No office rate
92950 represents CPR for cardiac or respiratory arrest. 92953 represents temporary external pacing, which may be performed as a distinct service.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
92950 CPR Medicare reimbursement rates in Alabama
Report this service when a clinician performs cardiopulmonary resuscitation for cardiac or respiratory arrest, including chest compressions and resuscitative ventilation. Compare 92950 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Alabama.
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.
What does Medicare pay for 92950 in Alabama?
Alabama has 1 payment locality in this comparison. Use the service location to choose the applicable amount. These are the supported base rates for the payment area shown below, using the same CMS release.
Office / nonfacility
$343.45
1 of 1 localities have a supported rate.
Payment area: Alabama
One mapped payment locality.
Facility setting
$160.79
1 of 1 localities have a supported rate.
Payment area: Alabama
One mapped payment locality.
These are locality ranges, not averages or address-specific quotes. A facility-setting amount covers the physician service; it does not include a hospital’s separate bill. Choose a locality below to inspect its calculation, compare other payment areas, or price a percentage of Medicare.
Emergency services
About 92950: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Report this service when a clinician performs cardiopulmonary resuscitation for cardiac or respiratory arrest, including chest compressions and resuscitative ventilation.
CPT 92950 represents active cardiopulmonary resuscitation for a patient in cardiac or respiratory arrest. The service may occur in an emergency department, hospital unit, or another setting where a clinician responds to an arrest. It describes the resuscitation effort, not temporary pacing or electrical cardioversion performed as separate services. The record should establish the arrest and document that CPR was performed, including the clinician’s role in the resuscitation.
Report the code for the CPR service, supported by the resuscitation documentation. CMS assigns a 0-day global period, so same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included. Modifier 50 is inappropriate because the service and anatomy do not support bilateral reporting. CMS payment for an assistant at surgery requires documented medical necessity; co-surgeon and team-surgery payment is not permitted. The Medicare fee schedule lists separate office and facility practice-expense values for this code.
CMS billing rules for 92950
- Global period
- Minor procedure with a 0-day global period: same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included.
- Bilateral procedures
- Bilateral adjustment does not apply; the descriptor or anatomy makes modifier 50 inappropriate.
- Assistant at surgery
- Assistant at surgery is paid only with documentation of medical necessity.
- Co-surgeons
- Co-surgeons not permitted.
- Team surgery
- Team surgery not permitted.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU3.90 · 34%
- Practice expense (office) RVU7.01 · 62%
- Malpractice RVU0.44 · 4%
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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.
92950 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Alabama, from the same CMS release.
$141.91
92960 is external electrical cardioversion for rhythm conversion. It does not represent CPR performed during cardiac or respiratory arrest.
No office rate
92961 represents internal electrical cardioversion. Choose 92950 when the documented service is CPR rather than internal rhythm conversion.
Compare 92950 by payment locality
Find the payment area for your service address, then open its rate page for calculation inputs, release history and the percentage-of-Medicare tool. A city may cross payment-area boundaries; the ZIP lookup above helps resolve the location.
1 of 1 payment localities
Alabama →
Office / nonfacility
$343.45
Facility
$160.79
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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 92950 in Alabama.
PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv
11,913
- Code
- 92950
- Physician work
- 3.90
- Practice expense
- 7.01
- Malpractice
- 0.44
GPCI2026.csv
4
- Locality
- Alabama
- Physician work
- 1.000
- Practice expense
- 0.875
- Malpractice
- 0.566
| Component | RVU | Locality factor | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physician work | 3.90 | × 1.000 | 3.9000 |
| Practice expense | 7.01 | × 0.875 | 6.1338 |
| Malpractice | 0.44 | × 0.566 | 0.2490 |
| Total RVUs | 10.2828 | ||
| Conversion factor | × 33.4009 | ||
Office / nonfacility rate, Alabama$343.45
Explore RVUs, geographic factors and the full formula
Office / nonfacility
| Component | RVU | Local GPCI |
|---|---|---|
| Work | 3.9 | 1 |
| Practice expense | 7.01 | 0.875 |
| Malpractice | 0.44 | 0.566 |
(3.9 × 1 + 7.01 × 0.875 + 0.44 × 0.566) × $33.4009 = $343.45
Facility
| Component | RVU | Local GPCI |
|---|---|---|
| Work | 3.9 | 1 |
| Practice expense | 0.76 | 0.875 |
| Malpractice | 0.44 | 0.566 |
(3.9 × 1 + 0.76 × 0.875 + 0.44 × 0.566) × $33.4009 = $160.79
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.
92950 billing questions
When should 92950 be reported instead of temporary pacing?
Use 92950 for CPR performed during cardiac or respiratory arrest. Report 92953 when temporary external pacing is performed; pacing does not describe chest-compression resuscitation.
Can CPR and temporary external pacing be reported together?
They describe different services and may be reported when both CPR and temporary external pacing are performed. Document the arrest and the separate pacing service.
Is modifier 50 appropriate for CPR?
No. CMS identifies bilateral adjustment as inappropriate for this service, so modifier 50 is not appropriate.
What global period applies to 92950?
92950 has a 0-day global period. Same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included.
What documentation supports 92950?
Document the cardiac or respiratory arrest, that CPR was performed, and the clinician’s participation in the resuscitation.
Can an assistant, co-surgeon, or surgical team be paid for this service?
CMS permits assistant-at-surgery payment only when medical necessity is documented. Co-surgeon and team-surgery payment is not permitted.
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.
11,91092941,,Prq trlml revsc tot occl ami,A,,12.40,2.35,NA,2.35,,2.90,17.65,17.65,0,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
11,91192943,,Prq trluml revsc ch occ ant,A,,13.35,2.51,NA,2.51,,3.12,18.98,18.98,0,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
11,91292945,,Prq trl rvs ch occ ant&rtrgr,A,,15.00,2.84,NA,2.84,,1.08,18.92,18.92,0,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
11,91392950,,Heart/lung resuscitation cpr,A,,3.90,7.01,,0.76,,0.44,11.35,5.10,0,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
11,91492953,,Temporary external pacing,A,,0.01,0.01,NA,0.01,,0.01,0.03,0.03,0,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
11,91592960,,Cardioversion electric ext,A,,1.95,2.53,,0.74,,0.15,4.63,2.84,0,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
11,91692961,,Cardioversion electric int,A,,4.23,1.24,NA,1.24,,0.98,6.45,6.45,0,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,9,9,9,9,9,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
1ADDENDUM E. FINAL CY 2026 GEOGRAPHIC PRACTICE COST INDICES (GPCIs) BY STATE AND MEDICARE LOCALITY,,,,,,
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3Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC),State,Locality Number,Locality Name,2026 PW GPCI (with 1.0 Floor)***,2026 PE GPCI,2026 MP GPCI
410112,AL,00,ALABAMA,1.000,0.875,0.566
502102,AK,01,ALASKA*,1.500,1.065,0.551
603102,AZ,00,ARIZONA,1.000,0.969,0.856
707102,AR,13,ARKANSAS,1.000,0.859,0.515