$15.10–$19.00
70300 is for a single dental view. Use 70320 when the examination includes a complete intraoral survey.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
70320 Dental X-ray Medicare reimbursement rates in California
Reports a complete set of intraoral dental radiographs covering the dentition, rather than a limited tooth series or a panoramic image. Compare 70320 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 70320 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
$61.12–$78.64
29 of 29 localities have a supported rate.
Lowest: Chico
Highest: San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (San Benito Cnty)
A spread of $17.52 per service.
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.
Where 70320 pays more and less in California
29 payment localities
$61.12 to $78.64
Dental radiology
About 70320: Complete intraoral dental radiographic survey
Reports a complete set of intraoral dental radiographs covering the dentition, rather than a limited tooth series or a panoramic image.
This service covers a complete intraoral radiographic survey of the teeth and supporting structures, using multiple projections to evaluate the dentition across the mouth. Dentists, oral surgeons, and other qualified dental or imaging professionals may arrange or perform the image acquisition in a dental office or imaging setting; a qualified practitioner interprets the study. It is distinct from a single-view or limited series and from one panoramic image of the jaws.
Report the complete survey when the performed examination includes the full-mouth series, not just because several images were taken. The record should support the extent of the study and include the interpretation when the reporting practitioner bills for that work. CMS recognizes separately priced professional and technical components: modifier 26 identifies interpretation, modifier TC identifies equipment and staff, and billing without either modifier represents the global service.
CMS billing rules for 70320
- 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 RVU0.21 · 12%
- Practice expense (office) RVU1.46 · 86%
- Malpractice RVU0.03 · 2%
734
Medicare services in 2024 · #3221 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.
70320 compared with similar codes
Office rates for California, from the same CMS release.
Compare 70320 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 $61.20 | Facility Unavailable |
| Chico | Office $61.12 | Facility Unavailable |
| El Centro | Office $61.12 | Facility Unavailable |
| Fresno | Office $61.12 | Facility Unavailable |
| Hanford-Corcoran | Office $61.12 | Facility Unavailable |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim (Los Angeles/Orange Cnty) | Office $65.66 | Facility Unavailable |
| Madera | Office $61.12 | Facility Unavailable |
| Merced | Office $61.12 | Facility Unavailable |
| Modesto | Office $61.12 | Facility Unavailable |
| Napa | Office $72.24 | Facility Unavailable |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura | Office $65.48 | Facility Unavailable |
| Redding | Office $61.12 | Facility Unavailable |
| Rest Of California | Office $61.12 | Facility Unavailable |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario | Office $61.44 | Facility Unavailable |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom | Office $64.52 | Facility Unavailable |
| Salinas | Office $64.29 | Facility Unavailable |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad | Office $66.09 | Facility Unavailable |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (Marin Cnty) | Office $76.90 | Facility Unavailable |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (San Francisco/San Mateo/Alameda/Contra Costa Cnty) | Office $76.87 | Facility Unavailable |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (San Benito Cnty) | Office $78.64 | Facility Unavailable |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (Santa Clara Cnty) | Office $78.50 | Facility Unavailable |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles | Office $63.21 | Facility Unavailable |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville | Office $66.95 | Facility Unavailable |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara | Office $64.61 | Facility Unavailable |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma | Office $67.65 | Facility Unavailable |
| Stockton | Office $61.12 | Facility Unavailable |
| Vallejo | Office $72.19 | Facility Unavailable |
| Visalia | Office $61.12 | Facility Unavailable |
| Yuba City | Office $61.12 | Facility Unavailable |
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70320 billing questions
When should this code be used instead of 70310?
Use 70320 for a complete intraoral survey of the mouth. Code 70310 describes a partial series rather than the complete survey.
How does this differ from a panoramic dental image?
This code represents a complete series of intraoral projections. Code 70355 represents a panoramic image of the jaws, a different imaging approach.
Can the interpretation and image acquisition be billed separately?
Yes. Modifier 26 identifies the professional interpretation, and modifier TC identifies the technical service. Without either modifier, the claim represents the global service.
What documentation supports reporting the complete survey?
Document that a complete intraoral series was obtained and retain the images and interpretation supporting the examination. A limited set of views does not support reporting the complete survey.
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.
7,73970310,,X-ray exam of teeth,A,,0.16,1.10,,1.10,NA,0.02,1.28,1.28,1,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,7.30,7.30,0.08
7,74070310,26,X-ray exam of teeth,A,,0.16,0.07,,0.07,,0.01,0.24,0.24,1,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
7,74170310,TC,X-ray exam of teeth,A,,0.00,1.03,,1.03,NA,0.01,1.04,1.04,1,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,01,0,99,7.23,7.23,0.07
7,74270320,,Full mouth x-ray of teeth,A,,0.21,1.46,,1.46,NA,0.03,1.70,1.70,1,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,7.35,7.35,0.07
7,74370320,26,Full mouth x-ray of teeth,A,,0.21,0.11,,0.11,,0.02,0.34,0.34,1,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
7,74470320,TC,Full mouth x-ray of teeth,A,,0.00,1.35,,1.35,NA,0.01,1.36,1.36,1,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,01,0,99,7.24,7.24,0.05
7,74570328,,X-ray exam of jaw joint,A,,0.18,0.82,,0.82,NA,0.02,1.02,1.02,1,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,2.70,2.70,0.05