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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01

78700 in El Centro

Office / nonfacility

$165.75

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.

Nuclear medicine

About 78700: Static renal morphology scan

Static renal scintigraphy depicts kidney anatomy and cortical pattern when the clinical question concerns morphology rather than perfusion or function.

This nuclear medicine study produces images of the kidneys’ location, size, contour, and cortical pattern after administration of a radiopharmaceutical. It may be used when evaluation centers on renal anatomy or suspected cortical abnormalities, such as scarring. A nuclear medicine technologist typically acquires the images in an imaging department, and a physician interprets the study.

Choose 78700 when the performed study evaluates renal morphology, rather than renal blood flow or function. The record should support the clinical reason for imaging, the study performed, and the physician’s interpretation. CMS recognizes separately priced professional and technical components: the interpreting physician may report modifier 26, the equipment-and-staff portion may be reported with modifier TC, and billing without either modifier represents the global service.

CMS billing rules for 78700

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 RVU0.44 · 10%
  • Practice expense (office) RVU4.09 · 89%
  • Malpractice RVU0.06 · 1%

206

Medicare services in 2024 · #4303 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.

78700 compared with similar codes

Office rates for El Centro, from the same CMS release.

78701

Kidney imaging

With vascular flow

$220.01

Choose 78700 for morphology-focused images; 78701 describes renal imaging that includes assessment of blood flow.

78707

Renal imaging

Single study, no drug

$225.38

78707 evaluates renal flow and function without pharmacologic intervention, while 78700 focuses on morphology.

78708

Renal imaging

Pharmacologic intervention

$183.74

78708 evaluates renal flow and function with pharmacologic intervention; 78700 is selected for a morphology-focused study.

78725

Kidney function study

Quantitative clearance

$107.00

78725 is a renal function study. Use 78700 when the performed nuclear imaging evaluates renal morphology instead.

The same code, a different location

How does El Centro compare?

In Bakersfield, the office rate for 78700 is $165.92—$0.17 higher than the $165.75 rate in El Centro. Both use the same code, release and participation basis.

78700 across payment areas

Same release and payment basis · bars start at $0

  1. El Centro · This locality

    $165.75

  2. Bakersfield

    $165.92

    $0.17 higher than El Centro

  3. Chico

    $165.74

    $0.01 lower than El Centro

  4. Fresno

    $165.74

    $0.01 lower than El Centro

  5. Hanford-Corcoran

    $165.74

    $0.01 lower than El Centro

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

    $178.24

    $12.49 higher than El Centro

  7. Madera

    $165.74

    $0.01 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, 78700 ranges from $133.08 in Arkansas to $214.38 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 · 78700

    Office

    $165.74

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.01 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Modesto

    California · 78700

    Office

    $165.74

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.01 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Napa

    California · 78700

    Office

    $196.69

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $30.94 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura

    California · 78700

    Office

    $177.83

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $12.08 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Redding

    California · 78700

    Office

    $165.74

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.01 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Rest Of California

    California · 78700

    Office

    $165.74

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.01 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario

    California · 78700

    Office

    $166.39

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.64 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom

    California · 78700

    Office

    $175.18

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $9.43 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Salinas

    California · 78700

    Office

    $174.56

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $8.81 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad

    California · 78700

    Office

    $179.61

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $13.86 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (Marin Cnty)

    California · 78700

    Office

    $209.63

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $43.88 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

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

    California · 78700

    Office

    $209.56

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $43.81 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

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

    California · 78700

    Office

    $214.38

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $48.63 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

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

    California · 78700

    Office

    $214.10

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $48.35 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles

    California · 78700

    Office

    $171.62

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $5.87 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Santa Cruz-Watsonville

    California · 78700

    Office

    $182.06

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $16.31 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Santa Maria-Santa Barbara

    California · 78700

    Office

    $175.47

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $9.72 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Santa Rosa-Petaluma

