$10.28–$11.57
Choose 76014 for an MR safety expert’s implant or foreign-body assessment. Choose 76017 for medical physics review, customization, or supervision.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
76017 MR safety Medicare reimbursement rates in Illinois
Report 76017 for time-based medical physics work that evaluates and tailors an MRI examination to a patient-specific safety concern. Compare 76017 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Illinois.
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 76017 in Illinois?
Illinois has 4 payment localities in this comparison. Use the service location to choose the applicable amount. These are the supported base rates for the 4 payment areas shown below, using the same CMS release.
Office / nonfacility
$207.03–$230.01
4 of 4 localities have a supported rate.
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 76017 pays more and less in Illinois
4 payment localities
$207.03 to $230.01
Radiology
About 76017: MR safety medical physics service
Report 76017 for time-based medical physics work that evaluates and tailors an MRI examination to a patient-specific safety concern.
This service covers medical physics work to evaluate an MRI safety issue and tailor or supervise the examination for the individual patient. Examples include reviewing patient-specific information about an implant or foreign body and determining how the MRI protocol or scanning conditions should be adapted. It is typically performed by a medical physicist as part of planning or carrying out an MRI when standard scanning arrangements need patient-specific safety review.
Report the code for each documented 15-minute unit of the qualifying medical physics work. The record should identify the safety issue, the patient-specific review or protocol customization performed, and the time spent. The service may be billed globally, with the professional component reported using modifier 26, or with the technical component reported using modifier TC. CMS applies the diagnostic imaging multiple procedure reduction to both the professional and technical components when applicable.
CMS billing rules for 76017
- Professional and technical components
- Diagnostic test with a professional component (modifier 26, interpretation) and a technical component (modifier TC, equipment and staff); billing without a modifier is the global service.
- Multiple procedures
- Diagnostic imaging multiple procedure reduction applies to the technical and professional components.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU0.74 · 11%
- Practice expense (office) RVU5.79 · 87%
- Malpractice RVU0.11 · 2%
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.
76017 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Illinois, from the same CMS release.
$68.36–$74.60
76016 captures a physician’s or qualified health care professional’s MR safety determination; 76017 captures the medical physics work.
$107.89–$118.51
76018 is for preparing an electronic implant for MRI. It does not represent the broader medical physics examination or protocol customization of 76017.
Compare 76017 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.
4 of 4 payment localities
Chicago →
Office / nonfacility
$227.68
Facility
Unavailable
East St. Louis →
Office / nonfacility
$210.04
Facility
Unavailable
Rest Of Illinois →
Office / nonfacility
$207.03
Facility
Unavailable
Suburban Chicago →
Office / nonfacility
$230.01
Facility
Unavailable
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76017 billing questions
How is 76017 different from 76014?
76017 represents medical physics examination, customization, or supervision work. Code 76014 is for an MR safety expert’s implant or foreign-body assessment.
How many units should be reported?
Report one unit for each documented 15 minutes of qualifying medical physics work. Record the time and the patient-specific safety work performed.
Can the professional and technical portions be billed separately?
Yes. Report modifier 26 for the professional component or modifier TC for the technical component; billing without either modifier represents the global service.
Does the imaging multiple procedure reduction affect 76017?
CMS applies the diagnostic imaging multiple procedure reduction to both the professional and technical components.
What documentation supports 76017?
Document the MRI safety concern, the patient-specific information reviewed, the physics work or protocol customization performed, and the time spent.
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.
8,64776016,,Mr safety deter phys/qhp,A,,0.59,1.51,,1.51,NA,0.05,2.15,2.15,1,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,4,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,88,0.00,0.00,0.00
8,64876016,26,Mr safety deter phys/qhp,A,,0.59,0.21,,0.21,,0.03,0.83,0.83,1,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,4,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,88,0.00,0.00,0.00
8,64976016,TC,Mr safety deter phys/qhp,A,,0.00,1.30,,1.30,NA,0.02,1.32,1.32,1,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,4,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,01,0,88,0.00,0.00,0.00
8,65076017,,Mr sfty med physics xm cstmz,A,,0.74,5.79,,5.79,NA,0.11,6.64,6.64,1,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,4,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,88,0.00,0.00,0.00
8,65176017,26,Mr sfty med physics xm cstmz,A,,0.74,0.26,,0.26,,0.04,1.04,1.04,1,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,4,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,88,0.00,0.00,0.00
8,65276017,TC,Mr sfty med physics xm cstmz,A,,0.00,5.53,,5.53,NA,0.07,5.60,5.60,1,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,4,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,01,0,88,0.00,0.00,0.00
8,65376018,,Mr safety implant elec prepj,A,,0.73,2.67,,2.67,NA,0.04,3.44,3.44,1,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,4,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,88,0.00,0.00,0.00