$74.49–$80.44
Both codes describe remote E/M for new patients, but G9979 is the 20-minute tier rather than the 10-minute tier.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
G9978 Remote E/M Medicare reimbursement rates in Florida
Reports a 10-minute remote evaluation and management service for a new patient, distinguished from longer-duration and established-patient remote E/M services. Compare G9978 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Florida.
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 G9978 in Florida?
Florida has 3 payment localities in this comparison. Use the service location to choose the applicable amount. These are the supported base rates for the 3 payment areas shown below, using the same CMS release.
Office / nonfacility
$51.61–$56.57
3 of 3 localities have a supported rate.
Facility setting
$24.47–$27.01
3 of 3 localities have a 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 G9978 pays more and less in Florida
3 payment localities
$51.61 to $56.57
Remote evaluation and management
About G9978: Remote E/M for a new patient, 10 minutes
Reports a 10-minute remote evaluation and management service for a new patient, distinguished from longer-duration and established-patient remote E/M services.
G9978 identifies a remote evaluation and management service for a new patient, with a 10-minute duration. It distinguishes this service from the longer-duration new-patient tiers and from remote E/M services for established patients. The code’s descriptor does not specify a particular clinical specialty, diagnosis, or remote communication technology, so the record should describe the service actually provided rather than infer those details from the code alone.
Select G9978 when the patient meets the applicable new-patient criteria and the documented remote E/M service supports the 10-minute tier. The record should identify the remote encounter, the patient’s status, the work performed, and the time supporting the selected tier. CMS assigns work, practice expense, and malpractice relative value units to the code in the Physician Fee Schedule. The supplied CMS facts list no additional payment rules for G9978.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU0.48 · 31%
- Practice expense (office) RVU1.02 · 65%
- 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.
G9978 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Florida, from the same CMS release.
Compare G9978 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.
3 of 3 payment localities
Fort Lauderdale →
Office / nonfacility
$54.17
Facility
$25.41
Miami →
Office / nonfacility
$56.57
Facility
$27.01
Rest Of Florida →
Office / nonfacility
$51.61
Facility
$24.47
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G9978 billing questions
How does G9978 differ from G9979?
Both are remote E/M services for new patients. G9978 is the 10-minute tier; G9979 is the 20-minute tier.
Can G9978 be used for an established patient?
No. G9978 is identified as a new-patient service; G9983 is the 10-minute remote E/M code for an established patient.
What time should the documentation support?
Document the time supporting the 10-minute tier, along with the remote E/M work performed and the patient’s new-patient status.
Does the descriptor specify audio, video, or another remote format?
No specific communication technology is identified in the supplied descriptor. Document the remote service that was actually provided.
Should G9978 be selected based on complexity instead of time?
The supplied descriptor distinguishes G9978 by its 10-minute duration, not by a stated complexity level. Choose the tier supported by the service documentation.
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.
16,297G9968,,Pt refrd 2 pvdr/spclst in pp,M,,0.00,0.00,,0.00,,0.00,0.00,0.00,9,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,9,9,9,9,9,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
16,298G9969,,Pvdr rfrd pt rprt rcvd,M,,0.00,0.00,,0.00,,0.00,0.00,0.00,9,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,9,9,9,9,9,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
16,299G9970,,Pvdr rfrd pt no rprt rcvd,M,,0.00,0.00,,0.00,,0.00,0.00,0.00,9,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,9,9,9,9,9,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
16,300G9978,,Remote e/m new pt 10mins,A,,0.48,1.02,,0.17,,0.06,1.56,0.71,0,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
16,301G9979,,Remote e/m new pt 20mins,A,,0.93,1.25,,0.23,,0.07,2.25,1.23,0,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
16,302G9980,,Remote e/m new pt 30 mins,A,,1.42,1.76,,0.38,,0.16,3.34,1.96,0,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
16,303G9981,,Remote e/m new pt 45mins,A,,2.43,2.47,,0.66,,0.24,5.14,3.33,0,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00