    California · 78700

    Office

    $183.97

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $18.22 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Stockton

    California · 78700

    Office

    $165.74

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.01 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Vallejo

    California · 78700

    Office

    $196.59

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $30.84 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Visalia

    California · 78700

    Office

    $165.74

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.01 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Yuba City

    California · 78700

    Office

    $165.74

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.01 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Dc + Md/Va Suburbs

    District of Columbia · 78700

    Office

    $178.65

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $12.90 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Miami

    Florida · 78700

    Office

    $161.98

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $3.77 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Chicago

    Illinois · 78700

    Office

    $156.69

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $9.06 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Manhattan

    New York · 78700

    Office

    $177.56

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $11.81 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Alaska*

    Alaska · 78700

    Office

    $168.64

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $2.89 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Alabama

    Alabama · 78700

    Office

    $135.36

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $30.39 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Arkansas

    Arkansas · 78700

    Office

    $133.08

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $32.67 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Arizona

    Arizona · 78700

    Office

    $148.79

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $16.96 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Colorado

    Colorado · 78700

    Office

    $161.79

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $3.96 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Connecticut

    Connecticut · 78700

    Office

    $164.54

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.21 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Delaware

    Delaware · 78700

    Office

    $151.54

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $14.21 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Fort Lauderdale

    Florida · 78700

    Office

    $156.71

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $9.04 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Florida

    Florida · 78700

    Office

    $148.31

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $17.44 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Atlanta

    Georgia · 78700

    Office

    $155.94

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $9.81 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Georgia

    Georgia · 78700

    Office

    $138.94

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $26.81 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Hawaii, Guam

    Hawaii · 78700

    Office

    $171.18

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $5.43 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Iowa

    Iowa · 78700

    Office

    $140.49

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $25.26 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Idaho

    Idaho · 78700

    Office

    $141.33

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $24.42 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • East St. Louis

    Illinois · 78700

    Office

    $144.41

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $21.34 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Illinois

    Illinois · 78700

    Office

    $142.55

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $23.20 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Suburban Chicago

    Illinois · 78700

    Office

    $158.65

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $7.10 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Indiana

    Indiana · 78700

    Office

    $142.31

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $23.44 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Kansas

    Kansas · 78700

    Office

    $139.20

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $26.55 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Kentucky

    Kentucky · 78700

    Office

    $137.98

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $27.77 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • New Orleans

    Louisiana · 78700

    Office

    $145.52

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $20.23 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Louisiana

    Louisiana · 78700

    Office

    $137.52

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $28.23 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Metropolitan Boston

    Massachusetts · 78700

    Office

    $180.19

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $14.44 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Massachusetts

    Massachusetts · 78700

    Office

    $160.38

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $5.37 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Baltimore/Surr. Cntys

    Maryland · 78700

    Office

    $163.99

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.76 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Maryland

    Maryland · 78700

    Office

    $154.93

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $10.82 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Maine

    Maine · 78700

    Office

    $141.62

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $24.13 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Southern Maine

    Maine · 78700

    Office

    $151.34

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $14.41 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Detroit

    Michigan · 78700

    Office

    $149.90

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $15.85 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Michigan

    Michigan · 78700

    Office

    $141.68

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $24.07 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Minnesota

    Minnesota · 78700

    Office

    $155.86

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $9.89 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Metropolitan Kansas City

    Missouri · 78700

    Office

    $144.93

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $20.82 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Metropolitan St. Louis

    Missouri · 78700

    Office

    $146.76

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $18.99 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Missouri

    Missouri · 78700

    Office

    $134.41

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $31.34 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Mississippi

    Mississippi · 78700

    Office

    $133.80

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $31.95 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Montana**

    Montana · 78700

    Office

    $153.31

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $12.44 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • North Carolina

    North Carolina · 78700

    Office

    $143.43

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $22.32 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • North Dakota**

