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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
69801 Medicare reimbursement rates in California
Compare 69801 physician payment amounts across CMS localities, including office and facility settings.
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 69801 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
$233.81–$290.67
29 of 29 localities have a supported rate.
Lowest: Chico
Highest: San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (San Benito Cnty)
A spread of $56.86 per service.
Facility setting
$107.15–$124.02
29 of 29 localities have a supported rate.
Lowest: Chico
Highest: San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (San Benito Cnty)
A spread of $16.87 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 69801 pays more and less in California
29 payment localities
$233.81 to $290.67
Compare 69801 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 $234.65 | Facility $107.99 |
| Chico | Office $233.81 | Facility $107.15 |
| El Centro | Office $233.86 | Facility $107.20 |
| Fresno | Office $233.81 | Facility $107.15 |
| Hanford-Corcoran | Office $233.81 | Facility $107.15 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim (Los Angeles/Orange Cnty) | Office $249.39 | Facility $112.67 |
| Madera | Office $233.81 | Facility $107.15 |
| Merced | Office $233.81 | Facility $107.15 |
| Modesto | Office $233.81 | Facility $107.15 |
| Napa | Office $269.10 | Facility $116.79 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura | Office $247.97 | Facility $111.37 |
| Redding | Office $233.81 | Facility $107.15 |
| Rest Of California | Office $233.81 | Facility $107.15 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario | Office $236.95 | Facility $110.29 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom | Office $244.89 | Facility $110.48 |
| Salinas | Office $243.97 | Facility $110.02 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad | Office $249.37 | Facility $111.15 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (Marin Cnty) | Office $284.24 | Facility $121.29 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (San Francisco/San Mateo/Alameda/Contra Costa Cnty) | Office $283.91 | Facility $120.96 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (San Benito Cnty) | Office $290.67 | Facility $124.02 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (Santa Clara Cnty) | Office $289.32 | Facility $122.68 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles | Office $240.10 | Facility $108.47 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville | Office $251.49 | Facility $111.07 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara | Office $244.79 | Facility $110.04 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma | Office $253.99 | Facility $112.08 |
| Stockton | Office $233.81 | Facility $107.15 |
| Vallejo | Office $268.63 | Facility $116.31 |
| Visalia | Office $233.81 | Facility $107.15 |
| Yuba City | Office $233.81 | Facility $107.15 |
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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.