82438
No office rateAssay other fluid chlorides
89230 reports collecting the sweat specimen; 82438 reports chloride measurement from a nonblood source. Report each service performed.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
89230 Sweat collection Medicare reimbursement rates in Maine
Reports collection of a sweat specimen, commonly for sweat chloride testing during evaluation for cystic fibrosis; laboratory analysis is coded separately. Compare 89230 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Maine.
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 89230 in Maine?
Maine has 2 payment localities in this comparison. Use the service location to choose the applicable amount. These are the supported base rates for the 2 payment areas shown below, using the same CMS release.
Office / nonfacility
$2.67–$2.86
2 of 2 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.
Laboratory
About 89230: Sweat specimen collection for testing
Reports collection of a sweat specimen, commonly for sweat chloride testing during evaluation for cystic fibrosis; laboratory analysis is coded separately.
This service covers obtaining a sweat specimen for laboratory testing, commonly sweat chloride analysis when cystic fibrosis is being evaluated. Trained laboratory personnel typically stimulate sweating with pilocarpine iontophoresis and collect the resulting sweat on an absorbent collector or in a collection device. The collection is performed in a clinical or laboratory setting equipped to obtain and handle the specimen for analysis.
Report 89230 for the collection procedure, not for measuring the specimen’s chloride content or interpreting the result. Documentation should identify the reason for testing, the collection method, and the specimen obtained and sent for analysis. CMS classifies this as a technical-component-only code; a separate code covers interpretation. The collection code therefore represents the technical service, while interpretation is reported separately under the applicable code.
CMS billing rules for 89230
- Professional and technical components
- Technical-component-only code: a separate code covers interpretation.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU0.00 · 0%
- Practice expense (office) RVU0.08 · 89%
- Malpractice RVU0.01 · 11%
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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.
89230 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Maine, from the same CMS release.
$19.26–$20.73
89220 concerns sputum specimen collection. It does not describe collecting sweat for sweat testing.
Compare 89230 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.
2 of 2 payment localities
Rest Of Maine →
Office / nonfacility
$2.67
Facility
Unavailable
Southern Maine →
Office / nonfacility
$2.86
Facility
Unavailable
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89230 billing questions
Is 89230 the sweat chloride test itself?
No. It reports collecting the sweat specimen. The laboratory analysis, such as chloride measurement, is a separate service.
Can 89230 be reported with a sweat chloride assay?
Yes, when both the collection and the laboratory assay are performed and documented. CPT 82438 is used for chloride from a source other than blood.
Does 89230 include interpretation?
No. CMS identifies 89230 as technical-component-only and states that a separate code covers interpretation.
Should modifier TC be appended?
CMS classifies the code itself as technical-component-only. Report the separate interpretation service under its applicable code rather than treating 89230 as the interpretation.
What documentation supports reporting 89230?
Record the clinical reason for the sweat test, how the specimen was collected, and that it was obtained for laboratory analysis.
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.
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