G6002 — Stereoscopic x-ray guidance for localization of target volume for the delivery of radiation therapy

What the market charges

Across 546 negotiated rates, the middle 80% fall between $28 and $243, with a median of $84.

What Medicare pays

Medicare allowed an average of $35 for this code, across 621,372 services billed by 2,125 providers. At the median, the market charges 2.4 times what Medicare pays for this code.

Where this is billed, and what it costs there

The states billing G6002 most, by Medicare service volume, each compared against the national average of $35. Each links to the providers Mishe lists there.

  • Florida — 203 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $56 — 60% above the national average
  • Texas — 163 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $41 — 17% above the national average
  • California — 183 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $41 — 17% above the national average
  • New York — 113 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $28 — 20% below the national average
  • Illinois — 94 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $31 — 11% below the national average
  • Tennessee — 58 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $36 — 3% above the national average
  • Pennsylvania — 115 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $22 — 37% below the national average
  • Minnesota — 61 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $23 — 34% below 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, G6002 is the payable code and these are not separately payable. 55 pairs in total.

  • 11920 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 11921 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 16000 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 16020 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 16025 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 16030 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 36000 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 36410 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 36425 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 36591 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 36592 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 51701 — no modifier can override this edit

Codes that absorb this one

Billed alongside any of these, G6002 is not separately payable. 14 pairs in total.

  • 32701 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 61796 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 61798 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 63620 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 77014 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 77301 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 77371 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 77372 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 77373 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 77401 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 77432 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 77435 — no modifier can override this edit

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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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