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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01

92596 in Redding

Office / nonfacility

$85.47

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.

Audiology

About 92596: Ear protector evaluation

An audiologist evaluates ear protectors, such as plugs or earmuffs, for patients who need hearing protection in occupational, recreational, or other noisy settings.

An audiologist evaluates ear protectors for a person who needs protection from hazardous or otherwise excessive sound. The service may involve assessing the suitability and fit of plugs or earmuffs for the patient’s intended use, such as workplace noise exposure or loud music. It is distinct from testing hearing thresholds and from evaluating devices that amplify sound. Audiology practices and hearing-conservation settings are typical places for this service.

Report 92596 for the ear-protector evaluation itself, with documentation identifying the protection need and the evaluation performed. CMS classifies the code as technical-component-only; a separate code covers interpretation. The code is priced as bilateral, so modifier 50 does not increase payment. Do not treat the service as a hearing aid evaluation or substitute a hearing test code when the documented work is evaluation of protective devices.

CMS billing rules for 92596

Professional and technical components
Technical-component-only code: a separate code covers interpretation.
Bilateral procedures
The code is already priced as bilateral; modifier 50 does not increase payment.

Where the value comes from

  • Work RVU0.00 · 0%
  • Practice expense (office) RVU2.33 · 100%
  • Malpractice RVU0.01 · 0%

100

Medicare services in 2024 · #4888 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.

92596 compared with similar codes

Office rates for Redding, from the same CMS release.

92552

Pure-tone audiometry

Air conduction only

$44.11

92552 reports pure-tone air-conduction hearing measurement. Choose 92596 for evaluation of ear protectors, not for threshold testing.

92597

Voice device evaluation

Oral speech prosthesis

$74.35

92597 evaluates use or fitting of a device that supports oral speech. 92596 concerns ear protection from sound.

The same code, a different location

How does Redding compare?

In Bakersfield, the office rate for 92596 is $85.50—$0.03 higher than the $85.47 rate in Redding. Both use the same code, release and participation basis.

92596 across payment areas

Same release and payment basis · bars start at $0

  1. Redding · This locality

    $85.47

  2. Bakersfield

    $85.50

    $0.03 higher than Redding

  3. Chico

    $85.47

    The same base rate than Redding

  4. El Centro

    $85.48

    $0.01 higher than Redding

  5. Fresno

    $85.47

    The same base rate than Redding

  6. Hanford-Corcoran

    $85.47

    The same base rate than Redding

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

    $92.29

    $6.82 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, 92596 ranges from $67.02 in Arkansas to $112.40 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 · 92596

    Office

    $85.47

    Facility

    Unavailable

    The same base rate than Redding for the office setting.

  • Merced

    California · 92596

    Office

    $85.47

    Facility

    Unavailable

    The same base rate than Redding for the office setting.

  • Modesto

    California · 92596

    Office

    $85.47

    Facility

    Unavailable

    The same base rate than Redding for the office setting.

  • Napa

    California · 92596

    Office

    $102.74

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $17.27 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura

    California · 92596

    Office

    $92.20

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $6.73 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Rest Of California

    California · 92596

    Office

    $85.47

    Facility

    Unavailable

    The same base rate than Redding for the office setting.

  • Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario

    California · 92596

    Office

    $85.58

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.11 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom

    California · 92596

    Office

    $90.69

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $5.22 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Salinas

    California · 92596

    Office

    $90.38

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $4.91 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad

    California · 92596

    Office

    $93.26

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $7.79 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (Marin Cnty)

    California · 92596

    Office

    $109.89

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $24.42 higher than Redding for the office setting.

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

    California · 92596

    Office

    $109.87

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $24.40 higher than Redding for the office setting.

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

    California · 92596

    Office

    $112.40

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $26.93 higher than Redding for the office setting.

