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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01

92579 in Redding

Office / nonfacility

$45.24

Base rate per service

Facility setting

$30.60

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.

Audiology

About 92579: Visual reinforcement hearing assessment

Visual reinforcement audiometry assesses hearing in young children who respond to sounds by turning toward a visual reward during behavioral testing.

An audiologist typically uses visual reinforcement audiometry for infants and young children who cannot reliably complete conventional pure-tone testing. The child learns to turn toward a sound source; a visual stimulus, such as an illuminated toy, reinforces that response. The method helps estimate hearing sensitivity through observed responses rather than requiring the child to describe what was heard. Testing is commonly performed in pediatric audiology clinics and hospital audiology departments.

Report the service when this visual-reinforcement response method is used, rather than play-based or picture-response testing. Documentation should identify the behavioral method, sound presentation and observed responses, and the findings obtained, including ear-specific results when available. CMS treats the service as a therapy service for component billing, so a professional-component modifier does not apply. The code is priced as bilateral; modifier 50 does not increase payment.

CMS billing rules for 92579

Professional and technical components
Therapy service: the professional component modifier does not apply.
Bilateral procedures
The code is already priced as bilateral; modifier 50 does not increase payment.

Where the value comes from

  • Work RVU0.68 · 53%
  • Practice expense (office) RVU0.60 · 47%
  • Malpractice RVU0.01 · 1%

2.4K

Medicare services in 2024 · #2317 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.

92579 compared with similar codes

Office rates for Redding, from the same CMS release.

92582

Play audiometry

Conditioning play

$94.99

92579 uses a sound-evoked head turn reinforced by a visual reward. 92582 uses a conditioned play response, such as placing or manipulating an object.

92583

Speech audiometry

Picture selection method

$67.17

92583 uses picture identification or selection as the response method; 92579 reinforces a head turn toward the sound source with a visual cue.

92587

Otoacoustic emissions

Limited frequency assessment

$22.86

92587 is an objective evoked auditory test. 92579 depends on the child’s observable behavioral response to presented sounds.

The same code, a different location

How does Redding compare?

In Bakersfield, the office rate for 92579 is $45.31—$0.07 higher than the $45.24 rate in Redding. Both use the same code, release and participation basis.

92579 across payment areas

Same release and payment basis · bars start at $0

  1. Redding · This locality

    $45.24

  2. Bakersfield

    $45.31

    $0.07 higher than Redding

  3. Chico

    $45.24

    The same base rate than Redding

  4. El Centro

    $45.24

    The same base rate than Redding

  5. Fresno

    $45.24

    The same base rate than Redding

  6. Hanford-Corcoran

    $45.24

    The same base rate than Redding

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

    $47.57

    $2.33 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, 92579 ranges from $40.10 in Arkansas to $55.60 in Alaska*. 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 · 92579

    Office

    $45.24

    Facility

    $30.60

    The same base rate than Redding for the office setting.

  • Merced

    California · 92579

    Office

    $45.24

    Facility

    $30.60

    The same base rate than Redding for the office setting.

  • Modesto

    California · 92579

    Office

    $45.24

    Facility

    $30.60

    The same base rate than Redding for the office setting.

  • Napa

    California · 92579

    Office

    $50.73

    Facility

    $33.12

    $5.49 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura

    California · 92579

    Office

    $47.24

    Facility

    $31.45

    $2.00 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Rest Of California

    California · 92579

    Office

    $45.24

    Facility

    $30.60

    The same base rate than Redding for the office setting.

  • Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario

    California · 92579

    Office

    $45.37

    Facility

    $30.73

    $0.13 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom

    California · 92579

    Office

    $47.02

    Facility

    $31.48

    $1.78 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Salinas

    California · 92579

    Office

    $46.82

    Facility

    $31.34

    $1.58 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad

    California · 92579

    Office

    $47.54

    Facility

    $31.56

    $2.30 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (Marin Cnty)

    California · 92579

    Office

    $53.28

    Facility

    $34.44

    $8.04 higher than Redding for the office setting.

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

    California · 92579

    Office

    $53.27

    Facility

    $34.43

    $8.03 higher than Redding for the office setting.

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

    California · 92579

    Office

    $54.29

    Facility

    $35.02

    $9.05 higher than Redding for the office setting.

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

    California · 92579

    Office

    $54.24

    Facility

    $34.98

    $9.00 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles

    California · 92579

    Office

    $46.10

    Facility

    $30.89

    $0.86 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Santa Cruz-Watsonville

    California · 92579

    Office

    $47.72

    Facility

    $31.49

    $2.48 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Santa Maria-Santa Barbara

    California · 92579

    Office

    $46.89

    Facility

    $31.32

    $1.65 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Santa Rosa-Petaluma

    California · 92579

    Office

    $48.18

    Facility

    $31.78

    $2.94 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Stockton

    California · 92579

    Office

    $45.24

    Facility

    $30.60

    The same base rate than Redding for the office setting.

