94726 — Test to determine lung volumes using sensors

What the market charges

Across 28,904 negotiated rates, the middle 80% fall between $15 and $112, with a median of $56.

What Medicare pays

Medicare allowed an average of $33 for this code, across 622,345 services billed by 6,789 providers. At the median, the market charges 1.7 times what Medicare pays for this code.

Where this is billed, and what it costs there

The states billing 94726 most, by Medicare service volume, each compared against the national average of $33. Each links to the providers Mishe lists there.

  • California — 522 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $42 — 27% above the national average
  • Texas — 459 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $37 — 12% above the national average
  • Florida — 399 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $41 — 24% above the national average
  • New York — 409 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $50 — 52% above the national average
  • Illinois — 318 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $27 — 18% below the national average
  • Pennsylvania — 350 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $21 — 36% below the national average
  • North Carolina — 231 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $37 — 12% above the national average
  • Virginia — 201 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $34 — 3% above the national average

Claim-editing rules

These are National Correct Coding Initiative procedure-to-procedure edits — the rules a payer applies when deciding whether two codes billed together are both payable.

Codes this one absorbs

Billed together, 94726 is the payable code and these are not separately payable. 8 pairs in total.

  • 36591 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 36592 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 94727 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 94728 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 96523 — no modifier can override this edit
  • G0463 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 00520 — no modifier can override this edit
  • J0670 — a modifier may allow both to be paid

Codes that absorb this one

Billed alongside any of these, 94726 is not separately payable. 15 pairs in total.

  • 93922 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 93923 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 93924 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 94013 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 95782 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 95783 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 95807 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 95808 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 95811 — no modifier can override this edit
  • G0237 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • G0238 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • G0239 — a modifier may allow both to be paid

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Every figure on this page came from published payer and Medicare data, assembled by Mishe. The same pricing, claim-editing and care-pathway intelligence runs underneath the plans Mishe operates.

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