$247.27–$321.34
Choose 75902 for intraluminal obstruction; 75901 addresses obstructive material around the catheter.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
75902 Catheter imaging Medicare reimbursement rates in California
Radiologic supervision and interpretation for percutaneous clearance of obstructive material inside a central venous access device is reported with the removal procedure. Compare 75902 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 75902 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
$92.51–$118.54
29 of 29 localities have a supported rate.
Lowest: Chico
Highest: San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (San Benito Cnty)
A spread of $26.03 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 75902 pays more and less in California
29 payment localities
$92.51 to $118.54
Interventional radiology
About 75902: Central venous device lumen clearance imaging
Radiologic supervision and interpretation for percutaneous clearance of obstructive material inside a central venous access device is reported with the removal procedure.
This code represents the radiologic supervision and interpretation associated with percutaneous mechanical removal of obstructive material from inside a central venous access device. An interventional radiologist typically provides this service during image-guided work to restore catheter patency, such as when material within a port catheter or tunneled central venous catheter impedes flow. It is distinct from imaging for material around the outside of the catheter.
Report it with the procedure code for the intraluminal removal when the imaging supervision and interpretation are performed and documented. The record should support the catheter and obstruction treated, the imaging guidance and findings, and the physician’s interpretation. CMS recognizes separately priced professional and technical components: modifier 26 identifies the interpretation, modifier TC identifies equipment and staff, and no modifier represents the global service.
CMS billing rules for 75902
- 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 RVU0.38 · 15%
- Practice expense (office) RVU2.15 · 83%
- Malpractice RVU0.05 · 2%
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Medicare services in 2024 · #4261 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.
75902 compared with similar codes
Office rates for California, from the same CMS release.
$124.87–$158.11
36596 reports the physical intraluminal removal procedure. 75902 reports its radiologic supervision and interpretation.
$618.78–$785.09
36595 describes mechanical removal of material around the catheter, not material within the device lumen.
Compare 75902 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 $92.66 | Facility Unavailable |
| Chico | Office $92.51 | Facility Unavailable |
| El Centro | Office $92.52 | Facility Unavailable |
| Fresno | Office $92.51 | Facility Unavailable |
| Hanford-Corcoran | Office $92.51 | Facility Unavailable |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim (Los Angeles/Orange Cnty) | Office $99.28 | Facility Unavailable |
| Madera | Office $92.51 | Facility Unavailable |
| Merced | Office $92.51 | Facility Unavailable |
| Modesto | Office $92.51 | Facility Unavailable |
| Napa | Office $108.99 | Facility Unavailable |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura | Office $98.97 | Facility Unavailable |
| Redding | Office $92.51 | Facility Unavailable |
| Rest Of California | Office $92.51 | Facility Unavailable |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario | Office $93.05 | Facility Unavailable |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom | Office $97.56 | Facility Unavailable |
| Salinas | Office $97.21 | Facility Unavailable |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad | Office $99.87 | Facility Unavailable |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (Marin Cnty) | Office $115.92 | Facility Unavailable |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (San Francisco/San Mateo/Alameda/Contra Costa Cnty) | Office $115.86 | Facility Unavailable |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (San Benito Cnty) | Office $118.54 | Facility Unavailable |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (Santa Clara Cnty) | Office $118.30 | Facility Unavailable |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles | Office $95.60 | Facility Unavailable |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville | Office $101.11 | Facility Unavailable |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara | Office $97.68 | Facility Unavailable |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma | Office $102.15 | Facility Unavailable |
| Stockton | Office $92.51 | Facility Unavailable |
| Vallejo | Office $108.91 | Facility Unavailable |
| Visalia | Office $92.51 | Facility Unavailable |
| Yuba City | Office $92.51 | Facility Unavailable |
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75902 billing questions
Which removal procedure is paired with this code?
It is commonly reported with 36596 for percutaneous mechanical removal of obstructive material from inside a central venous device. Code 75902 represents the radiologic supervision and interpretation.
How does this differ from 75901?
75902 concerns obstructive material within the device lumen. 75901 is the radiologic supervision and interpretation code for removal of material around the catheter.
When should modifier 26 or TC be used?
Use modifier 26 for the professional interpretation and modifier TC for the technical service, including equipment and staff. Without either modifier, the code represents the global service.
What documentation supports reporting 75902?
Document the intraluminal obstruction, the image-guided removal service, and the radiologic findings and interpretation. The documentation should distinguish material inside the catheter from material surrounding it.
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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