Billing code 95148: Venom antigen preparationMedicare rate & RVUs in Florida
Reports preparation and provision of a venom immunotherapy dose containing four distinct stinging-insect venoms under allergy specialist supervision.
Medicare pays $85.53–$93.25 for 95148 in the office in Florida, from Rest Of Florida to Miami. Which amount applies depends on the service address.
Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.
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What 95148 covers
This service covers the allergy practice’s supervised preparation and provision of a venom immunotherapy dose containing four distinct stinging-insect venoms. It is used for patients receiving desensitization treatment for insect-sting allergy, commonly under an allergist’s direction in an allergy office. The venoms may come from different stinging insects, such as bees, yellow jackets, wasps, or hornets; the code selection follows the number of venoms in the dose, not the number of injections given at that visit.
Report one unit for each dose prepared and provided with four venoms. Documentation should identify the prescribed venom immunotherapy, the four venoms included, the dose or doses prepared, and the professional oversight. This code represents antigen preparation and provision, not administration of the injection. When the patient receives immunotherapy injections, report the applicable injection-administration service separately, such as 95115 for one injection or 95117 for two or more injections. CMS lists no payment rules for this code in the supplied facts.
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.
Where 95148 pays more and less in Florida
The same RVUs, adjusted for each area’s costs. Open a locality for its calculation, history and nearby areas.
3 payment localities
$85.53 to $93.25
| Payment locality | Office | Facility |
|---|---|---|
| Fort Lauderdale | $90.58 | $2.95 |
| Miami | $93.25 | $3.20 |
| Rest Of Florida | $85.53 | $2.83 |
How the 95148 rate is calculated
Each of 95148’s three RVUs is multiplied by a geographic index (GPCI) for the payment locality, added up, and multiplied by the conversion factor. Drag the indexes or enter a ZIP to see what moves the rate.
How the rate is built · 95148
RVUs × geographic indexes × conversion factor
Work0.06
0.06 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI
Practice expense2.60
2.60 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI
Malpractice0.01
0.01 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI
Adjusted RVUs
2.6700
Conversion factor
$33.4009
Medicare rate
$89.18
Every GPCI starts at 1.000, the national rate. Enter a ZIP or drag a slider.
Payment rules and modifiers for 95148
95148 has no global surgery period, no multiple-procedure, bilateral or assistant-at-surgery adjustment, and no professional/technical split. What changes the payment is where the service happens: the place of service on the claim decides whether Medicare pays the office or the facility rate.
Place of service · 95148
Which rate does Medicare pay?
The POS code on the claim line (CMS-1500 box 24B).
POS 11 · non-facility rate · national
$89.18
- Non-facility (office)
- $89.18
- Facility
- $2.67
Higher because the practice carries its own overhead.
95148 compared with similar codes
Compare codes · National
5 codes, side by side
How to choose
- 95147Antigen preparation
- 95147 is for a dose containing three stinging-insect venoms; 95148 is for four.
- 95149Venom antigen preparation
- 95149 is for a dose containing five stinging-insect venoms; 95148 is for four.
- 95165Allergy extract preparation
- 95165 applies to allergen treatment sets, not a dose selected by the number of stinging-insect venoms.
- 95117Allergy shots
- 95117 reports administration of two or more immunotherapy injections. 95148 reports supervised preparation and provision of a four-venom dose.
95148 billing questions
How is 95148 distinguished from 95147 or 95149?
Select 95148 when the prepared dose contains four distinct stinging-insect venoms. Use 95147 for three venoms or 95149 for five.
Does 95148 include administering the venom injections?
No. It represents supervised antigen preparation and provision. Report the applicable injection-administration code separately when injections are given.
How many units should be reported?
Report one unit for each dose prepared and provided that contains four venoms. The number of venoms determines the code; the number of injections does not.
What documentation supports 95148?
Document the venom immunotherapy prescription, the four venoms in the dose, the number of doses prepared and provided, and the professional oversight.
Should 95148 be used for a non-venom allergy treatment set?
No. This code is for venom immunotherapy with four stinging-insect venoms. Code 95165 is used for allergen treatment sets rather than this four-venom service.
Where these rates come from
FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indexes and the conversion factor. Services without a published rate are labeled, never given a made-up amount. Amounts are Medicare allowed amounts before claim adjustments: not a patient’s bill or a commercial rate.
CMS RVU26D · effective Oct 1, 2026 through the day before Jan 1, 2027
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