CFR > Title 42 - Public Health > CHAPTER IV—CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES > SUBCHAPTER B—MEDICARE PROGRAM (parts 405 to 426) > PART 414—PAYMENT FOR PART B MEDICAL AND OTHER HEALTH SERVICES > SUBPART B—Physicians and Other Practitioners (§414.20 to §414.68) > 414.21—Medicare payment basis.

414.21—Medicare payment basis.

Medicare payment is based on the lesser of the actual charge or the applicable fee schedule amount.
[62 FR 59101, Oct. 31, 1997]