    North Dakota · 78700

    Office

    $152.12

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $13.63 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Nebraska

    Nebraska · 78700

    Office

    $141.54

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $24.21 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • New Hampshire

    New Hampshire · 78700

    Office

    $158.66

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $7.09 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Northern Nj

    New Jersey · 78700

    Office

    $176.23

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $10.48 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Rest Of New Jersey

    New Jersey · 78700

    Office

    $166.66

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.91 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • New Mexico

    New Mexico · 78700

    Office

    $142.37

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $23.38 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Nevada**

    Nevada · 78700

    Office

    $153.11

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $12.64 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Nyc Suburbs/Long Island

    New York · 78700

    Office

    $181.79

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $16.04 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Poughkpsie/N Nyc Suburbs

    New York · 78700

    Office

    $167.37

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.62 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Queens

    New York · 78700

    Office

    $180.00

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $14.25 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Rest Of New York

    New York · 78700

    Office

    $145.88

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $19.87 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Ohio

    Ohio · 78700

    Office

    $141.44

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $24.31 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Oklahoma

    Oklahoma · 78700

    Office

    $138.25

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $27.50 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Portland

    Oregon · 78700

    Office

    $168.20

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $2.45 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Oregon

    Oregon · 78700

    Office

    $152.17

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $13.58 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Metropolitan Philadelphia

    Pennsylvania · 78700

    Office

    $159.56

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $6.19 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Pennsylvania

    Pennsylvania · 78700

    Office

    $142.00

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $23.75 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Puerto Rico

    Puerto Rico · 78700

    Office

    $154.78

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $10.97 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Rhode Island

    Rhode Island · 78700

    Office

    $157.88

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $7.87 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • South Carolina

    South Carolina · 78700

    Office

    $142.63

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $23.12 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • South Dakota**

    South Dakota · 78700

    Office

    $151.98

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $13.77 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Tennessee

    Tennessee · 78700

    Office

    $139.95

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $25.80 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Austin

    Texas · 78700

    Office

    $161.03

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $4.72 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Beaumont

    Texas · 78700

    Office

    $140.87

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $24.88 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Brazoria

    Texas · 78700

    Office

    $151.76

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $13.99 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Dallas

    Texas · 78700

    Office

    $152.61

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $13.14 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Fort Worth

    Texas · 78700

    Office

    $151.27

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $14.48 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Galveston

    Texas · 78700

    Office

    $152.13

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $13.62 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Houston

    Texas · 78700

    Office

    $153.22

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $12.53 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Texas

    Texas · 78700

    Office

    $146.15

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $19.60 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Utah

    Utah · 78700

    Office

    $144.91

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $20.84 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Virginia

    Virginia · 78700

    Office

    $150.40

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $15.35 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Virgin Islands

    United States Virgin Islands · 78700

    Office

    $154.78

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $10.97 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Vermont

    Vermont · 78700

    Office

    $150.95

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $14.80 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Washington

    Washington · 78700

    Office

    $160.26

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $5.49 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Seattle (King Cnty)

    Washington · 78700

    Office

    $184.69

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $18.94 higher than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Wisconsin

    Wisconsin · 78700

    Office

    $146.19

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $19.56 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • West Virginia

    West Virginia · 78700

    Office

    $136.28

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $29.47 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

  • Wyoming**

    Wyoming · 78700

    Office

    $152.79

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $12.96 lower than El Centro for the office setting.

