$1,067.92–$1,403.64
Use 32701 for the physician’s professional thoracic target work; 77373 reports stereotactic radiation delivery.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
32701 SBRT target delineation Medicare reimbursement rates in California
Reports the physician’s professional work defining a thoracic stereotactic radiation target, such as a lung lesion, for a treatment course. Compare 32701 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in California.
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 32701 in California?
California has 29 payment localities in this comparison. Use the service location to choose the applicable amount. These are the supported base rates for the 29 payment areas shown below, using the same CMS release.
Office / nonfacility
No supported rate
Facility setting
$181.68–$203.83
29 of 29 localities have a supported rate.
Lowest: Chico
Highest: San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (San Benito Cnty)
A spread of $22.15 per service.
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.
Where 32701 pays more and less in California
Radiation oncology
About 32701: Thoracic stereotactic radiation target delineation
Reports the physician’s professional work defining a thoracic stereotactic radiation target, such as a lung lesion, for a treatment course.
This code represents the physician’s work in identifying and delineating a target in the thorax for stereotactic radiation treatment. A radiation oncologist typically uses diagnostic and treatment-planning images to define the target and document the clinical interpretation supporting the planned treatment. Thoracic targets may include lung lesions or other targets within the chest.
Report the code for the professional interpretation and report associated with thoracic target work, not for radiation machine delivery. The physician’s documentation should identify the thoracic target and support its delineation for stereotactic treatment. CMS classifies this as a professional-component-only code: a separate code covers the technical portion. The professional service and technical service therefore represent distinct portions of the work and should be reported using their respective codes.
CMS billing rules for 32701
- Professional and technical components
- Professional-component-only code: interpretation and report; a separate code covers the technical portion.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU4.08 · 72%
- Practice expense (office) RVU0.82 · 15%
- Malpractice RVU0.73 · 13%
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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.
32701 compared with similar codes
Office rates for California, from the same CMS release.
$655.12–$768.61
77435 reports stereotactic radiation treatment management for a course. This code represents thoracic target delineation and its professional interpretation and report.
$2,114.84–$2,719.18
77301 describes IMRT treatment planning. Distinguish it from the professional target work for thoracic stereotactic radiation reported with 32701.
Compare 32701 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.
29 of 29 payment localities
| Payment locality | Office | Facility |
|---|---|---|
| Bakersfield | Office Unavailable | Facility $183.73 |
| Chico | Office Unavailable | Facility $181.68 |
| El Centro | Office Unavailable | Facility $181.80 |
| Fresno | Office Unavailable | Facility $181.68 |
| Hanford-Corcoran | Office Unavailable | Facility $181.68 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim (Los Angeles/Orange Cnty) | Office Unavailable | Facility $190.45 |
| Madera | Office Unavailable | Facility $181.68 |
| Merced | Office Unavailable | Facility $181.68 |
| Modesto | Office Unavailable | Facility $181.68 |
| Napa | Office Unavailable | Facility $193.35 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura | Office Unavailable | Facility $187.66 |
| Redding | Office Unavailable | Facility $181.68 |
| Rest Of California | Office Unavailable | Facility $181.68 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario | Office Unavailable | Facility $189.55 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom | Office Unavailable | Facility $186.10 |
| Salinas | Office Unavailable | Facility $185.31 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad | Office Unavailable | Facility $186.34 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (Marin Cnty) | Office Unavailable | Facility $199.03 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (San Francisco/San Mateo/Alameda/Contra Costa Cnty) | Office Unavailable | Facility $198.20 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (San Benito Cnty) | Office Unavailable | Facility $203.83 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (Santa Clara Cnty) | Office Unavailable | Facility $200.44 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles | Office Unavailable | Facility $182.86 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville | Office Unavailable | Facility $185.48 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara | Office Unavailable | Facility $185.10 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma | Office Unavailable | Facility $187.07 |
| Stockton | Office Unavailable | Facility $181.68 |
| Vallejo | Office Unavailable | Facility $192.15 |
| Visalia | Office Unavailable | Facility $181.68 |
| Yuba City | Office Unavailable | Facility $181.68 |
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32701 billing questions
What distinguishes this code from stereotactic radiation delivery?
This code represents the professional work of thoracic target delineation and its interpretation and report. The radiation delivery service reports treatment fractions delivered by the equipment.
Does this code include the technical portion?
No. CMS identifies it as professional-component-only; a separate code covers the technical portion.
What documentation supports reporting it?
Document the thoracic target and the physician’s interpretation and report supporting its delineation for stereotactic treatment.
Is this code reported per treatment fraction?
It represents the physician’s target-related professional work, rather than reporting each radiation delivery fraction. Report the delivery service separately when performed.
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.
3,7723267F,,Path rprt w/ pt pn cat et al,M,,0.00,0.00,,0.00,,0.00,0.00,0.00,9,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,9,9,9,9,9,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,7733268F,,Psa/t/glsc docd b/4 txmnt,I,,0.00,0.00,,0.00,,0.00,0.00,0.00,9,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,9,9,9,9,9,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,7743269F,,Bone scn b/4 txmnt/aftr dx,I,,0.00,0.00,,0.00,,0.00,0.00,0.00,9,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,9,9,9,9,9,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,77532701,,Thorax stereo rad targetw/tx,A,,4.08,0.82,NA,0.82,,0.73,5.63,5.63,2,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,7763270F,,No bone scn b/4 txmnt/aftrdx,M,,0.00,0.00,,0.00,,0.00,0.00,0.00,9,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,9,9,9,9,9,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,7773271F,,Low risk prostate cancer,I,,0.00,0.00,,0.00,,0.00,0.00,0.00,9,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,9,9,9,9,9,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,7783272F,,Med risk prostate cancer,I,,0.00,0.00,,0.00,,0.00,0.00,0.00,9,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,9,9,9,9,9,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00