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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01

70471 CTA Medicare reimbursement rates in Kentucky

Reports contrast-enhanced CT angiography of both head and neck arteries, including noncontrast images when performed, to evaluate suspected vascular disease. Compare 70471 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Kentucky.

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 70471 in Kentucky?

Kentucky has 1 payment locality in this comparison. Use the service location to choose the applicable amount. These are the supported base rates for the payment area shown below, using the same CMS release.

Office / nonfacility

$344.37

1 of 1 localities have a supported rate.

Payment area: Kentucky

One mapped payment locality.

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.

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Diagnostic imaging

About 70471: Head and neck CT angiography

Reports contrast-enhanced CT angiography of both head and neck arteries, including noncontrast images when performed, to evaluate suspected vascular disease.

This service uses CT and contrast material to image arteries in both the head and neck. It is commonly ordered to assess concerns such as acute stroke, arterial narrowing, aneurysm, or suspected dissection. A radiologic technologist performs the scan, and a radiologist interprets the images. The study evaluates the cervical and intracranial arterial circulation as one combined examination.

Report 70471 for a combined head-and-neck angiographic study, rather than separate territory codes for the same examination. Documentation should support the clinical indication, the anatomic coverage, contrast administration, and the interpreting physician’s findings. CMS recognizes professional and technical components: modifier 26 identifies the interpretation, modifier TC identifies the equipment-and-staff portion, and an unmodified claim represents the global service. When multiple diagnostic imaging services are performed, the CMS multiple procedure reduction applies to both the professional and technical components.

CMS billing rules for 70471

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 RVU2.50 · 22%
  • Practice expense (office) RVU8.60 · 76%
  • Malpractice RVU0.18 · 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.

70471 compared with similar codes

Office rates for Kentucky, from the same CMS release.

70496

Ct angiography head

No office rate

70496 covers CTA of the head alone. Choose 70471 when the performed angiographic examination covers both head and neck.

70498

Ct angiography neck

No office rate

70498 covers CTA of the neck alone. Choose 70471 when the performed angiographic examination covers both neck and head.

70450

Head CT

Without contrast

$97.85

70450 is a noncontrast CT of the brain, not an angiographic study of head and neck arteries. It answers a different imaging question.

70491

CT neck

With contrast

$168.10

70491 is a contrast-enhanced CT of neck soft tissues, while 70471 evaluates arteries in both the neck and head.

Compare 70471 by payment locality

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1 of 1 payment localities

Office and facility base rates · shared scale starting at $0

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How this local rate is calculated

Each RVU component is multiplied by its own geographic practice cost index (GPCI). The three adjusted components are added, then multiplied by the conversion factor. These are the inputs used for 70471 in Kentucky.

PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv

7,787

Code
70471
Physician work
2.50
Practice expense
8.60
Malpractice
0.18

GPCI2026.csv

55

Locality
Kentucky
Physician work
1.000
Practice expense
0.889
Malpractice
0.915
Office / nonfacility calculation for 70471 in Kentucky
ComponentRVULocality factorAdjusted
Physician work2.50× 1.0002.5000
Practice expense8.60× 0.8897.6454
Malpractice0.18× 0.9150.1647
Total RVUs10.3101
Conversion factor× 33.4009

Office / nonfacility rate, Kentucky$344.37

Values as parsed from CMS release RVU26D, effective 2026-10-01. The amount is rounded to the nearest cent only at the end.
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Office / nonfacility

Office / nonfacility calculation inputs
ComponentRVULocal GPCI
Work2.51
Practice expense8.60.889
Malpractice0.180.915

(2.5 × 1 + 8.6 × 0.889 + 0.18 × 0.915) × $33.4009 = $344.37

The office and facility calculations use their respective practice-expense RVUs. The facility amount here is the physician fee, not a separate hospital or facility bill.

70471 billing questions

When should 70471 be used instead of 70496 or 70498?

Use 70471 when the CTA examination covers both head and neck arteries. The single-territory codes are alternatives when the performed study is limited to the head or to the neck.

Are the head and neck reported as separate CTA services?

For one combined head-and-neck CTA examination, report 70471 rather than separately reporting 70496 and 70498 for the same study.

How are the professional and technical portions billed?

Use modifier 26 for the physician’s interpretation and modifier TC for the technical portion. An unmodified claim represents the global service.

Does the multiple procedure reduction affect this code?

Yes. CMS applies the diagnostic imaging multiple procedure reduction to the professional and technical components when multiple imaging procedures are performed.

Does a noncontrast image make this a separate CT service?

Noncontrast images, when performed as part of the CTA examination, are included in 70471. A separately performed diagnostic CT should be distinguished from those CTA images in the 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.

RVUs for 70471PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv, line 7,787 (RVU26D)
Geographic factors for KentuckyGPCI2026.csv, line 55 (RVU26D)
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