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

    California · 92596

    Office

    $112.35

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $26.88 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles

    California · 92596

    Office

    $88.82

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $3.35 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Santa Cruz-Watsonville

    California · 92596

    Office

    $94.74

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $9.27 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Santa Maria-Santa Barbara

    California · 92596

    Office

    $90.92

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $5.45 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Santa Rosa-Petaluma

    California · 92596

    Office

    $95.75

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $10.28 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Stockton

    California · 92596

    Office

    $85.47

    Facility

    Unavailable

    The same base rate than Redding for the office setting.

  • Vallejo

    California · 92596

    Office

    $102.73

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $17.26 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Visalia

    California · 92596

    Office

    $85.47

    Facility

    Unavailable

    The same base rate than Redding for the office setting.

  • Yuba City

    California · 92596

    Office

    $85.47

    Facility

    Unavailable

    The same base rate than Redding for the office setting.

  • Dc + Md/Va Suburbs

    District of Columbia · 92596

    Office

    $92.05

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $6.58 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Miami

    Florida · 92596

    Office

    $81.86

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $3.61 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Chicago

    Illinois · 92596

    Office

    $78.98

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $6.49 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Manhattan

    New York · 92596

    Office

    $90.96

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $5.49 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Alaska*

    Alaska · 92596

    Office

    $83.07

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $2.40 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Alabama

    Alabama · 92596

    Office

    $68.29

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $17.18 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Arkansas

    Arkansas · 92596

    Office

    $67.02

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $18.45 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Arizona

    Arizona · 92596

    Office

    $75.70

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $9.77 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Colorado

    Colorado · 92596

    Office

    $83.07

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $2.40 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Connecticut

    Connecticut · 92596

    Office

    $84.22

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.25 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Delaware

    Delaware · 92596

    Office

    $77.19

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $8.28 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Fort Lauderdale

    Florida · 92596

    Office

    $79.44

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $6.03 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Florida

    Florida · 92596

    Office

    $74.90

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $10.57 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Atlanta

    Georgia · 92596

    Office

    $79.47

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $6.00 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Georgia

    Georgia · 92596

    Office

    $69.82

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $15.65 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Hawaii, Guam

    Hawaii · 92596

    Office

    $88.68

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $3.21 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Iowa

    Iowa · 92596

    Office

    $71.34

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $14.13 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Idaho

    Idaho · 92596

    Office

    $71.76

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $13.71 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • East St. Louis

    Illinois · 92596

    Office

    $72.27

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $13.20 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Illinois

    Illinois · 92596

    Office

    $71.58

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $13.89 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Suburban Chicago

    Illinois · 92596

    Office

    $80.52

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $4.95 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Indiana

    Indiana · 92596

    Office

    $72.31

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $13.16 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Kansas

    Kansas · 92596

    Office

    $70.52

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $14.95 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Kentucky

    Kentucky · 92596

    Office

    $69.49

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $15.98 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • New Orleans

    Louisiana · 92596

    Office

    $73.61

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $11.86 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Louisiana

    Louisiana · 92596

    Office

    $69.19

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $16.28 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Metropolitan Boston

    Massachusetts · 92596

    Office

    $93.22

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $7.75 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Massachusetts

    Massachusetts · 92596

    Office

    $82.21

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $3.26 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Baltimore/Surr. Cntys

    Maryland · 92596

    Office

    $83.92

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.55 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Maryland

    Maryland · 92596

    Office

    $79.06

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $6.41 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Maine

    Maine · 92596

    Office

    $71.81

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $13.66 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Southern Maine

    Maine · 92596

    Office

    $77.33

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $8.14 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Detroit

    Michigan · 92596

    Office

    $75.66

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $9.81 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Michigan

    Michigan · 92596

    Office

    $71.43

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $14.04 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Minnesota

    Minnesota · 92596

    Office

    $80.18

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $5.29 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Metropolitan Kansas City

    Missouri · 92596

    Office

    $73.40

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $12.07 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Metropolitan St. Louis

    Missouri · 92596

    Office

    $74.42

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $11.05 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Missouri

    Missouri · 92596

    Office

    $67.41

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $18.06 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Mississippi

