$86.03–$110.43
Both describe entire-spine imaging; choose 72083 for four or five views and 72084 for six or more.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
72084 Full-spine X-ray Medicare reimbursement rates in California
Reports radiographic imaging of the entire spine with at least six views, commonly used to evaluate spinal curvature, alignment, or deformity. Compare 72084 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 72084 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
$106.19–$136.44
29 of 29 localities have a supported rate.
Lowest: Chico
Highest: San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (San Benito Cnty)
A spread of $30.25 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 72084 pays more and less in California
29 payment localities
$106.19 to $136.44
Radiology
About 72084: Entire spine radiographic examination, six or more views
Reports radiographic imaging of the entire spine with at least six views, commonly used to evaluate spinal curvature, alignment, or deformity.
This service covers X-ray imaging of the entire spine using six or more views. It is commonly performed to assess spinal curvature, alignment, or deformity, including in scoliosis evaluation. A technologist acquires the images, and a physician—often a radiologist—interprets them and documents the findings.
Select this code when the imaging covers the entire spine and the study includes at least six views. The order, image set, and interpretation should support the full-spine scope and view count; a study limited to one spinal region belongs to a regional examination code. Report the global service when billing for both image acquisition and interpretation. Modifier 26 identifies the professional interpretation, while modifier TC identifies the technical service, including equipment and staff.
CMS billing rules for 72084
- 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 RVU0.40 · 14%
- Practice expense (office) RVU2.51 · 85%
- Malpractice RVU0.04 · 1%
15.3K
Medicare services in 2024 · #1249 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.
72084 compared with similar codes
Office rates for California, from the same CMS release.
$77.35–$99.32
72082 applies to an entire-spine study with two or three views; 72084 requires six or more.
$37.54–$47.75
72080 covers a thoracolumbar-region examination, while 72084 covers the entire spine with six or more views.
Compare 72084 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 $106.31 | Facility Unavailable |
| Chico | Office $106.19 | Facility Unavailable |
| El Centro | Office $106.19 | Facility Unavailable |
| Fresno | Office $106.19 | Facility Unavailable |
| Hanford-Corcoran | Office $106.19 | Facility Unavailable |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim (Los Angeles/Orange Cnty) | Office $113.97 | Facility Unavailable |
| Madera | Office $106.19 | Facility Unavailable |
| Merced | Office $106.19 | Facility Unavailable |
| Modesto | Office $106.19 | Facility Unavailable |
| Napa | Office $125.38 | Facility Unavailable |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura | Office $113.66 | Facility Unavailable |
| Redding | Office $106.19 | Facility Unavailable |
| Rest Of California | Office $106.19 | Facility Unavailable |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario | Office $106.63 | Facility Unavailable |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom | Office $112.06 | Facility Unavailable |
| Salinas | Office $111.66 | Facility Unavailable |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad | Office $114.75 | Facility Unavailable |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (Marin Cnty) | Office $133.45 | Facility Unavailable |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (San Francisco/San Mateo/Alameda/Contra Costa Cnty) | Office $133.41 | Facility Unavailable |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (San Benito Cnty) | Office $136.44 | Facility Unavailable |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (Santa Clara Cnty) | Office $136.25 | Facility Unavailable |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles | Office $109.79 | Facility Unavailable |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville | Office $116.22 | Facility Unavailable |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara | Office $112.20 | Facility Unavailable |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma | Office $117.43 | Facility Unavailable |
| Stockton | Office $106.19 | Facility Unavailable |
| Vallejo | Office $125.31 | Facility Unavailable |
| Visalia | Office $106.19 | Facility Unavailable |
| Yuba City | Office $106.19 | Facility Unavailable |
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72084 billing questions
When should I use this code instead of 72083?
Use 72084 when the entire-spine study includes six or more views. Code 72083 describes an entire-spine study with four or five views.
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 this code?
The record should support imaging of the entire spine, the number of views obtained, the clinical indication, and the physician's interpretation.
Is a limited thoracolumbar study reported with 72084?
No. A study limited to the thoracolumbar region is not an entire-spine examination; consider 72080 when that code's scope and view criteria match the service.
Does the view count include six views exactly?
Yes. This code applies to six or more views of the entire spine.
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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7,97372100,,X-ray exam l-s spine 2/3 vws,A,,0.21,0.98,,0.98,NA,0.02,1.21,1.21,1,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,3.26,3.26,0.05