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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01

38510 in El Centro

Office / nonfacility

$563.14

Base rate per service

Facility setting

$373.52

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.

The same code, a different location

How does El Centro compare?

In Bakersfield, the office rate for 38510 is $566.47—$3.33 higher than the $563.14 rate in El Centro. Both use the same code, release and participation basis.

38510 across payment areas

Same release and payment basis · bars start at $0

  1. El Centro · This locality

    $563.14

  2. Bakersfield

    $566.47

    $3.33 higher than El Centro

  3. Chico

    $562.93

    $0.21 lower than El Centro

  4. Fresno

    $562.93

    $0.21 lower than El Centro

  5. Hanford-Corcoran

    $562.93

    $0.21 lower than El Centro

  6. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim (Los Angeles/Orange Cnty)

    $598.79

    $35.65 higher than El Centro

  7. Madera

    $562.93

    $0.21 lower than El Centro

Other payment areas listed in California 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, 38510 ranges from $489.76 in Arkansas to $683.42 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

  • Merced

    California · 38510

    Office

    $562.93

    Facility

    $373.30

    $0.21 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Modesto

    California · 38510

    Office

    $562.93

    Facility

    $373.30

    $0.21 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Napa

    California · 38510

    Office

    $636.05

    Facility

    $408.02

    $72.91 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura

    California · 38510

    Office

    $593.91

    Facility

    $389.41

    $30.77 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Redding

    California · 38510

    Office

    $562.93

    Facility

    $373.30

    $0.21 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Rest Of California

    California · 38510

    Office

    $562.93

    Facility

    $373.30

    $0.21 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario

    California · 38510

    Office

    $576.60

    Facility

    $386.97

    $13.46 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom

    California · 38510

    Office

    $586.48

    Facility

    $385.26

    $23.34 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Salinas

    California · 38510

    Office

    $584.23

    Facility

    $383.70

    $21.09 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad

    California · 38510

    Office

    $594.96

    Facility

    $388.04

    $31.82 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (Marin Cnty)

    California · 38510

    Office

    $667.61

    Facility

    $423.65

    $104.47 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

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

    California · 38510

    Office

    $666.16

    Facility

    $422.21

    $103.02 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

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

    California · 38510

    Office

    $683.42

    Facility

    $433.93

    $120.28 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

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

    California · 38510

    Office

    $677.52

    Facility

    $428.03

    $114.38 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles

    California · 38510

    Office

    $575.37

    Facility

    $378.30

    $12.23 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Santa Cruz-Watsonville

    California · 38510

    Office

    $598.23

    Facility

    $388.01

    $35.09 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Santa Maria-Santa Barbara

