HCPCS G0260

Across 90,972 services billed by 980 providers to 47,582 beneficiaries, Medicare allowed an average of $292.85 per service. That is 1.9 services per beneficiary, so this is a code patients typically receive more than once. 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.

• G0283Electrical stimulation (unattended)$8.75
• G0279Diagnostic digital breast tomosynthesis$33.24
• G0249Provision of test materials and equipment for home inr monitoring of p$87.99
• G0268Removal of impacted cerumen (one or both ears) by physician on same da$49.73
• G0277Hyperbaric oxygen under pressure$182.01
• G0238Therapeutic procedures to improve respiratory function$10.50
• G0270Medical nutrition therapy; reassessment and subsequent intervention(s)$26.66
• G0250Physician review$8.26
• G0296Counseling visit to discuss need for lung cancer screening$24.73
• G0237Therapeutic procedures to increase strength or endurance of respirator$12.17
• G0239Therapeutic procedures to improve respiratory function or increase str$13.67
• G0247Routine foot care by a physician of a diabetic patient$67.85

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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