  • Vallejo

    California · 92579

    Office

    $50.71

    Facility

    $33.10

    $5.47 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Visalia

    California · 92579

    Office

    $45.24

    Facility

    $30.60

    The same base rate than Redding for the office setting.

  • Yuba City

    California · 92579

    Office

    $45.24

    Facility

    $30.60

    The same base rate than Redding for the office setting.

  • Dc + Md/Va Suburbs

    District of Columbia · 92579

    Office

    $47.92

    Facility

    $32.18

    $2.68 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Miami

    Florida · 92579

    Office

    $44.42

    Facility

    $30.51

    $0.82 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Chicago

    Illinois · 92579

    Office

    $43.78

    Facility

    $30.35

    $1.46 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Manhattan

    New York · 92579

    Office

    $47.98

    Facility

    $32.46

    $2.74 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Alaska*

    Alaska · 92579

    Office

    $55.60

    Facility

    $41.37

    $10.36 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Alabama

    Alabama · 92579

    Office

    $40.44

    Facility

    $28.75

    $4.80 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Arkansas

    Arkansas · 92579

    Office

    $40.10

    Facility

    $28.62

    $5.14 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Arizona

    Arizona · 92579

    Office

    $42.42

    Facility

    $29.47

    $2.82 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Colorado

    Colorado · 92579

    Office

    $44.57

    Facility

    $30.35

    $0.67 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Connecticut

    Connecticut · 92579

    Office

    $45.15

    Facility

    $30.77

    $0.09 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Delaware

    Delaware · 92579

    Office

    $42.93

    Facility

    $29.73

    $2.31 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Fort Lauderdale

    Florida · 92579

    Office

    $43.62

    Facility

    $30.08

    $1.62 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Florida

    Florida · 92579

    Office

    $42.37

    Facility

    $29.60

    $2.87 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Atlanta

    Georgia · 92579

    Office

    $43.54

    Facility

    $29.97

    $1.70 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Georgia

    Georgia · 92579

    Office

    $40.99

    Facility

    $29.07

    $4.25 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Hawaii, Guam

    Hawaii · 92579

    Office

    $45.69

    Facility

    $30.50

    $0.45 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Iowa

    Iowa · 92579

    Office

    $41.18

    Facility

    $28.96

    $4.06 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Idaho

    Idaho · 92579

    Office

    $41.31

    Facility

    $29.02

    $3.93 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • East St. Louis

    Illinois · 92579

    Office

    $41.82

    Facility

    $29.53

    $3.42 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Illinois

    Illinois · 92579

    Office

    $41.53

    Facility

    $29.33

    $3.71 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Suburban Chicago

    Illinois · 92579

    Office

    $44.05

    Facility

    $30.32

    $1.19 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Indiana

    Indiana · 92579

    Office

    $41.45

    Facility

    $29.07

    $3.79 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Kansas

    Kansas · 92579

    Office

    $41.00

    Facility

    $28.92

    $4.24 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Kentucky

    Kentucky · 92579

    Office

    $40.83

    Facility

    $28.96

    $4.41 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • New Orleans

    Louisiana · 92579

    Office

    $41.95

    Facility

    $29.38

    $3.29 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Louisiana

    Louisiana · 92579

    Office

    $40.77

    Facility

    $28.94

    $4.47 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Metropolitan Boston

    Massachusetts · 92579

    Office

    $47.87

    Facility

    $31.92

    $2.63 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Massachusetts

    Massachusetts · 92579

    Office

    $44.44

    Facility

    $30.38

    $0.80 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Baltimore/Surr. Cntys

    Maryland · 92579

    Office

    $44.99

    Facility

    $30.66

    $0.25 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Maryland

    Maryland · 92579

    Office

    $43.53

    Facility

    $30.01

    $1.71 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Maine

    Maine · 92579

    Office

    $41.36

    Facility

    $29.07

    $3.88 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Southern Maine

    Maine · 92579

    Office

    $42.78

    Facility

    $29.54

    $2.46 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Detroit

    Michigan · 92579

    Office

    $42.61

    Facility

    $29.72

    $2.63 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Michigan

    Michigan · 92579

    Office

    $41.39

    Facility

    $29.19

    $3.85 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Minnesota

    Minnesota · 92579

    Office

    $43.43

    Facility

    $29.69

    $1.81 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Metropolitan Kansas City

    Missouri · 92579

    Office

    $41.86

    Facility

    $29.31

    $3.38 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Metropolitan St. Louis