    California · 38510

    Office

    $585.59

    Facility

    $383.86

    $22.45 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Santa Rosa-Petaluma

    California · 38510

    Office

    $603.97

    Facility

    $391.50

    $40.83 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Stockton

    California · 38510

    Office

    $562.93

    Facility

    $373.30

    $0.21 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Vallejo

    California · 38510

    Office

    $633.97

    Facility

    $405.94

    $70.83 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Visalia

    California · 38510

    Office

    $562.93

    Facility

    $373.30

    $0.21 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Yuba City

    California · 38510

    Office

    $562.93

    Facility

    $373.30

    $0.21 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Dc + Md/Va Suburbs

    District of Columbia · 38510

    Office

    $619.25

    Facility

    $415.43

    $56.11 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Miami

    Florida · 38510

    Office

    $627.83

    Facility

    $447.72

    $64.69 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Chicago

    Illinois · 38510

    Office

    $609.03

    Facility

    $435.15

    $45.89 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Manhattan

    New York · 38510

    Office

    $636.88

    Facility

    $435.83

    $73.74 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Alaska*

    Alaska · 38510

    Office

    $660.59

    Facility

    $476.33

    $97.45 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Alabama

    Alabama · 38510

    Office

    $496.55

    Facility

    $345.16

    $66.59 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Arkansas

    Arkansas · 38510

    Office

    $489.76

    Facility

    $341.14

    $73.38 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Arizona

    Arizona · 38510

    Office

    $536.04

    Facility

    $368.39

    $27.10 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Colorado

    Colorado · 38510

    Office

    $562.97

    Facility

    $378.88

    $0.17 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Connecticut

    Connecticut · 38510

    Office

    $586.68

    Facility

    $400.35

    $23.54 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Delaware

    Delaware · 38510

    Office

    $544.46

    Facility

    $373.52

    $18.68 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Fort Lauderdale

    Florida · 38510

    Office

    $589.15

    Facility

    $413.88

    $26.01 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Florida

    Florida · 38510

    Office

    $559.72

    Facility

    $394.32

    $3.42 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Atlanta

    Georgia · 38510

    Office

    $564.93

    Facility

    $389.14

    $1.79 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Georgia

    Georgia · 38510

    Office

    $528.02

    Facility

    $373.69

    $35.12 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Hawaii, Guam

    Hawaii · 38510

    Office

    $572.88

    Facility

    $376.16

    $9.74 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Iowa

    Iowa · 38510

    Office

    $500.95

    Facility

    $342.64

    $62.19 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Idaho

    Idaho · 38510

    Office

    $505.62

    Facility

    $346.44

    $57.52 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • East St. Louis

    Illinois · 38510

    Office

    $570.99

    Facility

    $411.81

    $7.85 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Illinois

    Illinois · 38510

    Office

    $549.83

    Facility

    $391.87

    $13.31 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Suburban Chicago

    Illinois · 38510

    Office

    $593.21

    Facility

    $415.52

    $30.07 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Indiana

    Indiana · 38510

    Office

    $508.20

    Facility

    $347.81

    $54.94 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Kansas

    Kansas · 38510

    Office

    $502.31

    Facility

    $345.90

    $60.83 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Kentucky

    Kentucky · 38510

    Office

    $515.40

    Facility

    $361.59

    $47.74 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • New Orleans

    Louisiana · 38510

    Office

    $539.82

    Facility

    $377.01

    $23.32 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Louisiana

    Louisiana · 38510

    Office

    $516.07

    Facility

    $362.95

    $47.07 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Metropolitan Boston

    Massachusetts · 38510

    Office

    $611.56

    Facility

    $404.98

    $48.42 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Massachusetts

    Massachusetts · 38510

    Office

    $561.35

    Facility

    $379.16

    $1.79 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Baltimore/Surr. Cntys

    Maryland · 38510

    Office

    $585.79

    Facility

    $400.15

    $22.65 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Maryland

    Maryland · 38510

    Office

    $553.30

    Facility

    $378.21

    $9.84 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Maine

    Maine · 38510

    Office

    $511.94

    Facility

    $352.76

    $51.20 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Southern Maine

    Maine · 38510

    Office

    $532.86

    Facility

    $361.40

    $30.28 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Detroit

    Michigan · 38510

    Office

    $570.09

    Facility

    $403.13

    $6.95 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Michigan

    Michigan · 38510

    Office

    $531.42

    Facility

    $373.46

    $31.72 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Minnesota

    Minnesota · 38510

    Office

    $529.64

    Facility

    $351.61

    $33.50 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Metropolitan Kansas City

    Missouri · 38510

    Office

    $532.49

    Facility

    $370.03

    $30.65 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Metropolitan St. Louis

    Missouri · 38510

    Office

    $537.32

    Facility

    $372.60

    $25.82 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Missouri

    Missouri · 38510

    Office

    $510.10

    Facility

    $360.95

    $53.04 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Mississippi

    Mississippi · 38510

    Office

    $499.84

    Facility

    $350.87

    $63.30 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Montana**

    Montana · 38510

    Office

    $551.03

    Facility

    $378.01

    $12.11 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • North Carolina

    North Carolina · 38510

    Office

    $516.42

    Facility

    $355.00

    $46.72 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • North Dakota**

    North Dakota · 38510

    Office

    $525.92

    Facility

    $352.90

    $37.22 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Nebraska

    Nebraska · 38510

    Office

    $502.46

    Facility

    $342.76

    $60.68 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • New Hampshire

    New Hampshire · 38510

    Office

    $557.67

    Facility

    $377.56

    $5.47 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Northern Nj

    New Jersey · 38510

    Office

    $614.10

    Facility

    $413.41

    $50.96 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Rest Of New Jersey

    New Jersey · 38510

    Office

    $590.62

    Facility

    $401.68

    $27.48 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • New Mexico

    New Mexico · 38510

    Office

    $535.63

    Facility

    $376.98

    $27.51 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Nevada**

    Nevada · 38510

    Office

    $544.32

    Facility

    $371.13

    $18.82 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Nyc Suburbs/Long Island

