How much does Medicare pay for CPT 77075?

Medicare allowed an average of $52.36 per service and paid $38.66 of that, the balance being the patient's coinsurance and deductible (2024 data). Providers submitted an average of $211.84, which is what they billed rather than what they received — Medicare pays its fee schedule regardless of the charge.

What is CPT code 77075?

Complete x-ray of body bones. It was billed 4,215 times to 4,079 Medicare beneficiaries by 213 providers in 2024.

Does 77075 pay differently in an office than a hospital?

Yes. The allowed amount averaged $78.75 in an office setting and $25.68 in a facility. The office rate is generally higher because the practice supplies the room, staff and equipment out of that single payment; in a hospital those are billed separately by the facility.

Which specialty bills 77075 most?

Diagnostic Radiology, with 3,494 services from 182 clinicians. Next are Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF), Hematology-Oncology, Cardiology.

CPT 77075

Complete x-ray of body bones

$52.36Medicare-allowed amount per service, averaged across 4,215 services

Providers submitted

$211.84

Asking price, not received

Medicare allowed

$52.36

The fee schedule figure

Medicare paid

$38.66

Balance is patient coinsurance

Providers submitted an average of $211.84 for this code and Medicare allowed $52.36 — 4.0× less. That gap is normal and means nothing on its own: Medicare pays its fee schedule regardless of what is billed, so the submitted figure describes a hospital chargemaster, not a price anyone paid. Of the allowed amount Medicare paid $38.66 (74%); the rest is the patient’s coinsurance and deductible.

Office pays differently to hospital

Office / non-facility: $78.75
Hospital / facility: $25.68

The office rate is higher because the practice supplies the room, staff and equipment out of that payment. In a hospital the facility bills those separately, so the clinician's share is smaller — the total cost to Medicare is usually higher, not lower. 2,119 services were billed in an office setting and 2,096 in a facility.

Services: 4,215
Beneficiaries: 4,079
Providers billing it: 213
Total allowed: $220,697

What Medicare pays for CPT 77075

Across 4,215 services billed by 213 providers to 4,079 beneficiaries, Medicare allowed an average of $52.36 per service. The allowed amount is the figure that matters: it is what Medicare and the patient together owe, set by the fee schedule and adjusted for local practice costs. What a provider chose to submit has no bearing on it.

Who bills 77075

Specialty	Services	Beneficiaries	Avg allowed	Providers
Diagnostic Radiology	3,494	3,404	$44.06	182
Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)	243	205	$72.37	11
Hematology-Oncology	171	170	$86.19	10
Cardiology	133	132	$125.22	1
Internal Medicine	51	50	$119.88	3
Interventional Radiology	44	44	$102.41	2
Medical Oncology	38	34	$84.86	2
Nuclear Medicine	28	27	$93.91	1
Neurosurgery	13	13	$98.09	1

77075 reimbursement by state

Two different numbers. Allowed is what Medicare actually allowed in that state, which includes the local practice-cost adjustment. Standardized strips that geographic adjustment out of the payment, so it is the column to use when comparing states — a difference there reflects how the code was billed, not what it costs to run a practice locally.

State	Services	Allowed	Standardized pmt	Providers
Florida	572	$66.92	$50.65	26
Ohio	465	$25.03	$18.89	22
California	439	$82.88	$48.58	17
Texas	379	$43.84	$33.14	16
Illinois	266	$32.88	$24.00	13
New York	187	$66.78	$44.82	11
Maryland	178	$72.03	$50.50	8
Virginia	173	$49.22	$38.82	11
Mississippi	162	$24.23	$19.27	7
Tennessee	155	$29.15	$23.58	9
Pennsylvania	143	$43.30	$28.42	9
Georgia	125	$29.38	$21.97	7
South Carolina	124	$94.24	$72.89	6
Alabama	122	$78.96	$66.51	7
Massachusetts	104	$31.50	$21.71	7
North Carolina	99	$37.33	$26.51	7
New Jersey	93	$106.32	$68.93	3
Arizona	88	$85.86	$68.35	4
Michigan	62	$25.77	$17.93	4
Washington	58	$40.08	$28.59	3
Iowa	27	$24.35	$19.30	2
Connecticut	24	$26.80	$18.36	2
Louisiana	21	$82.35	$74.31	1
Indiana	17	$24.51	$18.93	1
Minnesota	16	$25.00	$17.58	1
Oklahoma	15	$24.57	$20.03	1
Vermont	15	$24.98	$20.05	1
Colorado	15	$27.44	$18.71	1
Hawaii	14	$25.07	$17.22	1
South Dakota	12	$24.70	$19.90	1
Missouri	12	$25.72	$19.96	1
West Virginia	11	$66.14	$57.07	1
New Mexico	11	$25.11	$20.01	1
Nevada	11	$25.37	$20.04	1

Related codes

77067Screening mammography$65.10
77063Screening 3d breast mammography$34.08
77080Dxa bone density measurement of hip$21.30
77014Ct guidance for insertion of radiation therapy fields$70.52
77065Diagnostic mammography of 1 breast$64.22
77066Diagnostic mammography of both breasts$84.05
77002Fluoroscopic guidance for needle placement$90.55
77001Fluoroscopic guidance for insertion or removal of central vein access$21.63
77049Mri scan of both breasts$196.04
77081Dxa bone density measurement of forearm$19.89
77012Review by radiologist of ct guidance for needle placement$69.78
77085Dxa bone density measurement of hip$38.47

Billing this code is not the same as earning it

An allowed amount is revenue to a practice, not income to a clinician. It funds staff, premises, equipment and supplies before anyone is paid. What clinicians actually earn is published separately by the Department of Labor, and what industry pays them is published separately again by CMS — this site carries both.

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Where this comes from. CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, by Provider and Service, 2024. It covers fee-for-service Original Medicare Part B only — not Medicare Advantage, not Medicaid, and not commercial insurance, which typically pays more for the same code.

How it is averaged. CMS publishes one average per provider per code. Every figure here is re-weighted by the number of services, so a clinician who billed the code 4,000 times counts 4,000 times more than one who billed it twice. CMS also suppresses any provider-code pair with fewer than 11 beneficiaries, so low-volume practice is missing from these totals by design.