$139.47–$183.51
Q4270 identifies Complete SL, while Q4271 identifies Complete FT. Match the code to the specific product used.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
Q4271 Complete FT Medicare reimbursement rates in California
Reports the Complete FT wound product by square centimeter when it is furnished with a primary wound procedure. Compare Q4271 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 Q4271 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
$139.47–$183.51
29 of 29 localities have a supported rate.
Lowest: Bakersfield
Highest: San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (Santa Clara Cnty)
A spread of $44.04 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 Q4271 pays more and less in California
29 payment localities
$139.47 to $183.51
Skin substitute supply
About Q4271: Complete FT wound product by area
Reports the Complete FT wound product by square centimeter when it is furnished with a primary wound procedure.
Q4271 identifies the Complete FT product supplied for wound treatment, measured by square centimeter. It represents the product rather than the clinician’s work applying it. Wound-care clinicians may use it in outpatient settings when furnishing the product as part of a wound procedure; the separately reported procedure captures the application service.
Report Q4271 with the appropriate primary procedure and document the product used, the treated wound, and the product area in square centimeters. The code is an add-on and is paid within the primary procedure’s global period. CMS classifies it as technical-component-only; a separate code covers interpretation. Keep the product code distinct from the application code, and select a different product-specific code when a different product was furnished.
CMS billing rules for Q4271
- 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) RVU3.81 · 100%
- Malpractice RVU0.00 · 0%
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.
Q4271 compared with similar codes
Office rates for California, from the same CMS release.
$139.47–$183.51
Q4268 identifies Surgraft FT, not Complete FT. These product-specific codes are not interchangeable based only on wound area.
$165.37–$205.27
15271 reports a wound-application procedure; Q4271 reports the Complete FT product supplied with a primary procedure.
Compare Q4271 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 $139.47 | Facility Unavailable |
| Chico | Office $139.47 | Facility Unavailable |
| El Centro | Office $139.47 | Facility Unavailable |
| Fresno | Office $139.47 | Facility Unavailable |
| Hanford-Corcoran | Office $139.47 | Facility Unavailable |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim (Los Angeles/Orange Cnty) | Office $150.55 | Facility Unavailable |
| Madera | Office $139.47 | Facility Unavailable |
| Merced | Office $139.47 | Facility Unavailable |
| Modesto | Office $139.47 | Facility Unavailable |
| Napa | Office $167.73 | Facility Unavailable |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura | Office $150.42 | Facility Unavailable |
| Redding | Office $139.47 | Facility Unavailable |
| Rest Of California | Office $139.47 | Facility Unavailable |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario | Office $139.47 | Facility Unavailable |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom | Office $148.00 | Facility Unavailable |
| Salinas | Office $147.49 | Facility Unavailable |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad | Office $152.20 | Facility Unavailable |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (Marin Cnty) | Office $179.43 | Facility Unavailable |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (San Francisco/San Mateo/Alameda/Contra Costa Cnty) | Office $179.43 | Facility Unavailable |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (San Benito Cnty) | Office $183.51 | Facility Unavailable |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (Santa Clara Cnty) | Office $183.51 | Facility Unavailable |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles | Office $144.95 | Facility Unavailable |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville | Office $154.62 | Facility Unavailable |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara | Office $148.38 | Facility Unavailable |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma | Office $156.27 | Facility Unavailable |
| Stockton | Office $139.47 | Facility Unavailable |
| Vallejo | Office $167.73 | Facility Unavailable |
| Visalia | Office $139.47 | Facility Unavailable |
| Yuba City | Office $139.47 | Facility Unavailable |
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Q4271 billing questions
Does Q4271 include applying the product?
No. Q4271 identifies the Complete FT product by area; report the appropriate primary procedure for the wound application.
Can Q4271 be billed by itself?
No. CMS identifies it as an add-on code that must be billed with a primary procedure.
What documentation supports the reported quantity?
Document the product identity, treated wound, and product area in square centimeters, along with the primary procedure.
How does Q4271 differ from Q4270?
Both identify Complete products, but Q4271 is the FT product and Q4270 is the SL product. Use the code matching the product furnished.
What does the technical-component-only designation mean?
CMS classifies Q4271 as technical-component-only, with a separate code covering interpretation.
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.
18,356Q4268,,Surgraft ft per sq cm,A,,0.00,3.81,,3.81,NA,0.00,3.81,3.81,3,ZZZ,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
18,357Q4269,,Surgraft xt per sq cm,A,,0.00,3.81,,3.81,NA,0.00,3.81,3.81,3,ZZZ,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
18,358Q4270,,Complete sl per sq cm,A,,0.00,3.81,,3.81,NA,0.00,3.81,3.81,3,ZZZ,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
18,359Q4271,,Complete ft per sq cm,A,,0.00,3.81,,3.81,NA,0.00,3.81,3.81,3,ZZZ,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
18,360Q4272,,"Esano a, per sq cm",A,,0.00,3.81,,3.81,NA,0.00,3.81,3.81,3,ZZZ,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
18,361Q4273,,"Esano aaa, per sq cm",A,,0.00,3.81,,3.81,NA,0.00,3.81,3.81,3,ZZZ,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
18,362Q4274,,"Esano ac, per sq cm",A,,0.00,3.81,,3.81,NA,0.00,3.81,3.81,3,ZZZ,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00