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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01

78015 in Redding

Office / nonfacility

$220.46

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 78015: Limited-area thyroid cancer metastasis imaging

Nuclear medicine imaging of a focused body region evaluates residual or metastatic thyroid cancer, commonly in the neck and chest after thyroidectomy.

This study images a focused region for iodine-avid thyroid cancer after thyroidectomy, such as the neck and chest when evaluating residual thyroid tissue or suspected spread. A nuclear medicine technologist acquires the images, and a nuclear medicine physician or radiologist interprets them. The service is generally performed in a hospital or outpatient nuclear medicine department after administration of the imaging radiopharmaceutical.

Report 78015 when the examination is limited to a defined area rather than covering the whole body. The order and report should support the thyroid cancer indication, the region imaged, and the findings. The code represents a diagnostic test with separately identifiable professional and technical components: report modifier 26 for interpretation, modifier TC for equipment and staff, or neither modifier for the global service.

CMS billing rules for 78015

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 RVU0.65 · 11%
  • Practice expense (office) RVU5.38 · 88%
  • Malpractice RVU0.08 · 1%

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Medicare services in 2024 · #5458 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.

78015 compared with similar codes

Office rates for Redding, from the same CMS release.

78016

Thyroid metastasis imaging

Whole body

$272.23

Choose 78016 when the examination covers the whole body; 78015 is for a defined, limited region such as the neck and chest.

78018

Thyroid metastasis scan

Whole body with additional imaging

$298.11

78018 is the whole-body thyroid cancer metastasis study with SPECT. 78015 is limited-area imaging.

78012

Thyroid uptake

Uptake measurement only

$86.61

78012 measures thyroid uptake; 78015 produces images of a limited region to evaluate thyroid cancer spread or residual disease.

78014

Thyroid scan

Quantitative uptake measurement

$228.39

78014 images the thyroid gland itself, including vascular flow when performed. 78015 evaluates thyroid cancer in a limited body region.

The same code, a different location

How does Redding compare?

In Bakersfield, the office rate for 78015 is $220.70—$0.24 higher than the $220.46 rate in Redding. Both use the same code, release and participation basis.

78015 across payment areas

Same release and payment basis · bars start at $0

  1. Redding · This locality

    $220.46

  2. $0.24 higher than Redding

  3. Chico

    $220.46

    The same base rate than Redding

  4. El Centro

    $220.47

    $0.01 higher than Redding

  5. Fresno

    $220.46

    The same base rate than Redding

  6. The same base rate than Redding

  7. $16.50 higher than Redding

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, 78015 ranges from $177.45 in Arkansas to $284.65 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
  • Madera

    California · 78015

    Office

    $220.46

    Facility

    Unavailable

    The same base rate than Redding for the office setting.

  • Merced

    California · 78015

    Office

    $220.46

    Facility

    Unavailable

    The same base rate than Redding for the office setting.

  • Modesto

    California · 78015

    Office

    $220.46

    Facility

    Unavailable

    The same base rate than Redding for the office setting.

  • Napa

    California · 78015

    Office

    $261.28

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $40.82 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura

    California · 78015

    Office

    $236.38

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $15.92 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Rest Of California

    California · 78015

    Office

    $220.46

    Facility

    Unavailable

    The same base rate than Redding for the office setting.

  • Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario

    California · 78015

    Office

    $221.33

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.87 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom

    California · 78015

    Office

    $232.91

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $12.45 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Salinas

    California · 78015

    Office

    $232.08

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $11.62 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad

    California · 78015

    Office

    $238.73

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $18.27 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (Marin Cnty)

    California · 78015

    Office

    $278.37

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $57.91 higher than Redding for the office setting.

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

    California · 78015

    Office

    $278.28

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $57.82 higher than Redding for the office setting.

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

    California · 78015

    Office

    $284.65

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $64.19 higher than Redding for the office setting.

