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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01

76979 in Beaumont

Office / nonfacility

$99.80

Base rate per service

Facility setting

Not available in this setting

Base rate per service

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.

Diagnostic ultrasound

About 76979: Additional lesion microbubble contrast ultrasound

Reports dynamic microbubble contrast ultrasound assessment of an additional target lesion after the initial lesion is evaluated with the primary code.

This add-on represents contrast-enhanced ultrasound assessment of another distinct target lesion after the initial lesion. A radiologist or other qualified physician uses ultrasound imaging with microbubble contrast to evaluate lesion perfusion and characterize findings; assessment of treatment response may also be part of the examination. Focal liver lesions are a common setting for this technique. The service is typically performed in a hospital imaging department or outpatient diagnostic imaging setting.

Report 76979 for each additional lesion evaluated after the first lesion reported with 76978. The record should identify the separate target lesions and support dynamic contrast assessment of each one. CMS classifies this as an add-on, so it is billed with the primary procedure and paid within that procedure's global period. The diagnostic service may be billed globally or split into its professional interpretation (modifier 26) and technical service (modifier TC); a claim without either modifier represents the global service.

CMS billing rules for 76979

Global period
Add-on code: billed only together with a primary procedure and paid within that procedure's global period.
Professional and technical components
Diagnostic test with a professional component (modifier 26, interpretation) and a technical component (modifier TC, equipment and staff); billing without a modifier is the global service.

Where the value comes from

  • Work RVU0.83 · 26%
  • Practice expense (office) RVU2.31 · 72%
  • Malpractice RVU0.06 · 2%

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Medicare services in 2024 · #5558 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.

76979 compared with similar codes

Office rates for Beaumont, from the same CMS release.

76978

Contrast ultrasound

First target lesion

$160.74

76978 is used for the initial target lesion in the dynamic microbubble contrast examination. Use 76979 only for additional distinct lesions in that examination.

76982

Ultrasound elastography

First target lesion

$85.96

76982 evaluates an initial target lesion using elastography. Choose it for that technique, not for dynamic microbubble contrast assessment.

76983

Ultrasound elastography

Each additional target lesion

$56.73

76983 is the additional-lesion code for targeted elastography. 76979 instead represents additional lesions assessed with microbubble contrast.

76942

Ultrasound needle guidance

Biopsy, aspiration, injection, or localization

$60.34

76942 reports ultrasound guidance for a needle procedure such as biopsy. 76979 represents contrast-based lesion characterization, not needle guidance.

The same code, a different location

How does Beaumont compare?

In Austin, the office rate for 76979 is $111.18—$11.38 higher than the $99.80 rate in Beaumont. Both use the same code, release and participation basis.

76979 across payment areas

Same release and payment basis · bars start at $0

  1. Beaumont · This locality

    $99.80

  2. Austin

    $111.18

    $11.38 higher than Beaumont

  3. Brazoria

    $105.97

    $6.17 higher than Beaumont

  4. Dallas

    $106.54

    $6.74 higher than Beaumont

  5. Fort Worth

    $105.79

    $5.99 higher than Beaumont

  6. Galveston

    $106.22

    $6.42 higher than Beaumont

  7. Houston

    $107.32

    $7.52 higher than Beaumont

Other payment areas listed in Texas appear first, followed by selected cross-country examples. The chart compares amounts, not distance.

Across 109 of 109 CMS payment localities with a supported office rate, 76979 ranges from $95.03 in Arkansas to $143.11 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (San Benito Cnty). This is a geographic range, not an average.

The code’s RVUs stay the same in these comparisons. Geographic adjustments to work, practice expense and malpractice change the dollar amount. A city name alone may not identify the payment area for a service address.

Compare all 108 other payment areas

  • Rest Of Texas

    Texas · 76979

    Office

    $102.75

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $2.95 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim (Los Angeles/Orange Cnty)

    California · 76979

    Office

    $121.47

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $21.67 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Dc + Md/Va Suburbs

    District of Columbia · 76979

    Office

    $122.34

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $22.54 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Miami

    Florida · 76979

    Office

    $113.11

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $13.31 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Chicago

    Illinois · 76979

    Office

    $110.06

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $10.26 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Manhattan

    New York · 76979

    Office

    $122.33

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $22.53 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Alaska*

    Alaska · 76979

    Office

    $124.86

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $25.06 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Alabama

    Alabama · 76979

    Office

    $96.37

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $3.43 lower than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Arkansas

