California workers’ comp
Code 73501 — maximum allowable reimbursement
Maximum allowable (non-facility)
$59.81
Statewide range $55.82 – $71.15 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.
- 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).
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