Sample payment amount for Fluoroscopic Imaging Procedures

 2007 Medicare Reimbursement for Selected Fluoroscopic Imaging Procedures
(Reflects National Rates, Unadjusted For Locality)

CPT/HCPCS Code	Medicare Reimbursement Component	Hospital Inpatient Department	Hospital Outpatient Department	IDTF or Physician Office
CPT 77002 Fluoroscopic guidance for needle placement (eg, biopsy, aspiration, injection, localization device)	Technical	DRG	Packaged	$49.65
	Professional	$25.39	$25.39	$25.39
	Total	DRG + $25.39	NA	$75.04
CPT 77003 Fluoroscopic guidance and localization of needle or catheter tip for spine or paraspinous diagnostic or therapeutic injection procedures (epidural, transforaminal epidural, subarachnoid, paravertebral facet joint, paravertebral facet joint nerve or sacroiliac joint), including neurolytic agent destruction	Technical	DRG	Packaged	$45.48
	Professional	$27.29	$27.29	$27.29
	Total	DRG + $27.29	NA	$72.77