CPT 99173

Screening Test Visual Acuity Quantitative Bilat

CPT 99173 pays $3.34 in a non-facility setting and $3.34 in a facility setting under the 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, before geographic adjustment. After geographic adjustment, state amounts run from $2.75 in Arkansas to $3.91 in District of Columbia, a 42% spread.

National non-facility rate

$3.34

Office and other outpatient settings

Facility rate
$3.34

Hospital and ASC settings

Highest state
$3.91

District of Columbia

Lowest state
$2.75

Arkansas · 42% spread

Medicare rate by state

53 Medicare jurisdictions, highest to lowest. State values average every locality in the jurisdiction at a 33.4009 conversion factor.

Non-facilityFacilityNational $3.34
CPT 99173 Medicare reimbursement rate by state, 33.4009 conversion factor, 2026 Physician Fee Schedule. National non-facility $3.34, national facility $3.34.
StateRate compared visuallyNon-facilityFacility
District of Columbia
$3.91$3.91
New York
$3.81$3.81
New Jersey
$3.75$3.75
California
$3.74$3.74
Washington
$3.69$3.69
Florida
$3.67$3.67
Massachusetts
$3.66$3.66
Connecticut
$3.64$3.64
Hawaii
$3.61$3.61
Illinois
$3.54$3.54
Maryland
$3.49$3.49
Colorado
$3.46$3.46
New Hampshire
$3.42$3.42
Oregon
$3.41$3.41
Rhode Island
$3.40$3.40
Alaska
$3.39$3.39
Puerto Rico
$3.37$3.37
Virgin Islands
$3.37$3.37
Montana
$3.34$3.34
Pennsylvania
$3.30$3.30
Michigan
$3.29$3.29
Nevada
$3.29$3.29
Delaware
$3.27$3.27
Georgia
$3.27$3.27
Texas
$3.27$3.27
Wyoming
$3.25$3.25
Arizona
$3.20$3.20
Minnesota
$3.19$3.19
Virginia
$3.19$3.19
New Mexico
$3.16$3.16
Vermont
$3.15$3.15
North Dakota
$3.14$3.14
Utah
$3.13$3.13
South Dakota
$3.12$3.12
Louisiana
$3.09$3.09
Missouri
$3.09$3.09
West Virginia
$3.09$3.09
Maine
$3.08$3.08
Ohio
$3.08$3.08
South Carolina
$3.06$3.06
North Carolina
$3.02$3.02
Kentucky
$2.98$2.98
Wisconsin
$2.98$2.98
Indiana
$2.95$2.95
Oklahoma
$2.94$2.94
Idaho
$2.92$2.92
Tennessee
$2.91$2.91
Nebraska
$2.90$2.90
Kansas
$2.89$2.89
Iowa
$2.88$2.88
Mississippi
$2.84$2.84
Alabama
$2.82$2.82
Arkansas
$2.75$2.75

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Commercial rates for 99173

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