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

    California · 78015

    Office

    $284.28

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $63.82 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles

    California · 78015

    Office

    $228.19

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $7.73 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Santa Cruz-Watsonville

    California · 78015

    Office

    $241.93

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $21.47 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Santa Maria-Santa Barbara

    California · 78015

    Office

    $233.28

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $12.82 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Santa Rosa-Petaluma

    California · 78015

    Office

    $244.46

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $24.00 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Stockton

    California · 78015

    Office

    $220.46

    Facility

    Unavailable

    The same base rate than Redding for the office setting.

  • Vallejo

    California · 78015

    Office

    $261.15

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $40.69 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Visalia

    California · 78015

    Office

    $220.46

    Facility

    Unavailable

    The same base rate than Redding for the office setting.

  • Yuba City

    California · 78015

    Office

    $220.46

    Facility

    Unavailable

    The same base rate than Redding for the office setting.

  • Dc + Md/Va Suburbs

    District of Columbia · 78015

    Office

    $237.54

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $17.08 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Miami

    Florida · 78015

    Office

    $215.53

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $4.93 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Chicago

    Illinois · 78015

    Office

    $208.59

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $11.87 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Manhattan

    New York · 78015

    Office

    $236.15

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $15.69 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Alaska*

    Alaska · 78015

    Office

    $225.42

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $4.96 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Alabama

    Alabama · 78015

    Office

    $180.46

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $40.00 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Arkansas

    Arkansas · 78015

    Office

    $177.45

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $43.01 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Arizona

    Arizona · 78015

    Office

    $198.12

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $22.34 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Colorado

    Colorado · 78015

    Office

    $215.26

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $5.20 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Connecticut

    Connecticut · 78015

    Office

    $218.91

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.55 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Delaware

    Delaware · 78015

    Office

    $201.76

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $18.70 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Fort Lauderdale

    Florida · 78015

    Office

    $208.57

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $11.89 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Florida

    Florida · 78015

    Office

    $197.52

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $22.94 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Atlanta

    Georgia · 78015

    Office

    $207.56

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $12.90 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Georgia

    Georgia · 78015

    Office

    $185.19

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $35.27 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Hawaii, Guam

    Hawaii · 78015

    Office

    $227.57

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $7.11 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Iowa

    Iowa · 78015

    Office

    $187.19

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $33.27 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Idaho

    Idaho · 78015

    Office

    $188.30

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $32.16 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • East St. Louis

    Illinois · 78015

    Office

    $192.41

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $28.05 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Illinois

    Illinois · 78015

    Office

    $189.95

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $30.51 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Suburban Chicago

    Illinois · 78015

    Office

    $211.15

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $9.31 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Indiana

    Indiana · 78015

    Office

    $189.59

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $30.87 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Kansas

    Kansas · 78015

    Office

    $185.50

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $34.96 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Kentucky

    Kentucky · 78015

    Office

    $183.91

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $36.55 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • New Orleans

    Louisiana · 78015

    Office

    $193.84

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $26.62 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Louisiana

    Louisiana · 78015

    Office

    $183.30

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $37.16 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Metropolitan Boston

    Massachusetts · 78015

    Office

    $239.54

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $19.08 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Massachusetts

    Massachusetts · 78015

    Office

    $213.41

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $7.05 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Baltimore/Surr. Cntys

    Maryland · 78015

    Office

    $218.18

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $2.28 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Maryland

    Maryland · 78015

    Office

    $206.23

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $14.23 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Maine

    Maine · 78015

    Office

    $188.69

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $31.77 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Southern Maine

    Maine · 78015

    Office

    $201.48

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $18.98 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Detroit

    Michigan · 78015

    Office

    $199.62

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $20.84 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Michigan

    Michigan · 78015

    Office

    $188.79

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $31.67 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Minnesota

    Minnesota · 78015

    Office

    $207.41

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $13.05 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Metropolitan Kansas City

    Missouri · 78015

    Office

    $193.06

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $27.40 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Metropolitan St. Louis

    Missouri · 78015

    Office

    $195.46

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $25.00 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Missouri

    Missouri · 78015

    Office

    $179.21

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $41.25 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Mississippi

