California workers’ comp
Code 64721 — maximum allowable reimbursement
Maximum allowable (non-facility)
$820.16
Statewide range $768.96 – $945.98 across 29 localities
Show your work — how this rate is computed
Californiaprices workers’-comp physician services by the RBRVS formula (8 CCR §9789.12.5): each RVU component is scaled by its LOS ANGELES-LONG BEACH-ANAHEIM (LOS ANGELES/ORANGE CNTY) GPCI, summed, then multiplied by the conversion factor.
[ (Work 4.85 × PW GPCI 1.04)
+ (PE 8.61 × PE GPCI 1.18)
+ (MP 0.99 × MP GPCI 0.66) ]
= 15.89184 adjusted RVUs
× $51.6091 conversion factor
= $820.16
- RVUs: CMS National Physician Fee Schedule Relative Value File (PPRRVU2026_Jan_nonQPP.csv) — CMS ↗
- GPCIs: CMS Geographic Practice Cost Indices (GPCI2026.csv) — by payment locality
- Conversion factor $51.6091: Californiaworkers’ comp fee schedule (8 CCR §9789.12.5) — source ↗
- Methodology verified to the penny against the CMS Physician Fee Schedule Look-Up Tool (national) and the state’s Medicare contractor (locality).