    Arkansas · 76979

    Office

    $95.03

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $4.77 lower than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Arizona

    Arizona · 76979

    Office

    $104.20

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $4.40 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Bakersfield

    California · 76979

    Office

    $114.03

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $14.23 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Chico

    California · 76979

    Office

    $113.83

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $14.03 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • El Centro

    California · 76979

    Office

    $113.84

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $14.04 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Fresno

    California · 76979

    Office

    $113.83

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $14.03 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Hanford-Corcoran

    California · 76979

    Office

    $113.83

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $14.03 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Madera

    California · 76979

    Office

    $113.83

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $14.03 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Merced

    California · 76979

    Office

    $113.83

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $14.03 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Modesto

    California · 76979

    Office

    $113.83

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $14.03 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Napa

    California · 76979

    Office

    $132.18

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $32.38 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura

    California · 76979

    Office

    $120.95

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $21.15 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Redding

    California · 76979

    Office

    $113.83

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $14.03 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Rest Of California

    California · 76979

    Office

    $113.83

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $14.03 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario

    California · 76979

    Office

    $114.49

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $14.69 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom

    California · 76979

    Office

    $119.53

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $19.73 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Salinas

    California · 76979

    Office

    $119.08

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $19.28 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad

    California · 76979

    Office

    $121.92

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $22.12 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (Marin Cnty)

    California · 76979

    Office

    $140.07

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $40.27 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

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

    California · 76979

    Office

    $140.00

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $40.20 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (San Benito Cnty)

    California · 76979

    Office

    $143.11

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $43.31 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (Santa Clara Cnty)

    California · 76979

    Office

    $142.83

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $43.03 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles

    California · 76979

    Office

    $117.15

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $17.35 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Santa Cruz-Watsonville

    California · 76979

    Office

    $123.12

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $23.32 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Santa Maria-Santa Barbara

    California · 76979

    Office

    $119.54

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $19.74 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Santa Rosa-Petaluma

    California · 76979

    Office

    $124.38

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $24.58 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Stockton

    California · 76979

    Office

    $113.83

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $14.03 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Vallejo

    California · 76979

    Office

    $132.08

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $32.28 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Visalia

    California · 76979

    Office

    $113.83

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $14.03 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Yuba City

    California · 76979

    Office

    $113.83

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $14.03 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Colorado

    Colorado · 76979

    Office

    $111.71

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $11.91 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Connecticut

    Connecticut · 76979

    Office

    $113.80

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $14.00 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Delaware

    Delaware · 76979

    Office

    $105.89

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $6.09 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Fort Lauderdale

    Florida · 76979

    Office

    $109.51

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $9.71 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Florida

    Florida · 76979

    Office

    $104.50

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $4.70 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Atlanta

    Georgia · 76979

    Office

    $108.60

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $8.80 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Georgia

    Georgia · 76979

    Office

    $98.93

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.87 lower than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Hawaii, Guam

    Hawaii · 76979

    Office

    $116.61

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $16.81 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Iowa

    Iowa · 76979

    Office

    $99.12

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.68 lower than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Idaho

    Idaho · 76979

    Office

    $99.65

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.15 lower than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • East St. Louis

    Illinois · 76979

    Office

    $102.74

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $2.94 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Illinois

    Illinois · 76979

    Office

    $101.30

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.50 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Suburban Chicago

    Illinois · 76979

    Office

    $110.71

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $10.91 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Indiana

    Indiana · 76979

    Office

    $100.22

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.42 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Kansas

    Kansas · 76979

    Office

    $98.48

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.32 lower than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Kentucky

    Kentucky · 76979

    Office

    $98.15

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.65 lower than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • New Orleans

    Louisiana · 76979

    Office

    $102.60

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $2.80 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Louisiana

    Louisiana · 76979

    Office

    $97.93

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.87 lower than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Metropolitan Boston

    Massachusetts · 76979

    Office

    $122.77

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $22.97 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Massachusetts

    Massachusetts · 76979

    Office

    $111.01

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $11.21 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Baltimore/Surr. Cntys

    Maryland · 76979

    Office

    $113.43

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $13.63 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Maryland

    Maryland · 76979

    Office

    $107.92

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $8.12 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Maine

    Maine · 76979

    Office

    $99.95

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.15 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Southern Maine

    Maine · 76979

    Office

    $105.45

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $5.65 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Detroit

    Michigan · 76979

    Office

    $105.56

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $5.76 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Michigan

    Michigan · 76979

    Office

    $100.43

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.63 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Minnesota

