohio

Office

$63.51

Facility

$43.08
Oklahoma

Office

$62.36

Facility

$42.38
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura

Office

$71.72

Facility

$45.27
Portland

Office

$69.44

Facility

$44.58
Poughkpsie/N Nyc Suburbs

Office

$71.02

Facility

$46.51
Puerto Rico

Office

$66.43

Facility

$43.81
Queens

Office

$74.84

Facility

$48.39
Redding

Office

$68.53

Facility

$44.01
Rest Of California

Office

$68.53

Facility

$44.01
Rest Of Florida

Office

$65.97

Facility

$44.58
Rest Of Georgia

Office

$63.30

Facility

$43.34
Rest Of Illinois

Office

$64.81

Facility

$44.37
Rest Of Louisiana

Office

$62.54

Facility

$42.74
Rest Of Maine

Office

$62.82

Facility

$42.23
Rest Of Maryland

Office

$66.64

Facility

$43.99
Rest Of Massachusetts

Office

$67.80

Facility

$44.24
Rest Of Michigan

Office

$63.79

Facility

$43.36
Rest Of Missouri

Office

$61.88

Facility

$42.59
Rest Of New Jersey

Office

$70.49

Facility

$46.06
Rest Of New York

Office

$63.92

Facility

$42.66
Rest Of Oregon

Office

$65.32

Facility

$43.03
Rest Of Pennsylvania

Office

$63.51

Facility

$42.97
Rest Of Texas

Office

$64.36

Facility

$43.12
Rest Of Washington

Office

$67.62

Facility

$44.06
Rhode Island

Office

$67.52

Facility

$44.40
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario

Office

$69.31

Facility

$44.78
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom

Office

$71.21

Facility

$45.18
Salinas

Office

$70.92

Facility

$44.98
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad

Office

$72.02

Facility

$45.26
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (Marin Cnty)

Office

$80.50

Facility

$48.95
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (San Francisco/San Mateo/Alameda/Contra Costa Cnty)

Office

$80.42

Facility

$48.87
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (San Benito Cnty)

Office

$82.16

Facility

$49.89
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (Santa Clara Cnty)

Office

$81.83

Facility

$49.56
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles

Office

$69.84

Facility

$44.35
Santa Cruz-Watsonville

Office

$72.29

Facility

$45.10
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara

Office

$71.03

Facility

$44.94
Santa Rosa-Petaluma

Office

$72.98

Facility

$45.50
Seattle (King Cnty)

Office

$74.28

Facility

$46.82
South Carolina

Office

$63.47

Facility

$42.80
South Dakota**

Office

$64.58

Facility

$42.20
Southern Maine

Office

$65.00

Facility

$42.82
Stockton

Office

$68.53

Facility

$44.01
Suburban Chicago

Office

$68.99

Facility

$46.01
Tennessee

Office

$62.29

Facility

$41.94
Utah

Office

$64.07

Facility

$43.04
Vallejo

Office

$76.64

Facility

$47.14
Vermont

Office

$64.67

Facility

$42.52
Virgin Islands

Office

$66.43

Facility

$43.81
Virginia

Office

$64.93

Facility

$42.93
Visalia

Office

$68.53

Facility

$44.01
West Virginia

Office

$63.16

Facility

$43.71
Wisconsin

Office

$63.24

Facility

$41.80
Wyoming**

Office

$65.53

Facility

$43.15
Yuba City

Office

$68.53

Facility

$44.01

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99490 billing questions

How does 99490 differ from 99491?

99490 counts clinical staff time directed by the billing practitioner, with a 20-minute threshold. 99491 requires at least 30 minutes personally spent by the physician or qualified health care professional.

Can 99490 and 99487 be billed in the same month?

No. Complex CCM under 99487 requires at least 60 minutes of staff time, moderate or high complexity medical decision making, and establishment or substantial revision of the care plan. Report the code supported by that month's work.

How is time beyond the first 20 minutes reported?

Report 99439 with 99490 for each additional full 20 minutes of clinical staff time in the calendar month. The first additional unit requires at least 40 total minutes.

What consent documentation is needed?

Record that the patient agreed, verbally or in writing, to receive CCM and was informed about cost sharing and the right to stop the service. Obtain consent before the first billed month.

Can 99490 be billed with transitional care management?

Yes. CCM and transitional care management under 99495 or 99496 may be reported for the same month when each service's requirements are met. Do not count the same minutes toward both.

Does face-to-face visit time count toward the 20 minutes?

Do not count time spent furnishing a separately billed E/M visit. Count documented clinical staff time spent on qualifying CCM activities, whether those activities occur in person or remotely.

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.

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