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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01

G2008 Home visit Medicare reimbursement rates in Michigan

G2008 identifies a 45-minute home visit for an established patient following discharge, distinguished from other post-discharge visit levels by patient status and duration. Compare G2008 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Michigan.

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 G2008 in Michigan?

Michigan 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

$125.33–$130.67

2 of 2 localities have a supported rate.

Lowest: Rest Of Michigan

Highest: Detroit

A spread of $5.34 per service.

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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Post-discharge care

About G2008: Established patient post-discharge home visit, 45 minutes

G2008 identifies a 45-minute home visit for an established patient following discharge, distinguished from other post-discharge visit levels by patient status and duration.

G2008 describes a home visit for a patient already established with the clinician, provided after the patient has been discharged. The service is centered on a post-discharge encounter in the patient’s home; it is not the corresponding new-patient service. The code’s 45-minute designation separates it from shorter and longer established-patient home-visit levels in the same series.

Select G2008 when the record supports an established-patient relationship, a post-discharge home encounter, and the time represented by this level. Documentation should identify the discharge context, the home setting, the clinician’s work during the visit, and the time supporting the 45-minute selection. Compare the documented encounter with the shorter established-patient levels G2006 and G2007 and the longer level G2009 before choosing the code.

Where the value comes from

  • Work RVU2.33 · 61%
  • Practice expense (office) RVU1.36 · 35%
  • Malpractice RVU0.16 · 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.

G2008 compared with similar codes

Office rates for Michigan, from the same CMS release.

G2003

Home visit

New patient, 45 minutes

$118.00–$121.88

Both are for 45-minute post-discharge home visits; use G2008 for an established patient and G2003 for a new patient.

G2007

Home visit

Established patient, 30 minutes

$78.84–$81.51

G2007 is the 30-minute established-patient level. G2008 represents the 45-minute level.

G2009

Home visit

Established patient, 60 minutes

$177.77–$185.60

G2009 is the 60-minute established-patient level. G2008 represents the 45-minute level.

Compare G2008 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

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

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G2008 billing questions

How does G2008 differ from G2003?

Both identify a 45-minute post-discharge home visit. G2008 is for an established patient; G2003 is the corresponding new-patient level.

When would G2007 or G2009 be a closer match?

Those codes represent the 30-minute and 60-minute established-patient levels, respectively. Choose among them and G2008 based on the documented visit time.

What should the note support?

Document the patient’s established status, the post-discharge context, that the encounter took place in the home, and the time supporting the selected level.

Is G2008 for a new patient?

No. G2008 is the established-patient 45-minute level; G2003 is the corresponding 45-minute code for a new patient.

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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