    Missouri · 92579

    Office

    $42.13

    Facility

    $29.41

    $3.11 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Missouri

    Missouri · 92579

    Office

    $40.31

    Facility

    $28.80

    $4.93 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Mississippi

    Mississippi · 92579

    Office

    $40.21

    Facility

    $28.71

    $5.03 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Montana**

    Montana · 92579

    Office

    $43.09

    Facility

    $29.73

    $2.15 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • North Carolina

    North Carolina · 92579

    Office

    $41.62

    Facility

    $29.16

    $3.62 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • North Dakota**

    North Dakota · 92579

    Office

    $42.89

    Facility

    $29.53

    $2.35 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Nebraska

    Nebraska · 92579

    Office

    $41.34

    Facility

    $29.00

    $3.90 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • New Hampshire

    New Hampshire · 92579

    Office

    $43.87

    Facility

    $29.96

    $1.37 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Northern Nj

    New Jersey · 92579

    Office

    $47.75

    Facility

    $32.25

    $2.51 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Rest Of New Jersey

    New Jersey · 92579

    Office

    $45.87

    Facility

    $31.28

    $0.63 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • New Mexico

    New Mexico · 92579

    Office

    $41.49

    Facility

    $29.24

    $3.75 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Nevada**

    Nevada · 92579

    Office

    $43.05

    Facility

    $29.68

    $2.19 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Nyc Suburbs/Long Island

    New York · 92579

    Office

    $48.61

    Facility

    $32.73

    $3.37 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Poughkpsie/N Nyc Suburbs

    New York · 92579

    Office

    $46.08

    Facility

    $31.45

    $0.84 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Queens

    New York · 92579

    Office

    $48.34

    Facility

    $32.54

    $3.10 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Rest Of New York

    New York · 92579

    Office

    $41.99

    Facility

    $29.29

    $3.25 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Ohio

    Ohio · 92579

    Office

    $41.35

    Facility

    $29.15

    $3.89 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Oklahoma

    Oklahoma · 92579

    Office

    $40.87

    Facility

    $28.94

    $4.37 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Portland

    Oregon · 92579

    Office

    $45.59

    Facility

    $30.75

    $0.35 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Oregon

    Oregon · 92579

    Office

    $42.91

    Facility

    $29.60

    $2.33 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Metropolitan Philadelphia

    Pennsylvania · 92579

    Office

    $44.38

    Facility

    $30.47

    $0.86 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Pennsylvania

    Pennsylvania · 92579

    Office

    $41.43

    Facility

    $29.16

    $3.81 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Puerto Rico

    Puerto Rico · 92579

    Office

    $43.30

    Facility

    $29.80

    $1.94 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Rhode Island

    Rhode Island · 92579

    Office

    $44.14

    Facility

    $30.34

    $1.10 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • South Carolina

    South Carolina · 92579

    Office

    $41.51

    Facility

    $29.17

    $3.73 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • South Dakota**

    South Dakota · 92579

    Office

    $42.87

    Facility

    $29.51

    $2.37 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Tennessee

    Tennessee · 92579

    Office

    $41.11

    Facility

    $28.96

    $4.13 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Austin

    Texas · 92579

    Office

    $44.26

    Facility

    $30.12

    $0.98 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Beaumont

    Texas · 92579

    Office

    $41.26

    Facility

    $29.10

    $3.98 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Brazoria

    Texas · 92579

    Office

    $43.02

    Facility

    $29.77

    $2.22 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Dallas

    Texas · 92579

    Office

    $43.16

    Facility

    $29.86

    $2.08 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Fort Worth

    Texas · 92579

    Office

    $42.97

    Facility

    $29.79

    $2.27 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Galveston

    Texas · 92579

    Office

    $43.07

    Facility

    $29.80

    $2.17 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Houston

    Texas · 92579

    Office

    $43.25

    Facility

    $29.99

    $1.99 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Texas

    Texas · 92579

    Office

    $42.03

    Facility

    $29.35

    $3.21 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Utah

    Utah · 92579

    Office

    $41.85

    Facility

    $29.29

    $3.39 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Virginia

    Virginia · 92579

    Office

    $42.65

    Facility

    $29.52

    $2.59 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Virgin Islands

    United States Virgin Islands · 92579

    Office

    $43.30

    Facility

    $29.80

    $1.94 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Vermont

    Vermont · 92579

    Office

    $42.72

    Facility

    $29.49

    $2.52 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Washington

    Washington · 92579

    Office

    $44.36

    Facility

    $30.30

    $0.88 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Seattle (King Cnty)

    Washington · 92579

    Office

    $48.71

    Facility

    $32.32

    $3.47 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Wisconsin

    Wisconsin · 92579

    Office

    $42.01

    Facility

    $29.22

    $3.23 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • West Virginia

    West Virginia · 92579

    Office

    $40.61

    Facility

    $29.00

    $4.63 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Wyoming**

    Wyoming · 92579

    Office

    $43.00

    Facility

    $29.64

    $2.24 lower than Redding for the office setting.

