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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01

73523 in Wyoming**

Office / nonfacility

$61.20

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.

Radiology

About 73523: Bilateral hip radiographs, five or more views

Reports plain-film imaging of both hips with five or more views when a broader bilateral examination is needed to assess hip or pelvic findings.

This service covers plain-film imaging of both hips using at least five views for the bilateral examination. A radiologic technologist typically obtains the images in an imaging department, hospital, or orthopedic practice, and a radiologist or other qualified physician interprets them. Clinicians may request this broader series to evaluate bilateral hip pain, degenerative changes, suspected injury, or the position of hip prostheses.

Select the code from the documented bilateral study and total view count: both hips must be examined, with five or more views obtained. The imaging report and order should support the body sites, laterality, views, and clinical reason for the study. CMS recognizes professional and technical components: report modifier 26 for the interpretation, modifier TC for the equipment and staff, or no component modifier when billing the global service. The professional and technical components are separately priced when billed with their respective modifiers.

CMS billing rules for 73523

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 RVU0.30 · 16%
  • Practice expense (office) RVU1.51 · 82%
  • Malpractice RVU0.03 · 2%

108.1K

Medicare services in 2024 · #534 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.

73523 compared with similar codes

Office rates for Wyoming**, from the same CMS release.

73521

Hip X-ray

Bilateral, two views

$41.58

Both codes describe bilateral hip radiographs, but 73521 is for two views; 73523 requires five or more.

73522

Hip X-ray

Bilateral, 3-4 views

$54.18

Choose 73522 for three or four bilateral views. Choose 73523 when the bilateral examination includes at least five.

73503

Hip X-ray

Unilateral, four or more views

$62.53

73503 is for four or more views of one hip. 73523 is for a bilateral examination with five or more views.

73525

Hip arthrography

Contrast imaging

$132.84

73525 describes contrast imaging of the hip, rather than the plain-film bilateral examination reported with 73523.

The same code, a different location

How does Wyoming** compare?

73523 across payment areas

Same release and payment basis · bars start at $0

  1. Wyoming** · This locality

    $61.20

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

    $70.76

    $9.56 higher than Wyoming**

  3. Dc + Md/Va Suburbs

    $71.09

    $9.89 higher than Wyoming**

  4. Miami

    $65.06

    $3.86 higher than Wyoming**

  5. Chicago

    $63.08

    $1.88 higher than Wyoming**

  6. Manhattan

    $70.86

    $9.66 higher than Wyoming**

  7. Alaska*

    $69.30

    $8.10 higher than Wyoming**

Other payment areas listed in Wyoming 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, 73523 ranges from $53.86 in Arkansas to $84.39 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

  • Alabama

    Alabama · 73523

    Office

    $54.72

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $6.48 lower than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Arkansas

    Arkansas · 73523

    Office

    $53.86

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $7.34 lower than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Arizona

    Arizona · 73523

    Office

    $59.75

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.45 lower than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Bakersfield

    California · 73523

    Office

    $66.10

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $4.90 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Chico

    California · 73523

    Office

    $66.00

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $4.80 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • El Centro

    California · 73523

    Office

    $66.01

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $4.81 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Fresno

    California · 73523

    Office

    $66.00

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $4.80 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Hanford-Corcoran

    California · 73523

    Office

    $66.00

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $4.80 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Madera

    California · 73523

    Office

    $66.00

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $4.80 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Merced

    California · 73523

    Office

    $66.00

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $4.80 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Modesto

    California · 73523

    Office

    $66.00

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $4.80 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Napa

    California · 73523

    Office

    $77.63

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $16.43 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura

    California · 73523

    Office

    $70.54

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $9.34 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Redding

    California · 73523

    Office

    $66.00

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $4.80 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Rest Of California

    California · 73523

    Office

    $66.00

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $4.80 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario

    California · 73523

    Office

    $66.33

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $5.13 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom

    California · 73523

    Office

    $69.57

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $8.37 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Salinas

    California · 73523

    Office

    $69.32

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $8.12 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad

