CPT 82785

Across 125,992 services billed by 334 providers to 115,032 beneficiaries, Medicare allowed an average of $16.10 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.

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.

• 82728Ferritin (blood protein) level$13.33
• 82746Folic acid level$14.39
• 82784Gammaglobulin (immune system protein) measurement$9.09
• 82787Gammaglobulin (immune system protein) measurement$7.85
• 82747Folic acid level$17.26
• 82705Stool fat or lipids analysis$5.00
• 82725Fatty acids measurement$18.38
• 82777Galectin-3 level$42.22
• 82726Very long chain fatty acids level$19.35
• 82710Stool fat or lipids analysis$16.45

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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