    New York · 38510

    Office

    $656.18

    Facility

    $450.46

    $93.04 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Poughkpsie/N Nyc Suburbs

    New York · 38510

    Office

    $597.38

    Facility

    $407.92

    $34.24 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Queens

    New York · 38510

    Office

    $636.55

    Facility

    $432.05

    $73.41 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Rest Of New York

    New York · 38510

    Office

    $524.05

    Facility

    $359.69

    $39.09 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Ohio

    Ohio · 38510

    Office

    $526.29

    Facility

    $368.33

    $36.85 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Oklahoma

    Oklahoma · 38510

    Office

    $510.71

    Facility

    $356.20

    $52.43 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Portland

    Oregon · 38510

    Office

    $575.87

    Facility

    $383.65

    $12.73 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Oregon

    Oregon · 38510

    Office

    $537.36

    Facility

    $365.03

    $25.78 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Metropolitan Philadelphia

    Pennsylvania · 38510

    Office

    $575.11

    Facility

    $395.00

    $11.97 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Pennsylvania

    Pennsylvania · 38510

    Office

    $525.06

    Facility

    $366.23

    $38.08 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Puerto Rico

    Puerto Rico · 38510

    Office

    $553.66

    Facility

    $378.74

    $9.48 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Rhode Island

    Rhode Island · 38510

    Office

    $560.25

    Facility

    $381.52

    $2.89 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • South Carolina

    South Carolina · 38510

    Office

    $522.77

    Facility

    $362.90

    $40.37 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • South Dakota**

    South Dakota · 38510

    Office

    $522.95

    Facility

    $349.93

    $40.19 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Tennessee

    Tennessee · 38510

    Office

    $505.15

    Facility

    $347.88

    $57.99 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Austin

    Texas · 38510

    Office

    $563.49

    Facility

    $380.44

    $0.35 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Beaumont

    Texas · 38510

    Office

    $522.07

    Facility

    $364.63

    $41.07 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Brazoria

    Texas · 38510

    Office

    $540.93

    Facility

    $369.48

    $22.21 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Dallas

    Texas · 38510

    Office

    $545.91

    Facility

    $373.58

    $17.23 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Fort Worth

    Texas · 38510

    Office

    $543.57

    Facility

    $372.97

    $19.57 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Galveston

    Texas · 38510

    Office

    $543.55

    Facility

    $371.74

    $19.59 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Houston

    Texas · 38510

    Office

    $566.80

    Facility

    $394.99

    $3.66 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Texas

    Texas · 38510

    Office

    $532.25

    Facility

    $368.06

    $30.89 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Utah

    Utah · 38510

    Office

    $529.43

    Facility

    $366.80

    $33.71 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Virginia

    Virginia · 38510

    Office

    $533.73

    Facility

    $363.65

    $29.41 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Virgin Islands

    United States Virgin Islands · 38510

    Office

    $553.66

    Facility

    $378.74

    $9.48 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Vermont

    Vermont · 38510

    Office

    $527.27

    Facility

    $355.98

    $35.87 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Washington

    Washington · 38510

    Office

    $559.16

    Facility

    $376.97

    $3.98 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Seattle (King Cnty)

    Washington · 38510

    Office

    $619.98

    Facility

    $407.69

    $56.84 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Wisconsin

    Wisconsin · 38510

    Office

    $509.61

    Facility

    $343.86

    $53.53 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • West Virginia

    West Virginia · 38510

    Office

    $531.51

    Facility

    $381.15

    $31.63 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Wyoming**

    Wyoming · 38510

    Office

    $540.09

    Facility

    $367.07

    $23.05 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

See how rates vary across the country

38510 · 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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$489.76