    California · 73523

    Office

    $71.18

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $9.98 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (Marin Cnty)

    California · 73523

    Office

    $82.55

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $21.35 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

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

    California · 73523

    Office

    $82.51

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $21.31 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

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

    California · 73523

    Office

    $84.39

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $23.19 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

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

    California · 73523

    Office

    $84.25

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $23.05 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles

    California · 73523

    Office

    $68.17

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $6.97 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Santa Cruz-Watsonville

    California · 73523

    Office

    $72.05

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $10.85 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Santa Maria-Santa Barbara

    California · 73523

    Office

    $69.65

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $8.45 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Santa Rosa-Petaluma

    California · 73523

    Office

    $72.79

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $11.59 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Stockton

    California · 73523

    Office

    $66.00

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $4.80 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Vallejo

    California · 73523

    Office

    $77.59

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $16.39 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Visalia

    California · 73523

    Office

    $66.00

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $4.80 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Yuba City

    California · 73523

    Office

    $66.00

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $4.80 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Colorado

    Colorado · 73523

    Office

    $64.59

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $3.39 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Connecticut

    Connecticut · 73523

    Office

    $65.75

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $4.55 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Delaware

    Delaware · 73523

    Office

    $60.80

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.40 lower than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Fort Lauderdale

    Florida · 73523

    Office

    $62.92

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.72 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Florida

    Florida · 73523

    Office

    $59.74

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.46 lower than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Atlanta

    Georgia · 73523

    Office

    $62.50

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.30 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Georgia

    Georgia · 73523

    Office

    $56.20

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $5.00 lower than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Hawaii, Guam

    Hawaii · 73523

    Office

    $67.95

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $6.75 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Iowa

    Iowa · 73523

    Office

    $56.57

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $4.63 lower than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Idaho

    Idaho · 73523

    Office

    $56.89

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $4.31 lower than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • East St. Louis

    Illinois · 73523

    Office

    $58.44

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $2.76 lower than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Illinois

    Illinois · 73523

    Office

    $57.63

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $3.57 lower than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Suburban Chicago

    Illinois · 73523

    Office

    $63.66

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $2.46 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Indiana

    Indiana · 73523

    Office

    $57.26

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $3.94 lower than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Kansas

    Kansas · 73523

    Office

    $56.12

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $5.08 lower than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Kentucky

    Kentucky · 73523

    Office

    $55.77

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $5.43 lower than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • New Orleans

    Louisiana · 73523

    Office

    $58.62

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $2.58 lower than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Louisiana

    Louisiana · 73523

    Office

    $55.62

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $5.58 lower than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Metropolitan Boston

    Massachusetts · 73523

    Office

    $71.54

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $10.34 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Massachusetts

    Massachusetts · 73523

    Office

    $64.09

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $2.89 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Baltimore/Surr. Cntys

    Maryland · 73523

    Office

    $65.54

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $4.34 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Maryland

    Maryland · 73523

    Office

    $62.08

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.88 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Maine

    Maine · 73523

    Office

    $57.04

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $4.16 lower than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Southern Maine

    Maine · 73523

    Office

    $60.63

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.57 lower than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Detroit

    Michigan · 73523

    Office

    $60.38

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.82 lower than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Michigan

    Michigan · 73523

    Office

    $57.20

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $4.00 lower than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Minnesota

    Minnesota · 73523

    Office

    $62.21

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $1.01 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Metropolitan Kansas City

    Missouri · 73523

    Office

    $58.36

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $2.84 lower than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Metropolitan St. Louis

    Missouri · 73523

    Office

    $59.04

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $2.16 lower than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Missouri

    Missouri · 73523

    Office

    $54.47

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $6.73 lower than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Mississippi

    Mississippi · 73523

    Office

    $54.19

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $7.01 lower than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Montana**

    Montana · 73523

    Office

    $61.46

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.26 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • North Carolina

    North Carolina · 73523

    Office

    $57.72

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $3.48 lower than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • North Dakota**

    North Dakota · 73523

    Office

    $60.86

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.34 lower than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Nebraska