    Minnesota · 76979

    Office

    $107.71

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $7.91 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Metropolitan Kansas City

    Missouri · 76979

    Office

    $102.13

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $2.33 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Metropolitan St. Louis

    Missouri · 76979

    Office

    $103.18

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $3.38 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Missouri

    Missouri · 76979

    Office

    $96.18

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $3.62 lower than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Mississippi

    Mississippi · 76979

    Office

    $95.64

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $4.16 lower than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Montana**

    Montana · 76979

    Office

    $106.88

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $7.08 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • North Carolina

    North Carolina · 76979

    Office

    $100.99

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.19 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • North Dakota**

    North Dakota · 76979

    Office

    $105.69

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $5.89 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Nebraska

    Nebraska · 76979

    Office

    $99.70

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.10 lower than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • New Hampshire

    New Hampshire · 76979

    Office

    $109.80

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $10.00 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Northern Nj

    New Jersey · 76979

    Office

    $121.11

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $21.31 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Rest Of New Jersey

    New Jersey · 76979

    Office

    $115.28

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $15.48 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • New Mexico

    New Mexico · 76979

    Office

    $100.88

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.08 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Nevada**

    Nevada · 76979

    Office

    $106.63

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $6.83 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Nyc Suburbs/Long Island

    New York · 76979

    Office

    $124.96

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $25.16 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Poughkpsie/N Nyc Suburbs

    New York · 76979

    Office

    $115.88

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $16.08 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Queens

    New York · 76979

    Office

    $123.59

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $23.79 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Rest Of New York

    New York · 76979

    Office

    $102.43

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $2.63 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Ohio

    Ohio · 76979

    Office

    $100.19

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.39 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Oklahoma

    Oklahoma · 76979

    Office

    $98.18

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.62 lower than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Portland

    Oregon · 76979

    Office

    $115.38

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $15.58 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Oregon

    Oregon · 76979

    Office

    $105.98

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $6.18 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Metropolitan Philadelphia

    Pennsylvania · 76979

    Office

    $110.93

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $11.13 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Pennsylvania

    Pennsylvania · 76979

    Office

    $100.45

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.65 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Puerto Rico

    Puerto Rico · 76979

    Office

    $107.70

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $7.90 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Rhode Island

    Rhode Island · 76979

    Office

    $109.74

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $9.94 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • South Carolina

    South Carolina · 76979

    Office

    $100.72

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.92 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • South Dakota**

    South Dakota · 76979

    Office

    $105.55

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $5.75 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Tennessee

    Tennessee · 76979

    Office

    $98.93

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.87 lower than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Utah

    Utah · 76979

    Office

    $102.05

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $2.25 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Virginia

    Virginia · 76979

    Office

    $104.98

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $5.18 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Virgin Islands

    United States Virgin Islands · 76979

    Office

    $107.70

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $7.90 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Vermont

    Vermont · 76979

    Office

    $105.12

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $5.32 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Washington

    Washington · 76979

    Office

    $110.85

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $11.05 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Seattle (King Cnty)

    Washington · 76979

    Office

    $125.42

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $25.62 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Wisconsin

    Wisconsin · 76979

    Office

    $102.26

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $2.46 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • West Virginia

    West Virginia · 76979

    Office

    $97.64

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $2.16 lower than Beaumont for the office setting.

  • Wyoming**

    Wyoming · 76979

    Office

    $106.36

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $6.56 higher than Beaumont for the office setting.

See how rates vary across the country

76979 · 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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$95.03

$128.47

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State / territoryRate rangeLocalities
AK$124.861
AL$96.371
AR$95.031
AZ$104.201
CA$113.83–$143.1129
CO$111.711
CT$113.801
DC$122.341
DE$105.891
FL$104.50–$113.113
GA$98.93–$108.602
GU$116.611
HI$116.611
IA$99.121
ID$99.651
IL$101.30–$110.714
IN$100.221
KS$98.481
KY$98.151
LA$97.93–$102.602
MA$111.01–$122.772
MD$107.92–$122.343
ME$99.95–$105.452
MI$100.43–$105.562
MN$107.711
MO$96.18–$103.183
MS$95.641
MT$106.881
NC$100.991
ND$105.691
NE$99.701
NH$109.801
NJ$115.28–$121.112
NM$100.881
NV$106.631
NY$102.43–$124.965
OH$100.191
OK$98.181
OR$105.98–$115.382
PA$100.45–$110.932
PR$107.701
RI$109.741
SC$100.721
SD$105.551
TN$98.931
TX$99.80–$111.188
UT$102.051
VA$104.98–$122.342
VI$107.701
VT$105.121
WA$110.85–$125.422
WI$102.261
WV$97.641
WY$106.361

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Turn a percentage into dollars for 76979 in Beaumont. This uses the base rate on this page, so the locality and release stay consistent.