See how rates vary across the country

92579 · 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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State / territoryRate rangeLocalities
AK$55.601
AL$40.441
AR$40.101
AZ$42.421
CA$45.24–$54.2929
CO$44.571
CT$45.151
DC$47.921
DE$42.931
FL$42.37–$44.423
GA$40.99–$43.542
GU$45.691
HI$45.691
IA$41.181
ID$41.311
IL$41.53–$44.054
IN$41.451
KS$41.001
KY$40.831
LA$40.77–$41.952
MA$44.44–$47.872
MD$43.53–$47.923
ME$41.36–$42.782
MI$41.39–$42.612
MN$43.431
MO$40.31–$42.133
MS$40.211
MT$43.091
NC$41.621
ND$42.891
NE$41.341
NH$43.871
NJ$45.87–$47.752
NM$41.491
NV$43.051
NY$41.99–$48.615
OH$41.351
OK$40.871
OR$42.91–$45.592
PA$41.43–$44.382
PR$43.301
RI$44.141
SC$41.511
SD$42.871
TN$41.111
TX$41.26–$44.268
UT$41.851
VA$42.65–$47.922
VI$43.301
VT$42.721
WA$44.36–$48.712
WI$42.011
WV$40.611
WY$43.001

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Why are the office and facility amounts different?

For 92579 in Redding, the physician’s office rate is $45.24 and the facility-setting rate is $30.60: a difference of $14.64.

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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What is a percentage of Medicare worth?

Turn a percentage into dollars for 92579 in Redding. This uses the base rate on this page, so the locality and release stay consistent.

Reference amount per service

$49.76

$45.24 × 110% = $49.76

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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 92579 in Redding.

PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv

11,847

Code
92579
Physician work
0.68
Practice expense
0.60
Malpractice
0.01

GPCI2026.csv

19

Locality
Redding
Physician work
1.017
Practice expense
1.096
Malpractice
0.536
Office / nonfacility calculation for 92579 in Redding
ComponentRVULocality factorAdjusted
Physician work0.68× 1.0170.6916
Practice expense0.60× 1.0960.6576
Malpractice0.01× 0.5360.0054
Total RVUs1.3545
Conversion factor× 33.4009

Office / nonfacility rate, Redding$45.24

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Office / nonfacility

Office / nonfacility calculation inputs
ComponentRVULocal GPCI
Work0.681.017
Practice expense0.61.096
Malpractice0.010.536

(0.68 × 1.017 + 0.6 × 1.096 + 0.01 × 0.536) × $33.4009 = $45.24

Facility

Facility calculation inputs
ComponentRVULocal GPCI
Work0.681.017
Practice expense0.21.096
Malpractice0.010.536

(0.68 × 1.017 + 0.2 × 1.096 + 0.01 × 0.536) × $33.4009 = $30.60

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

92579 · Office / nonfacility

$45.24

Effective 2026-10-01

The base rate is $0.71 higher than on 2025-10-01, moving from $44.53 to $45.24 (1.6%).

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

    $44.53changed to$45.24

    • Conversion factor 32.3465 changed to 33.4009
    • Work RVU 0.70 changed to 0.68
    • Malpractice RVU 0.02 changed to 0.01
    • 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: $44.53

    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.

Inspect every release and its CMS source
Effective fromOffice / nonfacilityFacilityCMS release
2026-10-01$45.24$30.60RVU26D
2026-07-01$45.24$30.60RVU26C
2026-04-01$45.24$30.60RVU26B
2026-01-01$45.24$30.60RVU26A
2025-10-01$44.53$36.76RVU25D
2025-07-01$44.53$36.76RVU25C
2025-04-01$44.53$36.76RVU25B
2025-01-01$44.53$36.76RVU25A

92579 billing questions

When should visual reinforcement audiometry be chosen over play audiometry?

Use 92579 when the child’s response is conditioned by turning toward a sound for a visual reward. Use 92582 when the child can perform a conditioned play task, such as placing an object after hearing a sound.

Can modifier 50 be added when both ears are tested?

CMS prices 92579 as bilateral, so modifier 50 does not increase payment.

Should modifier 26 be reported?

No. CMS identifies this as a therapy service for component billing, and the professional-component modifier does not apply.

What documentation supports reporting 92579?

Document the visual-reinforcement method, sound presentation, the child’s responses, and the hearing findings obtained. Include ear-specific results when available.

How does 92579 differ from an evoked auditory test?

92579 measures behavioral responses to sounds reinforced by a visual cue. An evoked auditory test, such as 92587, evaluates auditory responses using an objective test method.

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 92579PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv, line 11,847 (RVU26D)
Geographic factors for ReddingGPCI2026.csv, line 19 (RVU26D)
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