Medicare's 2026 rates in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California
Medicare payment locality 74, run by contractor 01182, covers these counties: Santa Barbara. Its cost indices put code 99213, billed from an office, at $103.11, 8.3% above the national $95.19.
Cost indices for 2026
- Work (national = 1.000)
- 1.028
- Practice expense (national = 1.000)
- 1.166
- Malpractice (national = 1.000)
- 0.536
- ZIP codes CMS assigns to this locality
- 41
- Of those, split with another locality
- 2
30 common codes priced for Santa Maria-Santa Barbara
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 | $146.32 | $135.61 | $86.74 |
| 99213 | Visit or care management | $103.11 | $95.19 | $59.10 |
| 97110 | Physical therapy or rehabilitation | $31.60 | $29.06 | none |
| 97530 | Physical therapy or rehabilitation | $38.65 | $35.07 | none |
| 97112 | Physical therapy or rehabilitation | $35.65 | $32.73 | none |
| 97140 | Physical therapy or rehabilitation | $30.13 | $27.72 | none |
| 17003 | Skin and soft tissue procedure | $7.22 | $6.35 | $1.76 |
| 88305 | Lab test or pathology | $78.00 | $70.14 | none |
| 93010 | Heart test or procedure | $8.74 | $8.35 | $8.74 |
| 99309 | Visit or care management | $121.79 | $114.57 | $103.09 |
| 99215 | Visit or care management | $207.00 | $192.39 | $129.11 |
| 98941 | Manipulation | $41.40 | $38.41 | $29.32 |
| 71045 | Imaging | $28.35 | $25.38 | none |
| 99204 | Visit or care management | $189.77 | $177.36 | $119.27 |
| 99308 | Visit or care management | $84.24 | $78.83 | $71.38 |
| 93000 | Heart test or procedure | $16.71 | $15.36 | none |
| 92014 | Eye exam or test | $141.00 | $127.26 | $65.05 |
| 99203 | Visit or care management | $126.35 | $117.57 | $72.60 |
| 95004 | Allergy testing or treatment | $4.03 | $3.67 | none |
| 92134 | Eye exam or test | $36.32 | $32.73 | none |
| 96372 | Infusion, injection or chemotherapy | $16.92 | $15.36 | none |
| 99490 | Visit or care management | $71.03 | $66.13 | $44.94 |
| 90837 | Mental health service | $176.88 | $167.00 | $139.88 |
| 93306 | Heart test or procedure | $221.16 | $196.73 | none |
| 99212 | Visit or care management | $64.83 | $59.45 | $31.73 |
| 71046 | Imaging | $37.17 | $33.07 | none |
| 17000 | Skin and soft tissue procedure | $73.52 | $66.47 | $51.71 |
| 77067 | Imaging | $142.75 | $126.26 | none |
| 95165 | Allergy testing or treatment | $19.76 | $17.37 | $2.63 |
| 77063 | Imaging | $56.24 | $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.
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