$61.12–$78.64
70355 is a panoramic survey of the jaws; 70320 is used for a full-mouth series of intraoral dental images.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
70355 Panoramic jaw x-ray Medicare reimbursement rates in California
Reports a panoramic x-ray survey of the upper and lower jaws, commonly used to assess dentition, jaw structures, or a broad oral concern. Compare 70355 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 70355 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
$20.33–$25.11
29 of 29 localities have a supported rate.
Lowest: Chico
Highest: San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (San Benito Cnty)
A spread of $4.78 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 70355 pays more and less in California
29 payment localities
$20.33 to $25.11
Radiology
About 70355: Panoramic radiograph of the jaws
Reports a panoramic x-ray survey of the upper and lower jaws, commonly used to assess dentition, jaw structures, or a broad oral concern.
This service produces a broad panoramic image of the upper and lower jaws in a single survey. Dental practices, oral and maxillofacial surgery offices, and imaging facilities commonly obtain it when a clinician needs an overview of the dentition and jaw structures, such as when evaluating a possible impacted tooth or a jaw abnormality. The image is interpreted by a qualified practitioner, with the technical work performed by staff using the imaging equipment.
Choose this code when the documented service is a panoramic jaw study, rather than a set of focused intraoral tooth images or a dedicated jaw-joint examination. The record should support the clinical reason for imaging and identify the study performed; the interpretation should be documented when billed separately. Report the global service without a component modifier, or report modifier 26 for the professional interpretation or TC for the technical service when billing only that portion.
CMS billing rules for 70355
- 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 RVU0.20 · 34%
- Practice expense (office) RVU0.36 · 62%
- Malpractice RVU0.02 · 3%
25.5K
Medicare services in 2024 · #1042 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.
70355 compared with similar codes
Office rates for California, from the same CMS release.
Compare 70355 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 $20.39 | Facility Unavailable |
| Chico | Office $20.33 | Facility Unavailable |
| El Centro | Office $20.33 | Facility Unavailable |
| Fresno | Office $20.33 | Facility Unavailable |
| Hanford-Corcoran | Office $20.33 | Facility Unavailable |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim (Los Angeles/Orange Cnty) | Office $21.62 | Facility Unavailable |
| Madera | Office $20.33 | Facility Unavailable |
| Merced | Office $20.33 | Facility Unavailable |
| Modesto | Office $20.33 | Facility Unavailable |
| Napa | Office $23.29 | Facility Unavailable |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura | Office $21.50 | Facility Unavailable |
| Redding | Office $20.33 | Facility Unavailable |
| Rest Of California | Office $20.33 | Facility Unavailable |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario | Office $20.55 | Facility Unavailable |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom | Office $21.26 | Facility Unavailable |
| Salinas | Office $21.18 | Facility Unavailable |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad | Office $21.62 | Facility Unavailable |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (Marin Cnty) | Office $24.58 | Facility Unavailable |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (San Francisco/San Mateo/Alameda/Contra Costa Cnty) | Office $24.55 | Facility Unavailable |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (San Benito Cnty) | Office $25.11 | Facility Unavailable |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (Santa Clara Cnty) | Office $25.02 | Facility Unavailable |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles | Office $20.85 | Facility Unavailable |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville | Office $21.79 | Facility Unavailable |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara | Office $21.25 | Facility Unavailable |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma | Office $22.00 | Facility Unavailable |
| Stockton | Office $20.33 | Facility Unavailable |
| Vallejo | Office $23.26 | Facility Unavailable |
| Visalia | Office $20.33 | Facility Unavailable |
| Yuba City | Office $20.33 | Facility Unavailable |
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70355 billing questions
When should this be reported instead of a full-mouth dental x-ray?
Use 70355 for a panoramic survey of the jaws. A full-mouth dental x-ray code applies when the service consists of an intraoral series of dental images.
How are the professional and technical portions reported?
Report modifier 26 for the professional interpretation and TC for the technical service. Billing without either modifier represents the global service.
Can the interpretation be billed separately from the image acquisition?
Yes. The professional component may be reported with modifier 26 when the interpretation is separately furnished and documented; the technical component is reported with TC.
Is this the right code for a focused jaw-joint x-ray?
No. 70355 describes a panoramic survey of the jaws. A dedicated jaw-joint examination is represented by a joint-specific imaging code, such as 70328.
What documentation supports reporting this study?
Document the clinical reason for the panoramic study and the imaging performed. Include the interpretation when billing the professional component.
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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7,75870350,26,X-ray head for orthodontia,A,,0.17,0.08,,0.08,,0.01,0.26,0.26,1,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
7,75970350,TC,X-ray head for orthodontia,A,,0.00,0.28,,0.28,NA,0.01,0.29,0.29,1,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,01,0,99,2.57,2.57,0.09
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7,76170355,26,Panoramic x-ray of jaws,A,,0.20,0.09,,0.09,,0.01,0.30,0.30,1,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
7,76270355,TC,Panoramic x-ray of jaws,A,,0.00,0.27,,0.27,NA,0.01,0.28,0.28,1,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,01,0,99,2.57,2.57,0.10
7,76370360,,X-ray exam of neck,A,,0.18,0.73,,0.73,NA,0.02,0.93,0.93,1,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,2.69,2.69,0.05