[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR414.48]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
                             HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 414--PAYMENT FOR PART B MEDICAL AND OTHER HEALTH SERVICES--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart B--Physicians and Other Practitioners
 
Sec. 414.48  Limits on actual charges of nonparticipating suppliers.

    (a) General rule. A supplier, as defined in Sec. 400.202 of this 
chapter, who is nonparticipating and does not accept assignment may 
charge a beneficiary an amount up to the limiting charge described in 
paragraph (b) of this section.
    (b) Specific limits. For items or services paid under the physician 
fee schedule, the limiting charge is 115 percent of the fee schedule 
amount for nonparticipating suppliers. For items or services CMS 
excludes from payment under the physician fee schedule (in accordance 
with section 1848 (j)(3) of the Act), the limiting charge is 115 percent 
of 95 percent of the payment basis applicable to participating suppliers 
as calculated in Sec. 414.20(b).

[58 FR 63687, Dec. 2, 1993, as amended at 62 FR 59102, Oct. 31, 1997]