Nursing facility & home visits

99348 - RVUs & Medicare payment (2026)

Home or residence visit, established patient, level 2.

Component	Non-facility	Facility
Work RVU	1.50	1.50
Practice expense RVU	0.79	0.79
Malpractice RVU	0.07	0.07
Total RVUs	2.36	2.36
National payment (CF $33.4009)	$78.83	$78.83
Qualifying APM payment (CF $33.5675)	$79.22	$79.22

How 99348 payment varies by locality

Medicare adjusts payment with geographic practice cost indices, so the same code pays differently across the 109 fee schedule localities. In 2026, non-facility payment for 99348 ranges from $73.97 in Arkansas (AR) to $104.54 in Alaska (AK); calculate 99348 for your locality.

Alaska (AK) $104.54 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (CA) $94.92 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (CA) $94.59 San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (CA) $93.14 San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (CA) $93.06 Napa (CA) $89.22 Vallejo (CA) $89.11 NYC Suburbs/Long Island (NY) $89.02 National average $78.83 … 97 more localities between … Rest Of Missouri (MO) $75.12 Mississippi (MS) $74.55 Alabama (AL) $74.51 Arkansas (AR) $73.97

Non-facility payment for 99348 in the 2026 fee schedule ($33.4009 conversion factor), before sequestration. Gray bar = national average.

Global period: XXX

No global period: the global surgery concept does not apply to this code.

Related codes - nursing facility & home visits

99304 · initial nursing facility visit, level 1
99305 · initial nursing facility visit, level 2
99306 · initial nursing facility visit, level 3
99307 · subsequent nursing facility visit, level 1
99308 · subsequent nursing facility visit, level 2
99309 · subsequent nursing facility visit, level 3
99310 · subsequent nursing facility visit, level 4
99315 · nursing facility discharge management, 30 minutes or less
99316 · nursing facility discharge management, more than 30 minutes
99341 · home or residence visit, new patient, level 1
99342 · home or residence visit, new patient, level 2
99344 · home or residence visit, new patient, level 4
99345 · home or residence visit, new patient, level 5
99347 · home or residence visit, established patient, level 1
99349 · home or residence visit, established patient, level 3
99350 · home or residence visit, established patient, level 4

Frequently asked questions

How much does Medicare pay for 99348 in 2026?

The national non-facility payment is $78.83 and the facility payment is $78.83, using the standard $33.4009 conversion factor. Actual amounts vary by Medicare locality; use the RVU calculator for your area.

What is the work RVU for 99348?

The 2026 work RVU for 99348 is 1.50. Total RVUs are 2.36 in the non-facility setting and 2.36 in the facility setting.

Why are the facility and non-facility amounts different?

Only the practice expense component changes by setting. In an office (non-facility) the practice bears the overhead, so the PE RVU is higher; in a hospital or ASC the facility bills its own overhead separately.

Source: CMS Physician Fee Schedule relative value file (rvu26c.zip, retrieved 2026-07-11). Service description is an original plain-English summary, not CPT descriptor text. CPT® is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. Amounts are estimates before sequestration and claim-level adjustments.