    Mississippi · 78015

    Office

    $178.40

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $42.06 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Montana**

    Montana · 78015

    Office

    $204.07

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $16.39 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • North Carolina

    North Carolina · 78015

    Office

    $191.08

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $29.38 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • North Dakota**

    North Dakota · 78015

    Office

    $202.49

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $17.97 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Nebraska

    Nebraska · 78015

    Office

    $188.58

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $31.88 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • New Hampshire

    New Hampshire · 78015

    Office

    $211.11

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $9.35 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Northern Nj

    New Jersey · 78015

    Office

    $234.38

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $13.92 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Rest Of New Jersey

    New Jersey · 78015

    Office

    $221.74

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.28 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • New Mexico

    New Mexico · 78015

    Office

    $189.70

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $30.76 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Nevada**

    Nevada · 78015

    Office

    $203.81

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $16.65 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Nyc Suburbs/Long Island

    New York · 78015

    Office

    $241.72

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $21.26 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Poughkpsie/N Nyc Suburbs

    New York · 78015

    Office

    $222.69

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $2.23 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Queens

    New York · 78015

    Office

    $239.35

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $18.89 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Rest Of New York

    New York · 78015

    Office

    $194.30

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $26.16 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Ohio

    Ohio · 78015

    Office

    $188.47

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $31.99 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Oklahoma

    Oklahoma · 78015

    Office

    $184.26

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $36.20 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Portland

    Oregon · 78015

    Office

    $223.69

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $3.23 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Oregon

    Oregon · 78015

    Office

    $202.57

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $17.89 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Metropolitan Philadelphia

    Pennsylvania · 78015

    Office

    $212.35

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $8.11 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Pennsylvania

    Pennsylvania · 78015

    Office

    $189.20

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $31.26 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Puerto Rico

    Puerto Rico · 78015

    Office

    $206.02

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $14.44 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Rhode Island

    Rhode Island · 78015

    Office

    $210.13

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $10.33 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • South Carolina

    South Carolina · 78015

    Office

    $190.02

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $30.44 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • South Dakota**

    South Dakota · 78015

    Office

    $202.31

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $18.15 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Tennessee

    Tennessee · 78015

    Office

    $186.49

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $33.97 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Austin

    Texas · 78015

    Office

    $214.24

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $6.22 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Beaumont

    Texas · 78015

    Office

    $187.72

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $32.74 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Brazoria

    Texas · 78015

    Office

    $202.05

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $18.41 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Dallas

    Texas · 78015

    Office

    $203.18

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $17.28 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Fort Worth

    Texas · 78015

    Office

    $201.41

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $19.05 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Galveston

    Texas · 78015

    Office

    $202.54

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $17.92 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Houston

    Texas · 78015

    Office

    $204.00

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $16.46 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Texas

    Texas · 78015

    Office

    $194.66

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $25.80 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Utah

    Utah · 78015

    Office

    $193.03

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $27.43 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Virginia

    Virginia · 78015

    Office

    $200.24

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $20.22 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Virgin Islands

    United States Virgin Islands · 78015

    Office

    $206.02

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $14.44 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Vermont

    Vermont · 78015

    Office

    $200.96

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $19.50 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Washington

    Washington · 78015

    Office

    $213.25

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $7.21 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Seattle (King Cnty)

    Washington · 78015

    Office

    $245.47

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $25.01 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Wisconsin

    Wisconsin · 78015

    Office

    $194.68

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $25.78 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • West Virginia

    West Virginia · 78015

    Office

    $181.69

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $38.77 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Wyoming**

    Wyoming · 78015

    Office

    $203.38

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $17.08 lower than Redding for the office setting.