    Mississippi · 92596

    Office

    $67.25

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $18.22 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Montana**

    Montana · 92596

    Office

    $78.16

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $7.31 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • North Carolina

    North Carolina · 92596

    Office

    $72.82

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $12.65 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • North Dakota**

    North Dakota · 92596

    Office

    $77.96

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $7.51 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Nebraska

    Nebraska · 92596

    Office

    $71.96

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $13.51 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • New Hampshire

    New Hampshire · 92596

    Office

    $81.31

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $4.16 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Northern Nj

    New Jersey · 92596

    Office

    $90.63

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $5.16 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Rest Of New Jersey

    New Jersey · 92596

    Office

    $85.35

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.12 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • New Mexico

    New Mexico · 92596

    Office

    $71.77

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $13.70 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Nevada**

    Nevada · 92596

    Office

    $78.18

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $7.29 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Nyc Suburbs/Long Island

    New York · 92596

    Office

    $93.15

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $7.68 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Poughkpsie/N Nyc Suburbs

    New York · 92596

    Office

    $85.62

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.15 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Queens

    New York · 92596

    Office

    $92.47

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $7.00 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Rest Of New York

    New York · 92596

    Office

    $74.17

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $11.30 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Ohio

    Ohio · 92596

    Office

    $71.39

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $14.08 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Oklahoma

    Oklahoma · 92596

    Office

    $69.76

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $15.71 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Portland

    Oregon · 92596

    Office

    $86.71

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.24 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Oregon

    Oregon · 92596

    Office

    $77.75

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $7.72 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Metropolitan Philadelphia

    Pennsylvania · 92596

    Office

    $81.41

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $4.06 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Pennsylvania

    Pennsylvania · 92596

    Office

    $71.76

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $13.71 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Puerto Rico

    Puerto Rico · 92596

    Office

    $79.01

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $6.46 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Rhode Island

    Rhode Island · 92596

    Office

    $80.69

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $4.78 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • South Carolina

    South Carolina · 92596

    Office

    $72.19

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $13.28 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • South Dakota**

    South Dakota · 92596

    Office

    $77.94

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $7.53 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Tennessee

    Tennessee · 92596

    Office

    $70.92

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $14.55 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Austin

    Texas · 92596

    Office

    $82.63

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $2.84 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Beaumont

    Texas · 92596

    Office

    $71.13

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $14.34 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Brazoria

    Texas · 92596

    Office

    $77.38

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $8.09 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Dallas

    Texas · 92596

    Office

    $77.80

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $7.67 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Fort Worth

    Texas · 92596

    Office

    $77.03

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $8.44 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Galveston

    Texas · 92596

    Office

    $77.56

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $7.91 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Houston

    Texas · 92596

    Office

    $77.74

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $7.73 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Texas

    Texas · 92596

    Office

    $74.16

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $11.31 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Utah

    Utah · 92596

    Office

    $73.45

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $12.02 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Virginia

    Virginia · 92596

    Office

    $76.74

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $8.73 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Virgin Islands

    United States Virgin Islands · 92596

    Office

    $79.01

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $6.46 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Vermont

    Vermont · 92596

    Office

    $77.21

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $8.26 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Washington

    Washington · 92596

    Office

    $82.20

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $3.27 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Seattle (King Cnty)

    Washington · 92596

    Office

    $95.76

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $10.29 higher than Redding for the office setting.

  • Wisconsin

    Wisconsin · 92596

    Office

    $74.66

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $10.81 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • West Virginia

    West Virginia · 92596

    Office

    $68.11

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $17.36 lower than Redding for the office setting.

  • Wyoming**

    Wyoming · 92596

    Office

    $78.07

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $7.40 lower than Redding for the office setting.