    Nebraska · 73523

    Office

    $56.95

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $4.25 lower than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • New Hampshire

    New Hampshire · 73523

    Office

    $63.40

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $2.20 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Northern Nj

    New Jersey · 73523

    Office

    $70.23

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $9.03 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Rest Of New Jersey

    New Jersey · 73523

    Office

    $66.60

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $5.40 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • New Mexico

    New Mexico · 73523

    Office

    $57.47

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $3.73 lower than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Nevada**

    Nevada · 73523

    Office

    $61.34

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.14 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Nyc Suburbs/Long Island

    New York · 73523

    Office

    $72.49

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $11.29 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Poughkpsie/N Nyc Suburbs

    New York · 73523

    Office

    $66.91

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $5.71 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Queens

    New York · 73523

    Office

    $71.72

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $10.52 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Rest Of New York

    New York · 73523

    Office

    $58.64

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $2.56 lower than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Ohio

    Ohio · 73523

    Office

    $57.08

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $4.12 lower than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Oklahoma

    Oklahoma · 73523

    Office

    $55.84

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $5.36 lower than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Portland

    Oregon · 73523

    Office

    $66.96

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $5.76 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Oregon

    Oregon · 73523

    Office

    $60.96

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.24 lower than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Metropolitan Philadelphia

    Pennsylvania · 73523

    Office

    $63.90

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $2.70 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Pennsylvania

    Pennsylvania · 73523

    Office

    $57.27

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $3.93 lower than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Puerto Rico

    Puerto Rico · 73523

    Office

    $62.00

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.80 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Rhode Island

    Rhode Island · 73523

    Office

    $63.20

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $2.00 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • South Carolina

    South Carolina · 73523

    Office

    $57.47

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $3.73 lower than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • South Dakota**

    South Dakota · 73523

    Office

    $60.79

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.41 lower than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Tennessee

    Tennessee · 73523

    Office

    $56.40

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $4.80 lower than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Austin

    Texas · 73523

    Office

    $64.29

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $3.09 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Beaumont

    Texas · 73523

    Office

    $56.85

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $4.35 lower than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Brazoria

    Texas · 73523

    Office

    $60.86

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.34 lower than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Dallas

    Texas · 73523

    Office

    $61.20

    Facility

    Unavailable

    The same base rate than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Fort Worth

    Texas · 73523

    Office

    $60.71

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.49 lower than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Galveston

    Texas · 73523

    Office

    $61.01

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.19 lower than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Houston

    Texas · 73523

    Office

    $61.56

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.36 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Texas

    Texas · 73523

    Office

    $58.79

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $2.41 lower than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Utah

    Utah · 73523

    Office

    $58.33

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $2.87 lower than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Virginia

    Virginia · 73523

    Office

    $60.31

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.89 lower than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Virgin Islands

    United States Virgin Islands · 73523

    Office

    $62.00

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.80 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Vermont

    Vermont · 73523

    Office

    $60.46

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $0.74 lower than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Rest Of Washington

    Washington · 73523

    Office

    $64.02

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $2.82 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Seattle (King Cnty)

    Washington · 73523

    Office

    $73.22

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $12.02 higher than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • Wisconsin

    Wisconsin · 73523

    Office

    $58.65

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $2.55 lower than Wyoming** for the office setting.

  • West Virginia

    West Virginia · 73523

    Office

    $55.28

    Facility

    Unavailable

    $5.92 lower than Wyoming** for the office setting.

See how rates vary across the country

73523 · 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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$53.86