See how rates vary across the country

78700 · 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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$133.08

$190.06

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

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State / territoryRate rangeLocalities
AK$168.641
AL$135.361
AR$133.081
AZ$148.791
CA$165.74–$214.3829
CO$161.791
CT$164.541
DC$178.651
DE$151.541
FL$148.31–$161.983
GA$138.94–$155.942
GU$171.181
HI$171.181
IA$140.491
ID$141.331
IL$142.55–$158.654
IN$142.311
KS$139.201
KY$137.981
LA$137.52–$145.522
MA$160.38–$180.192
MD$154.93–$178.653
ME$141.62–$151.342
MI$141.68–$149.902
MN$155.861
MO$134.41–$146.763
MS$133.801
MT$153.311
NC$143.431
ND$152.121
NE$141.541
NH$158.661
NJ$166.66–$176.232
NM$142.371
NV$153.111
NY$145.88–$181.795
OH$141.441
OK$138.251
OR$152.17–$168.202
PA$142.00–$159.562
PR$154.781
RI$157.881
SC$142.631
SD$151.981
TN$139.951
TX$140.87–$161.038
UT$144.911
VA$150.40–$178.652
VI$154.781
VT$150.951
WA$160.26–$184.692
WI$146.191
WV$136.281
WY$152.791

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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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What is a percentage of Medicare worth?

Turn a percentage into dollars for 78700 in El Centro. This uses the base rate on this page, so the locality and release stay consistent.

Reference amount per service

$182.33

$165.75 × 110% = $182.33

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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 78700 in El Centro.

PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv

9,482

Code
78700
Physician work
0.44
Practice expense
4.09
Malpractice
0.06

GPCI2026.csv

10

Locality
El Centro
Physician work
1.017
Practice expense
1.096
Malpractice
0.541
Office / nonfacility calculation for 78700 in El Centro
ComponentRVULocality factorAdjusted
Physician work0.44× 1.0170.4475
Practice expense4.09× 1.0964.4826
Malpractice0.06× 0.5410.0325
Total RVUs4.9626
Conversion factor× 33.4009

Office / nonfacility rate, El Centro$165.75

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
Work0.441.017
Practice expense4.091.096
Malpractice0.060.541

(0.44 × 1.017 + 4.09 × 1.096 + 0.06 × 0.541) × $33.4009 = $165.75

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

78700 · Office / nonfacility

$165.75

Effective 2026-10-01

The base rate is $1.75 higher than on 2025-10-01, moving from $164.00 to $165.75 (1.1%).

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

Base rate by release · bars start at $0 · select a bar to compare

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

    $164.00changed to$165.75

    • Conversion factor 32.3465 changed to 33.4009
    • Work RVU 0.45 changed to 0.44
    • Practice expense RVU 4.19 changed to 4.09
    • 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: $164.00

    Held through RVU25B, RVU25C, RVU25D.

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Effective fromOffice / nonfacilityFacilityCMS release
2026-10-01$165.75Not available in this settingRVU26D
2026-07-01$165.75Not available in this settingRVU26C
2026-04-01$165.75Not available in this settingRVU26B
2026-01-01$165.75Not available in this settingRVU26A
2025-10-01$164.00Not available in this settingRVU25D
2025-07-01$164.00Not available in this settingRVU25C
2025-04-01$164.00Not available in this settingRVU25B
2025-01-01$164.00Not available in this settingRVU25A

78700 billing questions

When should 78700 be chosen instead of 78701?

Use 78700 for a study focused on renal morphology. Use 78701 when the imaging protocol includes assessment of renal blood flow.

How does 78700 differ from 78707 or 78708?

Those codes describe renal imaging that evaluates flow and function. Code 78700 is for morphology-focused imaging.

Which modifiers identify the professional and technical portions?

Modifier 26 identifies the professional interpretation, and modifier TC identifies the technical service. Reporting the code without either modifier represents the global service.

What documentation supports reporting 78700?

Document the clinical indication, the morphology-focused imaging performed, and the interpreting physician’s findings. The record should distinguish the study from a renal flow or function protocol.

Can 78700 be reported for a renal function study?

Not when the performed study is a function study rather than morphology imaging. Consider the renal function code that matches the actual protocol, such as 78725.

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 78700PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv, line 9,482 (RVU26D)
Geographic factors for El CentroGPCI2026.csv, line 10 (RVU26D)
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