Reference amount per service

$109.78

$99.80 × 110% = $109.78

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How this local rate is calculated

Each RVU component is multiplied by its own geographic practice cost index (GPCI). The three adjusted components are added, then multiplied by the conversion factor. These are the inputs used for 76979 in Beaumont.

PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv

8,895

Code
76979
Physician work
0.83
Practice expense
2.31
Malpractice
0.06

GPCI2026.csv

97

Locality
Beaumont
Physician work
1.000
Practice expense
0.910
Malpractice
0.929
Office / nonfacility calculation for 76979 in Beaumont
ComponentRVULocality factorAdjusted
Physician work0.83× 1.0000.8300
Practice expense2.31× 0.9102.1021
Malpractice0.06× 0.9290.0557
Total RVUs2.9878
Conversion factor× 33.4009

Office / nonfacility rate, Beaumont$99.80

Values as parsed from CMS release RVU26D, effective 2026-10-01. The amount is rounded to the nearest cent only at the end.

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Office / nonfacility

Office / nonfacility calculation inputs
ComponentRVULocal GPCI
Work0.831
Practice expense2.310.91
Malpractice0.060.929

(0.83 × 1 + 2.31 × 0.91 + 0.06 × 0.929) × $33.4009 = $99.80

The office and facility calculations use their respective practice-expense RVUs. The facility amount here is the physician fee, not a separate hospital or facility bill.

How this rate has changed

76979 · Office / nonfacility

$99.80

Effective 2026-10-01

The base rate is $11.01 lower than on 2025-10-01, moving from $110.81 to $99.80 (9.9%).

It is unchanged from the immediately preceding available release, effective 2026-07-01.

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One bar per available release, ordered by effective date. Missing rates remain gaps. These comparisons hold the code, setting and locality identifiers constant; they do not isolate which policy or input caused a change.

What changed, release by release

  1. January 1, 2026

    RVU26A

    $110.81changed to$99.80

    • Conversion factor 32.3465 changed to 33.4009
    • Work RVU 0.85 changed to 0.83
    • Practice expense RVU 2.80 changed to 2.31
    • Malpractice RVU 0.05 changed to 0.06
    • Practice expense GPCI 0.903 changed to 0.910
    • Malpractice GPCI 0.947 changed to 0.929

    Held through RVU26B, RVU26C, RVU26D.

  2. January 1, 2025

    RVU25A

    Earliest loaded release: $110.81

    Held through RVU25B, RVU25C, RVU25D.

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Each row uses the accepted CMS release effective on that date and the same contractor and locality identifiers. Missing rates stay visible. Historical boundaries may differ; verify the service address for an older claim.

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Effective fromOffice / nonfacilityFacilityCMS release
2026-10-01$99.80Not available in this settingRVU26D
2026-07-01$99.80Not available in this settingRVU26C
2026-04-01$99.80Not available in this settingRVU26B
2026-01-01$99.80Not available in this settingRVU26A
2025-10-01$110.81Not available in this settingRVU25D
2025-07-01$110.81Not available in this settingRVU25C
2025-04-01$110.81Not available in this settingRVU25B
2025-01-01$110.81Not available in this settingRVU25A

76979 billing questions

When should 76979 be reported instead of 76978?

Use 76978 for the initial target lesion. Report 76979 for each additional distinct lesion assessed with the same dynamic microbubble contrast technique.

Which primary code must accompany 76979?

Report 76979 with 76978, which represents assessment of the initial target lesion. The add-on code is not reported by itself.

Can 76979 be reported for repeated imaging of the same lesion?

The add-on represents an additional lesion, not another pass or image set of the initial lesion. Documentation should distinguish each additional target assessed.

How are the professional and technical services billed?

Bill modifier 26 for the professional interpretation or modifier TC for the technical service. Without either modifier, the claim represents the global service.

How does 76979 differ from 76983?

76979 represents an additional lesion evaluated with dynamic microbubble contrast. 76983 represents an additional target assessed with ultrasound elastography, a different imaging technique.

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 76979PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv, line 8,895 (RVU26D)
Geographic factors for BeaumontGPCI2026.csv, line 97 (RVU26D)
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