See how rates vary across the country

92596 · 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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$67.02

$98.94

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State / territoryRate rangeLocalities
AK$83.071
AL$68.291
AR$67.021
AZ$75.701
CA$85.47–$112.4029
CO$83.071
CT$84.221
DC$92.051
DE$77.191
FL$74.90–$81.863
GA$69.82–$79.472
GU$88.681
HI$88.681
IA$71.341
ID$71.761
IL$71.58–$80.524
IN$72.311
KS$70.521
KY$69.491
LA$69.19–$73.612
MA$82.21–$93.222
MD$79.06–$92.053
ME$71.81–$77.332
MI$71.43–$75.662
MN$80.181
MO$67.41–$74.423
MS$67.251
MT$78.161
NC$72.821
ND$77.961
NE$71.961
NH$81.311
NJ$85.35–$90.632
NM$71.771
NV$78.181
NY$74.17–$93.155
OH$71.391
OK$69.761
OR$77.75–$86.712
PA$71.76–$81.412
PR$79.011
RI$80.691
SC$72.191
SD$77.941
TN$70.921
TX$71.13–$82.638
UT$73.451
VA$76.74–$92.052
VI$79.011
VT$77.211
WA$82.20–$95.762
WI$74.661
WV$68.111
WY$78.071

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Turn a percentage into dollars for 92596 in Redding. This uses the base rate on this page, so the locality and release stay consistent.

Reference amount per service

$94.02

$85.47 × 110% = $94.02

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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 92596 in Redding.

PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv

11,857

Code
92596
Physician work
0.00
Practice expense
2.33
Malpractice
0.01

GPCI2026.csv

19

Locality
Redding
Physician work
1.017
Practice expense
1.096
Malpractice
0.536
Office / nonfacility calculation for 92596 in Redding
ComponentRVULocality factorAdjusted
Physician work0.00× 1.0170.0000
Practice expense2.33× 1.0962.5537
Malpractice0.01× 0.5360.0054
Total RVUs2.5590
Conversion factor× 33.4009

Office / nonfacility rate, Redding$85.47

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Office / nonfacility

Office / nonfacility calculation inputs
ComponentRVULocal GPCI
Work01.017
Practice expense2.331.096
Malpractice0.010.536

(0 × 1.017 + 2.33 × 1.096 + 0.01 × 0.536) × $33.4009 = $85.47

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

92596 · Office / nonfacility

$85.47

Effective 2026-10-01

The base rate is $0.79 higher than on 2025-10-01, moving from $84.68 to $85.47 (0.9%).

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

    $84.68changed to$85.47

    • Conversion factor 32.3465 changed to 33.4009
    • Practice expense RVU 2.39 changed to 2.33
    • 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: $84.68

    Held through RVU25B, RVU25C, RVU25D.

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2026-10-01$85.47Not available in this settingRVU26D
2026-07-01$85.47Not available in this settingRVU26C
2026-04-01$85.47Not available in this settingRVU26B
2026-01-01$85.47Not available in this settingRVU26A
2025-10-01$84.68Not available in this settingRVU25D
2025-07-01$84.68Not available in this settingRVU25C
2025-04-01$84.68Not available in this settingRVU25B
2025-01-01$84.68Not available in this settingRVU25A

92596 billing questions

When should 92596 be reported instead of a hearing test code?

Report 92596 when the service evaluates ear protectors, such as plugs or earmuffs. Use an audiometry code when the documented service measures hearing rather than evaluates protection.

Is 92596 billed for one ear or both?

CMS prices 92596 as bilateral. Modifier 50 does not increase payment.

Can a professional component be billed for 92596?

CMS classifies 92596 as technical-component-only, with interpretation covered by a separate code. The code itself does not represent a professional component.

What documentation supports 92596?

Document the patient’s need for hearing protection, the ear protectors evaluated, and the evaluation performed. The record should make clear that the service concerns protective devices rather than hearing amplification.

Can audiometry be reported at the same encounter?

A separately performed hearing test may be reported under its applicable code when documented. The ear-protector evaluation and the hearing measurement are distinct services.

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 92596PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv, line 11,857 (RVU26D)
Geographic factors for ReddingGPCI2026.csv, line 19 (RVU26D)
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