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Variable: CARR_LINE_PRCNG_LCLTY_CD

Carrier Line Pricing Locality Code

Description

Code denoting the carrier-specific locality used for pricing the service for this line item on the carrier claim (non-DMERC).

Comment

Values

This variable is coded, and will contain one of the following values.

Medicare Localities There are currently 89 total PFS localities; 34 localities are statewide areas (that is, only one locality for the entire state).

There are 52 localities in the other 16 states, with 10 states having 2 localities, 2 states having 3 localities, 1 state having 4 localities, and 3 states having 5 or more localities.

The District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia suburbs, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands are additional localities that make up the remainder of the total of 89 localities.

Values for Codeset
Value Description
1 ALABAMA
2 ALASKA
3 ARIZONA
4 ARKANSAS
5 ANAHEIM/SANTA ANA, CA
6 LOS ANGELES, CA
7 MARIN/NAPA/SOLANO, CA
8 OAKLAND/BERKELEY, CA
9 REST OF CALIFORNIA
10 SAN FRANCISCO, CA
11 SAN MATEO, CA
12 SANTA CLARA, CA
13 VENTURA, CA
14 COLORADO
15 CONNECTICUT
16 DC + MD/VA SUBURBS
17 DELAWARE
18 FORT LAUDERDALE, FL
19 MIAMI, FL
20 REST OF FLORIDA
21 ATLANTA, GA
22 REST OF GEORGIA
23 HAWAII
24 IDAHO
25 CHICAGO, IL
26 EAST ST. LOUIS, IL
27 REST OF ILLINOIS
28 SUBURBAN CHICAGO, IL
29 INDIANA
30 IOWA
31 KANSAS
32 KENTUCKY
33 NEW ORLEANS, LA
34 REST OF LOUISIANA
35 REST OF MAINE
36 SOUTHERN MAINE
37 BALTIMORE/SURR. CNTYS, MD
38 REST OF MARYLAND
39 METROPOLITAN BOSTON
40 REST OF MASSACHUSETTS
41 DETROIT, MI
42 REST OF MICHIGAN
43 MINNESOTA
44 MISSISSIPPI
45 METROPOLITAN KANSAS CITY, MO
46 METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS, MO
47 REST OF MISSOURI
48 MONTANA
49 NEBRASKA
50 NEVADA
51 NEW HAMPSHIRE
52 NORTHERN NJ
53 REST OF NEW JERSEY
54 NEW MEXICO
55 MANHATTAN, NY
56 NYC SUBURBS/LONG I., NY
57 POUGHKPSIE/N NYC SUBURBS, NY
58 QUEENS, NY
59 REST OF NEW YORK
60 NORTH CAROLINA
61 NORTH DAKOTA
62 OHIO
63 OKLAHOMA
64 PORTLAND, OR
65 REST OF OREGON
66 METROPOLITAN PHILADELPHIA, PA
67 REST OF PENNSYLVANIA
68 PUERTO RICO
69 RHODE ISLAND
70 SOUTH CAROLINA
71 SOUTH DAKOTA
72 TENNESSEE
73 AUSTIN, TX
74 BEAUMONT, TX
75 BRAZORIA, TX
76 DALLAS, TX
77 FORT WORTH, TX
78 GALVESTON, TX
79 HOUSTON, TX
80 REST OF TEXAS
81 UTAH
82 VERMONT
83 VIRGIN ISLANDS
84 VIRGINIA
85 REST OF WASHINGTON
86 SEATTLE (KING CNTY), WA
87 WEST VIRGINIA
88 WISCONSIN 89 WYOMING

Other Info

Some additional information on this variable: