Medicare's 2026 rates in Bakersfield, California

Medicare payment locality 54, run by contractor 01112, covers these counties: Kern. Its cost indices put code 99213, billed from an office, at $99.52, 4.5% above the national $95.19.

Cost indices for 2026

Work (national = 1.000): 1.019
Practice expense (national = 1.000): 1.096
Malpractice (national = 1.000): 0.609
ZIP codes CMS assigns to this locality: 70
Of those, split with another locality: 8

30 common codes priced for Bakersfield

Physician fee schedule amounts for 2026. Office is what Medicare allows when a doctor's office or clinic bills the code; facility is what it allows a doctor for the same work in a hospital or surgery center.

Code	Category	Office here	Office national	Facility here
99214	Visit or care management	$141.41	$135.61	$85.40
99213	Visit or care management	$99.52	$95.19	$58.16
97110	Physical therapy or rehabilitation	$30.53	$29.06	none
97530	Physical therapy or rehabilitation	$37.14	$35.07	none
97112	Physical therapy or rehabilitation	$34.43	$32.73	none
97140	Physical therapy or rehabilitation	$29.12	$27.72	none
17003	Skin and soft tissue procedure	$6.85	$6.35	$1.73
88305	Lab test or pathology	$74.67	$70.14	none
93010	Heart test or procedure	$8.55	$8.35	$8.55
99309	Visit or care management	$118.35	$114.57	$100.78
99215	Visit or care management	$200.24	$192.39	$127.03
98941	Manipulation	$40.16	$38.41	$28.81
71045	Imaging	$27.03	$25.38	none
99204	Visit or care management	$183.79	$177.36	$117.54
99308	Visit or care management	$81.75	$78.83	$69.67
93000	Heart test or procedure	$16.08	$15.36	none
92014	Eye exam or test	$135.17	$127.26	$63.79
99203	Visit or care management	$122.14	$117.57	$71.62
95004	Allergy testing or treatment	$3.84	$3.67	none
92134	Eye exam or test	$34.75	$32.73	none
96372	Infusion, injection or chemotherapy	$16.24	$15.36	none
99490	Visit or care management	$68.77	$66.13	$44.25
90837	Mental health service	$172.99	$167.00	$138.21
93306	Heart test or procedure	$210.66	$196.73	none
99212	Visit or care management	$62.38	$59.45	$31.27
71046	Imaging	$35.38	$33.07	none
17000	Skin and soft tissue procedure	$70.36	$66.47	$49.86
77067	Imaging	$135.66	$126.26	none
95165	Allergy testing or treatment	$18.72	$17.37	$2.61
77063	Imaging	$54.00	$51.10	none

Hospital outpatient rates and lab fee schedule amounts are national, so they are the same here as everywhere; each code page lists them.

Medicare's 2026 rates in Bakersfield, California

Cost indices for 2026

30 common codes priced for Bakersfield

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