$56.79
77071 involves manually applied stress during joint radiography. This code describes a single-view joint survey without that stress technique.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
77077 Joint survey Medicare reimbursement rates in Arizona
Reports a single-view radiographic survey of one or two joints, such as comparative hand or foot imaging for an inflammatory joint condition. Compare 77077 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Arizona.
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 77077 in Arizona?
Arizona 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
$46.18
1 of 1 localities have a supported rate.
Payment area: Arizona
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.
Diagnostic radiology
About 77077: Single-view joint survey
Reports a single-view radiographic survey of one or two joints, such as comparative hand or foot imaging for an inflammatory joint condition.
This service captures a single radiographic projection that surveys one or two joints. It may be used when a clinician needs a broad joint assessment, for example when evaluating hands or feet for inflammatory arthritis. A radiologic technologist performs the imaging, and a radiologist or other qualified physician interprets the images. The service may be furnished in an office imaging department or a hospital radiology department.
Select this code when the study covers one or two joints in a single view; focused imaging with multiple views of a specific joint is coded according to that examination instead. Documentation should identify the joints imaged, the number of views, the clinical reason for the survey, and the interpretation. The professional component may be reported with modifier 26, the technical component with modifier TC, or the complete service without either modifier. CMS separately prices the 26 and TC components.
CMS billing rules for 77077
- 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 RVU0.32 · 23%
- Practice expense (office) RVU1.07 · 75%
- Malpractice RVU0.03 · 2%
36.8K
Medicare services in 2024 · #900 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.
77077 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Arizona, from the same CMS release.
Compare 77077 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
Arizona →
Office / nonfacility
$46.18
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 77077 in Arizona.
PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv
9,001
- Code
- 77077
- Physician work
- 0.32
- Practice expense
- 1.07
- Malpractice
- 0.03
GPCI2026.csv
6
- Locality
- Arizona
- Physician work
- 1.000
- Practice expense
- 0.969
- Malpractice
- 0.856
| Component | RVU | Locality factor | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physician work | 0.32 | × 1.000 | 0.3200 |
| Practice expense | 1.07 | × 0.969 | 1.0368 |
| Malpractice | 0.03 | × 0.856 | 0.0257 |
| Total RVUs | 1.3825 | ||
| Conversion factor | × 33.4009 | ||
Office / nonfacility rate, Arizona$46.18
Explore RVUs, geographic factors and the full formula
Office / nonfacility
| Component | RVU | Local GPCI |
|---|---|---|
| Work | 0.32 | 1 |
| Practice expense | 1.07 | 0.969 |
| Malpractice | 0.03 | 0.856 |
(0.32 × 1 + 1.07 × 0.969 + 0.03 × 0.856) × $33.4009 = $46.18
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.
77077 billing questions
When should this code be chosen over a standard hand or foot X-ray?
Use this code for a single-view survey of one or two joints. A focused examination of a hand or foot with multiple views is reported with the code for that examination.
How are the professional and technical services reported?
Report modifier 26 for the physician's interpretation and modifier TC for the imaging equipment and staff. Without either modifier, the claim represents the global service.
What details should the imaging report support?
Document the joint or joints examined, the single view obtained, the clinical indication, and the physician's image interpretation.
Can this code describe several views of one joint?
No. It describes a single-view survey covering one or two joints; use the applicable focused-joint imaging code when multiple views are obtained.
Is this the same as stress radiography of a joint?
No. This code is for a joint survey; code 77071 describes radiography involving manually applied stress to a joint.
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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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
801112,CA,54,BAKERSFIELD,1.019,1.096,0.609
901112,CA,55,CHICO,1.017,1.096,0.536