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Medicare Physician Fee Schedule


Each year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) releases the calendar year Physician Fee Schedule final rule that updates payment rates and other payment policies for services provided by physicians and other health care professionals paid through Medicare. The Physician Fee Schedule lists payment rates for physicians. By law, registered dietitian nutritionists are paid 85% of the physician's rate.

  • Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Overview
  • Search the Physician Fee Schedule
RDNs can use CMS' Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Look-Up Tool to find payment rates for their state/locality for the additional HCPCS codes for services provided to Medicare Part B beneficiaries by an RDN 'incident to' the physician,

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