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2026 Medicare physician fee schedule releases
A service date determines which fee schedule applies. Explore the releases available in FeeBase, see their CMS sources, and compare what changed for a specific code and payment locality.
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What changed in the latest available release?
Comparing RVU26D (2026-10-01) with RVU26C (2026-07-01) in Chicago. These are office/nonfacility base rates for selected codes, using the non-QP basis where applicable.
Primary care9 of 9 codes comparable↑ 0 higher↓ 0 lower— 9 unchanged
- 99202 history →$78.61 → $78.61Unchanged
- 99203 history →$125.16 → $125.16Unchanged
- 99204 history →$188.76 → $188.76Unchanged
- 99205 history →$253.74 → $253.74Unchanged
- 99211 history →$24.95 → $24.95Unchanged
- 99212 history →$62.38 → $62.38Unchanged
- 99213 history →$99.63 → $99.63Unchanged
- 99214 history →$142.45 → $142.45Unchanged
- 99215 history →$202.59 → $202.59Unchanged
Behavioral health5 of 5 codes comparable↑ 0 higher↓ 0 lower— 5 unchanged
- 90791 history →$175.34 → $175.34Unchanged
- 90792 history →$210.69 → $210.69Unchanged
- 90832 history →$86.83 → $86.83Unchanged
- 90834 history →$115.50 → $115.50Unchanged
- 90837 history →$168.95 → $168.95Unchanged
Physical therapy5 of 5 codes comparable↑ 0 higher↓ 0 lower— 5 unchanged
- 97110 history →$29.67 → $29.67Unchanged
- 97112 history →$33.36 → $33.36Unchanged
- 97140 history →$28.32 → $28.32Unchanged
- 97530 history →$35.71 → $35.71Unchanged
- 97535 history →$33.02 → $33.02Unchanged
Each code counts once. These starting lists are not complete specialties or a utilization-weighted estimate of practice revenue. Unavailable rates are excluded from directional counts. An unchanged amount at cent precision does not mean every underlying input stayed the same.
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Showing 99214 in Chicago for 2026. These are this payment area’s base physician fees, not a national average. Change the example to match your question.
99214 · Office / nonfacility
$142.45
Effective 2026-10-01
The base rate is unchanged from 2026-07-01: $142.45 in both releases.
One bar per available release, ordered by effective date. Missing rates remain gaps. These comparisons hold the code, setting and locality identifiers constant; they do not isolate which policy or input caused a change.
Standard / non-QP conversion factor where applicable. Unmodified service, before claim-level adjustments. A missing or unsupported rate remains unavailable.
Release files & effective dates
4 available releases in 2026. The latest accepted revision is shown for each effective start date. This is FeeBase’s loaded archive; it does not imply every historical CMS release is present.
- Revision 1
RVU26D
Effective through the day before 2027-01-01
- Office / nonfacility
- $142.45
- Facility
- $91.09
- Codes in source
- 17,191
- Payment localities
- 109
- Revision 1
RVU26C
Effective through the day before 2026-10-01
- Office / nonfacility
- $142.45
- Facility
- $91.09
- Codes in source
- 17,096
- Payment localities
- 109
- Revision 1
RVU26B
Effective through the day before 2026-07-01
- Office / nonfacility
- $142.45
- Facility
- $91.09
- Codes in source
- 17,029
- Payment localities
- 109
- Revision 1
RVU26A
Effective through the day before 2026-04-01
- Office / nonfacility
- $142.45
- Facility
- $91.09
- Codes in source
- 16,978
- Payment localities
- 109
What a rate change tells you
The comparison holds the code, setting and payment-locality identifiers constant. Each release supplies its own RVUs, geographic indexes and conversion factor. A difference shows the combined result of those inputs; it does not identify a single policy cause.
For an older claim, verify which payment area covered the service address on that date. Locality boundaries and code availability can change. Source code counts include entries that may not have a supported physician base rate.
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