How does Medicare’s allowed amount for one code vary across the US?
How does Medicare’s allowed amount for one code vary across the US? Physician Fee Schedule amounts in all 109 Medicare localities (or one state’s) with the national amount and range, computed by Distill from CMS’s RVU and GPCI files. Updated quarterly. $0.02 per call (x402, USDC on Base); 3 free calls a day.
Answeringour last check, 2026-10-24
1 of 1checks answered this week
913 msmedian answer time
$0.02listed price per call
$0.02price it asked us
Paid test badge: not yet. The checks above are free: we call the tool without paying and read the payment request it sends back. The Verified badge needs paid calls whose answers match the promised output, and nobody can buy a badge.
Endpoint
GET https://data.spencermcw.com/v1/medicare/pfs/localities
| Category | Code and developer |
|---|---|
| Provider host | data.spencermcw.com |
| Networks | eip155:8453 |
| Payment schemes | exact |
| Self-reported calls, 30 days | 1 from 1 payers (the provider's figure, not ours) |
Our checks, last 30 days
| Day | Result | HTTP | Asked | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-24 | valid payment request | 402 | $0.02 | 913 ms |
Example input (from the provider)
{
"method": "GET",
"queryParams": {
"code": "70551",
"state": "NY"
},
"type": "http"
}
Promised output schema (from the provider)
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"input": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"method": {
"enum": [
"GET"
],
"type": "string"
},
"queryParams": {
"properties": {
"code": {
"pattern": "^[0-9A-Za-z]{5}$",
"type": "string"
},
"date": {
"pattern": "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$",
"type": "string"
},
"modifier": {
"pattern": "^[0-9A-Za-z]{2}$",
"type": "string"
},
"release": {
"pattern": "^\\d{4}[A-Da-d]$",
"type": "string"
},
"state": {
"pattern": "^[A-Za-z]{2}$",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"code"
],
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"const": "http",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"method"
],
"type": "object"
},
"output": {
"properties": {
"example": {
"properties": {
"data": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"code": {
"type": "string"
},
"code_type": {
"enum": [
"CPT",
"HCPCS"
],
"type": "string"
},
"description": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"localities": {
"items": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"facility": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"id": {
"type": "string"
},
"name": {
"type": "string"
},
"nonfacility": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"opps_capped": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"state": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"id",
"state",
"name",
"nonfacility",
"facility",
"opps_capped"
],
"type": "object"
},
"type": "array"
},
"modifier": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"national": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"facility": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"nonfacility": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
}
},
"required": [
"nonfacility",
"facility"
],
"type": "object"
},
"priced": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"release": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"effective_from": {
"type": "string"
},
"effective_to": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"id": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"id",
"effective_from",
"effective_to"
],
"type": "object"
},
"status": {
"type": "string"
},
"summary": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"facility": {
"anyOf": [
{
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"max": {
"type": "string"
},
"min": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"min",
"max"
],
"type": "object"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
]
},
"localities": {
"maximum": 9007199254740991,
"minimum": -9007199254740991,
"type": "integer"
},
"nonfacility": {
"anyOf": [