See how rates vary across the country

78015 · 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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$177.45

$252.56

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State / territoryRate rangeLocalities
AK$225.421
AL$180.461
AR$177.451
AZ$198.121
CA$220.46–$284.6529
CO$215.261
CT$218.911
DC$237.541
DE$201.761
FL$197.52–$215.533
GA$185.19–$207.562
GU$227.571
HI$227.571
IA$187.191
ID$188.301
IL$189.95–$211.154
IN$189.591
KS$185.501
KY$183.911
LA$183.30–$193.842
MA$213.41–$239.542
MD$206.23–$237.543
ME$188.69–$201.482
MI$188.79–$199.622
MN$207.411
MO$179.21–$195.463
MS$178.401
MT$204.071
NC$191.081
ND$202.491
NE$188.581
NH$211.111
NJ$221.74–$234.382
NM$189.701
NV$203.811
NY$194.30–$241.725
OH$188.471
OK$184.261
OR$202.57–$223.692
PA$189.20–$212.352
PR$206.021
RI$210.131
SC$190.021
SD$202.311
TN$186.491
TX$187.72–$214.248
UT$193.031
VA$200.24–$237.542
VI$206.021
VT$200.961
WA$213.25–$245.472
WI$194.681
WV$181.691
WY$203.381

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Redding is a Medicare payment area. Our Census mapping connects it to 32 cities and communities in California, including the examples shown here.

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Reference amount per service

$242.51

$220.46 × 110% = $242.51

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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 78015 in Redding.

PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv

9,188

Code
78015
Physician work
0.65
Practice expense
5.38
Malpractice
0.08

GPCI2026.csv

19

Locality
Redding
Physician work
1.017
Practice expense
1.096
Malpractice
0.536
Office / nonfacility calculation for 78015 in Redding
ComponentRVULocality factorAdjusted
Physician work0.65× 1.0170.6610
Practice expense5.38× 1.0965.8965
Malpractice0.08× 0.5360.0429
Total RVUs6.6004
Conversion factor× 33.4009

Office / nonfacility rate, Redding$220.46

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
Work0.651.017
Practice expense5.381.096
Malpractice0.080.536

(0.65 × 1.017 + 5.38 × 1.096 + 0.08 × 0.536) × $33.4009 = $220.46

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

78015 · Office / nonfacility

$220.46

Effective 2026-10-01

The base rate is $1.70 higher than on 2025-10-01, moving from $218.76 to $220.46 (0.8%).

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

    $218.76changed to$220.46

    • Conversion factor 32.3465 changed to 33.4009
    • Work RVU 0.67 changed to 0.65
    • Practice expense RVU 5.53 changed to 5.38
    • Malpractice RVU 0.07 changed to 0.08
    • Work GPCI 1.014 changed to 1.017
    • Practice expense GPCI 1.093 changed to 1.096
    • Malpractice GPCI 0.560 changed to 0.536

    Held through RVU26B, RVU26C, RVU26D.

  2. January 1, 2025

    RVU25A

    Earliest loaded release: $218.76

    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$220.46Not available in this settingRVU26D
2026-07-01$220.46Not available in this settingRVU26C
2026-04-01$220.46Not available in this settingRVU26B
2026-01-01$220.46Not available in this settingRVU26A
2025-10-01$218.76Not available in this settingRVU25D
2025-07-01$218.76Not available in this settingRVU25C
2025-04-01$218.76Not available in this settingRVU25B
2025-01-01$218.76Not available in this settingRVU25A

78015 billing questions

When should 78015 be chosen instead of 78016?

Use 78015 for imaging confined to a limited region, such as the neck and chest. Use 78016 when the examination covers the whole body.

How does 78015 differ from 78018?

78015 describes limited-area imaging. 78018 is the whole-body study performed with SPECT.

Which modifier identifies the interpretation?

Append modifier 26 when billing only the professional interpretation. Modifier TC identifies the technical service, while billing without either modifier represents the global service.

Is 78015 the same as a thyroid uptake measurement?

No. 78015 reports imaging for thyroid cancer in a limited region; 78012 is a thyroid uptake measurement rather than this metastasis-imaging service.

What documentation supports 78015?

The record should identify the thyroid cancer indication, the body region examined, and the imaging findings. The report should make clear that the examination was limited in coverage rather than whole body.

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 78015PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv, line 9,188 (RVU26D)
Geographic factors for ReddingGPCI2026.csv, line 19 (RVU26D)