76775 — Limited ultrasound scan behind abdominal cavity

What the market charges

Across 29,063 negotiated rates, the middle 80% fall between $28 and $142, with a median of $59.

What Medicare pays

Medicare allowed an average of $45 for this code, across 330,006 services billed by 6,298 providers. At the median, the market charges 1.3 times what Medicare pays for this code.

Where this is billed, and what it costs there

The states billing 76775 most, by Medicare service volume, each compared against the national average of $45. Each links to the providers Mishe lists there.

  • New York — 641 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $50 — 11% above the national average
  • California — 520 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $56 — 24% above the national average
  • Florida — 577 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $45 — level with the national average
  • New Jersey — 467 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $50 — 11% above the national average
  • Maryland — 251 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $58 — 29% above the national average
  • Illinois — 337 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $36 — 20% below the national average
  • Pennsylvania — 320 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $34 — 24% below the national average
  • Texas — 325 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $42 — 7% below the national average

Claim-editing rules

These are National Correct Coding Initiative procedure-to-procedure edits — the rules a payer applies when deciding whether two codes billed together are both payable.

Codes this one absorbs

Billed together, 76775 is the payable code and these are not separately payable. 14 pairs in total.

  • 36591 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 36592 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 51701 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 51702 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 76857 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 76942 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 76979 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 76981 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 76982 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 76983 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 76998 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 96523 — no modifier can override this edit

Codes that absorb this one

Billed alongside any of these, 76775 is not separately payable. 18 pairs in total.

  • 76700 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 76705 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 76706 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 76770 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 76776 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 76978 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 76979 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 76981 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 76982 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 77385 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 77386 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 91200 — a modifier may allow both to be paid

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Every figure on this page came from published payer and Medicare data, assembled by Mishe. The same pricing, claim-editing and care-pathway intelligence runs underneath the plans Mishe operates.

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