$16.72
Choose 99473 for patient training and device calibration. Choose 99474 for analysis and reporting of qualifying self-measured readings.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
99473 BP device training Medicare reimbursement rates in Alabama
Report this service when a patient receives training on a clinically validated home blood pressure monitor and the device is calibrated for self-measurement. Compare 99473 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 99473 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
$13.34
1 of 1 localities have a supported rate.
Payment area: Alabama
One mapped payment locality.
Facility setting
No supported rate
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.
Remote monitoring
About 99473: Home blood pressure device training
Report this service when a patient receives training on a clinically validated home blood pressure monitor and the device is calibrated for self-measurement.
This service covers educating a patient to measure blood pressure at home with a device validated for clinical accuracy, along with calibrating that device. In primary care or hypertension management, office staff may teach cuff placement and proper measurement technique and check the home monitor against the practice’s equipment. The work prepares the patient to collect self-measured readings; it is not the ongoing review of a month of readings.
Report 99473 when the training and calibration are performed, and document the device, education provided, and calibration. Distinguish this setup service from 99474, which concerns analysis and reporting of qualifying self-measured readings. The CMS RVU profile assigns no physician-work RVU and assigns practice-expense and malpractice RVUs. Select the service based on the work actually furnished, not simply because a patient owns a home blood pressure monitor.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU0.00 · 0%
- Practice expense (office) RVU0.45 · 98%
- Malpractice RVU0.01 · 2%
43.5K
Medicare services in 2024 · #833 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.
99473 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Alabama, from the same CMS release.
$43.03
93784 is for ambulatory blood pressure monitoring with a monitor worn to collect readings. 99473 is for training and calibration of a home self-measurement device.
$47.43
99457 describes remote physiologic monitoring treatment management. It does not represent the education and calibration work captured by 99473.
Compare 99473 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
$13.34
Facility
Unavailable
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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 99473 in Alabama.
PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv
13,140
- Code
- 99473
- Physician work
- 0.00
- Practice expense
- 0.45
- Malpractice
- 0.01
GPCI2026.csv
4
- Locality
- Alabama
- Physician work
- 1.000
- Practice expense
- 0.875
- Malpractice
- 0.566
| Component | RVU | Locality factor | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physician work | 0.00 | × 1.000 | 0.0000 |
| Practice expense | 0.45 | × 0.875 | 0.3937 |
| Malpractice | 0.01 | × 0.566 | 0.0057 |
| Total RVUs | 0.3994 | ||
| Conversion factor | × 33.4009 | ||
Office / nonfacility rate, Alabama$13.34
Explore RVUs, geographic factors and the full formula
Office / nonfacility
| Component | RVU | Local GPCI |
|---|---|---|
| Work | 0 | 1 |
| Practice expense | 0.45 | 0.875 |
| Malpractice | 0.01 | 0.566 |
(0 × 1 + 0.45 × 0.875 + 0.01 × 0.566) × $33.4009 = $13.34
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.
99473 billing questions
How is 99473 different from 99474?
99473 covers patient training and calibration of the home monitor. 99474 covers analysis and reporting of qualifying self-measured blood pressure readings.
What should the record show?
Document the validated home device, the training provided, and that calibration was performed. A note that the patient was advised to check blood pressure, without device training and calibration, does not describe this service.
Does a patient’s home monitor alone support reporting 99473?
No. The service includes education and calibration, not merely owning or using a home monitor.
Is 99473 the code for office blood pressure measurement?
No. It describes training and calibration for patient self-measurement at home, rather than a routine blood pressure reading taken by practice staff.
When is ambulatory blood pressure monitoring a better comparison?
93784 describes ambulatory monitoring using a device worn to collect readings over a monitoring period. 99473 instead addresses training and calibration of the patient’s home self-measurement device.
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.
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13,13899471,,Ped critical care initial,A,,15.98,3.22,NA,3.22,,0.99,20.19,20.19,0,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
13,13999472,,Ped critical care subsq,A,,7.99,1.96,NA,1.96,,0.58,10.53,10.53,0,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
13,14099473,,Self-meas bp pt educaj/train,A,,0.00,0.45,,0.45,NA,0.01,0.46,0.46,0,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
13,14199474,,Self-meas bp 2 readg bid 30d,A,,0.18,0.36,,0.05,,0.01,0.55,0.24,0,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
13,14299475,,Ped crit care age 2-5 init,A,,11.25,2.26,NA,2.26,,0.68,14.19,14.19,0,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
13,14399476,,Ped crit care age 2-5 subsq,A,,6.75,1.87,NA,1.87,,0.55,9.17,9.17,0,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,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,,,,,,
2,,,,,,
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