CPT 66991: what Medicare pays in 2026
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Medicare's 2026 national amount for 66991 is $582.18 when a doctor bills it for care in a hospital, ER or surgery center.
CPT descriptions are copyrighted by the American Medical Association, so this page shows the code number only. The description printed on your bill, or the provider, will tell you what the code covers.
Medicare amounts for 66991 in 2026
- Doctor's office or clinic
- no office amount
- Doctor's bill for hospital or surgery-center care, national
- $582.18
- Hospital outpatient rate, national (APC 5493)
- $5,436.56
- Hospital outpatient status J1
- comprehensive rate (covers most other services on the same hospital claim)
Medicare's amount includes the day before and routine follow-up care for 90 days after. Hospital outpatient rates are national figures before Medicare's wage adjustment, which moves about 60% of the rate up or down with local hospital wages.
What providers charged Medicare for 66991 in 2024
From CMS's national utilization file (the most recent full year published). The charge is the provider's list price, the same kind of figure an uninsured patient is usually billed.
| Setting | Services | Average charge | Medicare allowed | Charge vs allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In an office or other non-facility setting | 83,786 | $57.48 | $12.75 | 4.5× |
| In a facility setting | 88,059 | $5,104.31 | $1,770.16 | 2.9× |
How Medicare builds the 66991 amount
Each physician fee schedule amount is three relative value units (RVUs), each multiplied by the locality's cost index, added up and multiplied by the 2026 conversion factor of $33.4009.
- Work RVU
- 9.00
- Practice expense RVU, facility
- 7.74
- Malpractice RVU
- 0.69