$11.89–$15.59
76014 covers the initial nonphysician assessment interval; 76015 is for additional time and must be paired with a primary procedure.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
76015 MR safety assessment Medicare reimbursement rates in California
Reports additional time spent by nonphysician MR safety staff assessing an implant or possible metallic foreign body before MRI. Compare 76015 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 76015 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
$57.08–$74.77
29 of 29 localities have a supported rate.
Lowest: Chico
Highest: San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (San Benito Cnty)
A spread of $17.69 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 76015 pays more and less in California
29 payment localities
$57.08 to $74.77
MRI safety
About 76015: Additional nonphysician MR safety assessment time
Reports additional time spent by nonphysician MR safety staff assessing an implant or possible metallic foreign body before MRI.
This add-on captures additional time spent by nonphysician MR safety staff assessing an implant, device, or possible metallic foreign body before an MRI. The assessment may involve reviewing device records and relevant clinical information to determine whether the patient can be scanned safely and under what conditions. It is used when that work extends beyond the initial nonphysician assessment, such as when a patient arrives with an implant whose MRI conditions need careful review.
Report 76015 with 76014 for additional assessment time beyond the initial interval; it is not a stand-alone service. Documentation should identify the safety concern, the review or assessment performed, the staff member performing it, and the time supporting each additional unit. CMS classifies this as technical-component-only, with interpretation covered by a separate code. It is paid within the primary procedure’s global period.
CMS billing rules for 76015
- Global period
- Add-on code: billed only together with a primary procedure and paid within that procedure's global period.
- Professional and technical components
- Technical-component-only code: a separate code covers interpretation.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU0.00 · 0%
- Practice expense (office) RVU1.53 · 96%
- Malpractice RVU0.06 · 4%
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.
76015 compared with similar codes
Office rates for California, from the same CMS release.
$76.21–$95.50
Choose 76016 for the physician or qualified health care professional assessment route, rather than additional nonphysician assessment time.
$239.06–$308.27
76017 reports additional time for the physician or qualified health care professional route; 76015 is the nonphysician counterpart.
Compare 76015 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 $57.23 | Facility Unavailable |
| Chico | Office $57.08 | Facility Unavailable |
| El Centro | Office $57.09 | Facility Unavailable |
| Fresno | Office $57.08 | Facility Unavailable |
| Hanford-Corcoran | Office $57.08 | Facility Unavailable |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim (Los Angeles/Orange Cnty) | Office $61.79 | Facility Unavailable |
| Madera | Office $57.08 | Facility Unavailable |
| Merced | Office $57.08 | Facility Unavailable |
| Modesto | Office $57.08 | Facility Unavailable |
| Napa | Office $68.37 | Facility Unavailable |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura | Office $61.65 | Facility Unavailable |
| Redding | Office $57.08 | Facility Unavailable |
| Rest Of California | Office $57.08 | Facility Unavailable |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario | Office $57.72 | Facility Unavailable |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom | Office $60.51 | Facility Unavailable |
| Salinas | Office $60.30 | Facility Unavailable |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad | Office $62.21 | Facility Unavailable |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (Marin Cnty) | Office $72.98 | Facility Unavailable |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (San Francisco/San Mateo/Alameda/Contra Costa Cnty) | Office $72.91 | Facility Unavailable |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (San Benito Cnty) | Office $74.77 | Facility Unavailable |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (Santa Clara Cnty) | Office $74.49 | Facility Unavailable |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles | Office $59.28 | Facility Unavailable |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville | Office $63.16 | Facility Unavailable |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara | Office $60.66 | Facility Unavailable |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma | Office $63.83 | Facility Unavailable |
| Stockton | Office $57.08 | Facility Unavailable |
| Vallejo | Office $68.27 | Facility Unavailable |
| Visalia | Office $57.08 | Facility Unavailable |
| Yuba City | Office $57.08 | Facility Unavailable |
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76015 billing questions
When should 76015 be reported instead of 76014?
Use 76014 for the initial nonphysician MR safety assessment. Report 76015 only for additional assessment time beyond that initial interval.
Can 76015 be billed by itself?
No. It is an add-on code reported with the primary assessment, 76014, and is paid within that procedure’s global period.
Does 76015 include interpretation?
No. CMS identifies 76015 as technical-component-only; a separate code covers interpretation.
How should additional units be supported?
Document the assessment work and the time spent so each reported additional 30-minute unit is supported.
How does 76015 differ from 76016?
76015 reports additional time for the nonphysician assessment route. Code 76016 is used for the physician or qualified health care professional route.
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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