$75.20

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State / territoryRate rangeLocalities
AK$69.301
AL$54.721
AR$53.861
AZ$59.751
CA$66.00–$84.3929
CO$64.591
CT$65.751
DC$71.091
DE$60.801
FL$59.74–$65.063
GA$56.20–$62.502
GU$67.951
HI$67.951
IA$56.571
ID$56.891
IL$57.63–$63.664
IN$57.261
KS$56.121
KY$55.771
LA$55.62–$58.622
MA$64.09–$71.542
MD$62.08–$71.093
ME$57.04–$60.632
MI$57.20–$60.382
MN$62.211
MO$54.47–$59.043
MS$54.191
MT$61.461
NC$57.721
ND$60.861
NE$56.951
NH$63.401
NJ$66.60–$70.232
NM$57.471
NV$61.341
NY$58.64–$72.495
OH$57.081
OK$55.841
OR$60.96–$66.962
PA$57.27–$63.902
PR$62.001
RI$63.201
SC$57.471
SD$60.791
TN$56.401
TX$56.85–$64.298
UT$58.331
VA$60.31–$71.092
VI$62.001
VT$60.461
WA$64.02–$73.222
WI$58.651
WV$55.281
WY$61.201

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Where does this rate apply?

Wyoming** is a Medicare payment area. Our Census mapping connects it to 205 cities and communities in Wyoming, including the examples shown here.

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What is a percentage of Medicare worth?

Turn a percentage into dollars for 73523 in Wyoming**. This uses the base rate on this page, so the locality and release stay consistent.

Reference amount per service

$67.32

$61.20 × 110% = $67.32

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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 73523 in Wyoming**.

PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv

8,201

Code
73523
Physician work
0.30
Practice expense
1.51
Malpractice
0.03

GPCI2026.csv

112

Locality
Wyoming**
Physician work
1.000
Practice expense
1.000
Malpractice
0.740
Office / nonfacility calculation for 73523 in Wyoming**
ComponentRVULocality factorAdjusted
Physician work0.30× 1.0000.3000
Practice expense1.51× 1.0001.5100
Malpractice0.03× 0.7400.0222
Total RVUs1.8322
Conversion factor× 33.4009

Office / nonfacility rate, Wyoming**$61.20

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Office / nonfacility

Office / nonfacility calculation inputs
ComponentRVULocal GPCI
Work0.31
Practice expense1.511
Malpractice0.030.74

(0.3 × 1 + 1.51 × 1 + 0.03 × 0.74) × $33.4009 = $61.20

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

73523 · Office / nonfacility

$61.20

Effective 2026-10-01

The base rate is $1.29 higher than on 2025-10-01, moving from $59.91 to $61.20 (2.2%).

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

    $59.91changed to$61.20

    • Conversion factor 32.3465 changed to 33.4009
    • Work RVU 0.31 changed to 0.30
    • Practice expense RVU 1.52 changed to 1.51
    • Malpractice GPCI 0.739 changed to 0.740

    Held through RVU26B, RVU26C, RVU26D.

  2. January 1, 2025

    RVU25A

    Earliest loaded release: $59.91

    Held through RVU25B, RVU25C, RVU25D.

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Effective fromOffice / nonfacilityFacilityCMS release
2026-10-01$61.20Not available in this settingRVU26D
2026-07-01$61.20Not available in this settingRVU26C
2026-04-01$61.20Not available in this settingRVU26B
2026-01-01$61.20Not available in this settingRVU26A
2025-10-01$59.91Not available in this settingRVU25D
2025-07-01$59.91Not available in this settingRVU25C
2025-04-01$59.91Not available in this settingRVU25B
2025-01-01$59.91Not available in this settingRVU25A

73523 billing questions

When should 73523 be selected instead of 73521 or 73522?

Use 73523 for a bilateral hip examination with five or more views. Codes 73521 and 73522 describe bilateral examinations with fewer views.

Does the five-view minimum apply to each hip?

The code is selected for the bilateral examination's total view count. Documentation should establish that both hips were imaged and that five or more views were obtained.

How are the professional and technical services billed?

Use modifier 26 for the physician's interpretation and report, or modifier TC for the equipment and staff. Billing without either modifier represents the global service.

What documentation supports reporting 73523?

Keep the imaging order and report showing bilateral hip imaging, at least five views, and the clinical reason for the study.

Can 73523 be reported for imaging only one hip?

No. For a unilateral study, select the code that matches the imaged hip and documented view count, such as 73503 for four or more views.

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 73523PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv, line 8,201 (RVU26D)
Geographic factors for Wyoming**GPCI2026.csv, line 112 (RVU26D)
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