Transport portable x-ray
R0070 describes transportation of portable x-ray equipment and personnel on a trip serving one patient. Q0092 describes setup for that patient at the location.
CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
Reports setup of portable x-ray equipment for a patient at a nursing facility or home when a portable supplier performs an ordered radiographic study. Compare Q0092 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.
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.
$24.77–$27.27
3 of 3 localities have a supported rate.
$24.77–$27.27
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.
3 payment localities
$24.77 to $27.27
Portable radiology
Reports setup of portable x-ray equipment for a patient at a nursing facility or home when a portable supplier performs an ordered radiographic study.
Q0092 covers a portable x-ray supplier’s setup of radiographic equipment at the patient’s location, rather than in an imaging center. A technologist unloads, positions, and prepares the equipment for an ordered study. Typical locations include skilled nursing facilities, other long-term care facilities, and private homes. Portable chest, abdominal, and extremity radiographs are common examples. The code has no physician work RVUs; its technical-only payment reflects practice expense and a small malpractice component.
Report one setup for each patient served during a visit, even when the supplier performs more than one radiographic study. Report the imaging study separately and, when equipment is transported to the location, use the applicable transportation code: R0070 for one patient served on the trip or R0075 for multiple patients. Q0092 covers setup, not interpretation; a physician who separately interprets the study reports the appropriate imaging code with modifier 26. The supplier’s record should identify the order, patient location, studies performed, and setup provided.
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Office rates for Florida, from the same CMS release.
Transport portable x-ray
R0070 describes transportation of portable x-ray equipment and personnel on a trip serving one patient. Q0092 describes setup for that patient at the location.
Transport port x-ray multipl
R0075 describes transportation on a trip serving multiple patients. Q0092 describes each patient’s setup, with one setup reported per patient visit rather than per radiographic study.
Transport portable ekg
R0076 describes transportation of portable EKG equipment. Q0092 describes setup of portable x-ray equipment and is not reported for an EKG visit.
71045 describes a single-view chest radiograph; its technical and professional components can be reported separately. Q0092 describes the portable equipment setup, not the image or its interpretation.
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3 of 3 payment localities
Office / nonfacility
$26.32
Facility
$26.32
Office / nonfacility
$27.27
Facility
$27.27
Office / nonfacility
$24.77
Facility
$24.77
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Report one setup for that patient’s visit, even if the supplier performs two different radiographic studies. Additional views or a positioning retake do not create another setup charge.
The interpreting physician reports the appropriate imaging code with modifier 26 when billing the professional component separately. Q0092 covers only equipment setup.
No. Q0092 is for portable x-ray equipment setup; R0076 describes transportation of portable EKG equipment, not x-ray setup.
When transportation is billed, R0070 describes a trip serving one patient; R0075 describes a trip serving multiple patients. Q0092 remains a separate setup service for each patient served.
No. Q0092 is already a technical-only code. When the supplier bills only the technical component of the radiographic study, modifier TC belongs on the imaging code.
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.