$660.59

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State / territoryRate rangeLocalities
AK$660.591
AL$496.551
AR$489.761
AZ$536.041
CA$562.93–$683.4229
CO$562.971
CT$586.681
DC$619.251
DE$544.461
FL$559.72–$627.833
GA$528.02–$564.932
GU$572.881
HI$572.881
IA$500.951
ID$505.621
IL$549.83–$609.034
IN$508.201
KS$502.311
KY$515.401
LA$516.07–$539.822
MA$561.35–$611.562
MD$553.30–$619.253
ME$511.94–$532.862
MI$531.42–$570.092
MN$529.641
MO$510.10–$537.323
MS$499.841
MT$551.031
NC$516.421
ND$525.921
NE$502.461
NH$557.671
NJ$590.62–$614.102
NM$535.631
NV$544.321
NY$524.05–$656.185
OH$526.291
OK$510.711
OR$537.36–$575.872
PA$525.06–$575.112
PR$553.661
RI$560.251
SC$522.771
SD$522.951
TN$505.151
TX$522.07–$566.808
UT$529.431
VA$533.73–$619.252
VI$553.661
VT$527.271
WA$559.16–$619.982
WI$509.611
WV$531.511
WY$540.091

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Where does this rate apply?

El Centro is a Medicare payment area. Our Census mapping connects it to 18 cities and communities in California, including the examples shown here.

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Why are the office and facility amounts different?

For 38510 in El Centro, the physician’s office rate is $563.14 and the facility-setting rate is $373.52: a difference of $189.62.

The calculation uses a different practice-expense RVU for each setting. Both amounts here are physician fee-schedule amounts. The facility figure does not include a hospital’s separate charges, so this comparison does not tell you the total cost of receiving care in each setting.

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Reference amount per service

$619.45

$563.14 × 110% = $619.45

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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 38510 in El Centro.

PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv

4,743

Code
38510
Physician work
6.57
Practice expense
8.66
Malpractice
1.27

GPCI2026.csv

10

Locality
El Centro
Physician work
1.017
Practice expense
1.096
Malpractice
0.541
Office / nonfacility calculation for 38510 in El Centro
ComponentRVULocality factorAdjusted
Physician work6.57× 1.0176.6817
Practice expense8.66× 1.0969.4914
Malpractice1.27× 0.5410.6871
Total RVUs16.8601
Conversion factor× 33.4009

Office / nonfacility rate, El Centro$563.14

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
Work6.571.017
Practice expense8.661.096
Malpractice1.270.541

(6.57 × 1.017 + 8.66 × 1.096 + 1.27 × 0.541) × $33.4009 = $563.14

Facility

Facility calculation inputs
ComponentRVULocal GPCI
Work6.571.017
Practice expense3.481.096
Malpractice1.270.541

(6.57 × 1.017 + 3.48 × 1.096 + 1.27 × 0.541) × $33.4009 = $373.52

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

38510 · Office / nonfacility

$563.14

Effective 2026-10-01

The base rate is $40.94 higher than on 2025-10-01, moving from $522.20 to $563.14 (7.8%).

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

    $522.20changed to$563.14

    • Conversion factor 32.3465 changed to 33.4009
    • Work RVU 6.74 changed to 6.57
    • Practice expense RVU 7.85 changed to 8.66
    • Malpractice RVU 1.28 changed to 1.27
    • Work GPCI 1.014 changed to 1.017
    • Practice expense GPCI 1.093 changed to 1.096
    • Malpractice GPCI 0.570 changed to 0.541

    Held through RVU26B, RVU26C, RVU26D.

  2. January 1, 2025

    RVU25A

    Earliest loaded release: $522.20

    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$563.14$373.52RVU26D
2026-07-01$563.14$373.52RVU26C
2026-04-01$563.14$373.52RVU26B
2026-01-01$563.14$373.52RVU26A
2025-10-01$522.20$408.36RVU25D
2025-07-01$522.20$408.36RVU25C
2025-04-01$522.20$408.36RVU25B
2025-01-01$522.20$408.36RVU25A

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 38510PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv, line 4,743 (RVU26D)
Geographic factors for El CentroGPCI2026.csv, line 10 (RVU26D)
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