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Medicare Durable Medical Equipment, Devices & Supplies - by Geography and Service
The Medicare Durable Medical Equipment, Devices & Supplies by Geography and Service dataset contains information on usage, payments, and submitted charges organized by geography, Healthcare Common Procedure Coding...
Freshness
- Last posted
- Period covered
- Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024
- Update frequency
- Annually
Dates as CMS lists them in its catalog.
Columns 18
| Column | What it means | Type |
|---|---|---|
Geography LevelRfrg_Prvdr_Geo_Lvl | Identifies the level of geography that the data in the row has been aggregated. A value of 'State' indicates the data in the row is aggregated to a single state identified in the Referring Provider Geography Description column for a given HCPCS Code Level. A value of 'National' indicates the data in the row is aggregated across all states for a given HCPCS Code Level. | string |
Referring Provider Geography CodeRfrg_Prvdr_Geo_Cd | FIPS code of the referring provider state. This variable is blank when reported at the national level. | string |
Referring Provider Geography DescriptionRfrg_Prvdr_Geo_Desc | The state name where the provider is located, as reported in NPPES. The values include the 50 United States, District of Columbia, U.S. territories, Armed Forces areas, Unknown and Foreign Country. Data aggregated at the National level are identified by the word 'National'. | string |
RBCS LevelRBCS_Lvl | High level grouping of the Restructured BETOS Classification System (RBCS) identifier into three groups including Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetic and Orthotic Devices, and Drugs and Nutritional Products. | string |
RBCS IdentifierRBCS_Id | RBCS identifier which is comprised of 6 characters. The first character identifies the category; the second character identifies the subcategory; the third, fourth, and fifth characters identify the family, and the sixth character identifies whether the service is a major procedure. | string |
RBCS DescriptionRBCS_Desc | A concatenation of the RBCS category and RBCS subcategory description. | string |
HCPCS_CodeHCPCS_Cd | HCPCS code for the specific DMEPOS products/services ordered by referring providers and rendered by suppliers. | string |
HCPCS DescriptionHCPCS_Desc | Description of the HCPCS code for the specific DMEPOS product/service ordered by referring providers and rendered by suppliers. | string |
Supplier Rental IndicatorSuplr_Rentl_Ind | Identifies whether the DMEPOS products/services submitted on supplier claims are identified as rental. | string |
Number of Referring ProvidersTot_Rfrg_Prvdrs | Number of referring providers ordering DMEPOS products/services. | number |
Number of SuppliersTot_Suplrs | Number of suppliers rendering DMEPOS products/services. | number |
Number of Supplier BeneficiariesTot_Suplr_Benes | Total number of unique beneficiaries associated with DMEPOS claims submitted by suppliers and ordered by the referring provider. Beneficiary counts fewer than 11 have been suppressed to protect the privacy of Medicare beneficiaries. | number |
Number of Supplier ClaimsTot_Suplr_Clms | Total number of DMEPOS claims submitted by suppliers, reflecting services ordered by referring providers. | number |
Number of Supplier ServicesTot_Suplr_Srvcs | Number of DMEPOS products/services rendered by suppliers; note that the metrics used to count the number provided can vary from service to service. | number |
Average Supplier Submitted ChargesAvg_Suplr_Sbmtd_Chrg | Average of the charges that suppliers submitted for the DMEPOS product/service. Total supplier submitted charges can be calculated by multiplying the average supplier submitted charges by the number of supplier services. | number |
Average Supplier Medicare Allowed AmountAvg_Suplr_Mdcr_Alowd_Amt | Average of the supplier Medicare allowed amounts for the DMEPOS product/service. Medicare allowed amounts include the amount Medicare pays, the deductible and coinsurance amounts that the beneficiary is responsible for paying, and any amounts that a third party is responsible for paying. Total supplier Medicare allowed amounts can be calculated by multiplying the average supplier Medicare allowed amount by the number of supplier services. | number |
Average Supplier Medicare Payment AmountAvg_Suplr_Mdcr_Pymt_Amt | Average amount that Medicare paid suppliers after deductible and coinsurance amounts have been deducted for the line item DMEPOS product/service. Total supplier Medicare payment amounts can be calculated by multiplying the average supplier Medicare payment amount by the number of supplier services. | number |
Average Supplier Medicare Standard Payment AmountAvg_Suplr_Mdcr_Stdzd_Amt | Average amount that Medicare paid after beneficiary deductible and coinsurance amounts have been deducted for the line item DMEPOS product/service and after standardization of the Medicare payment has been applied. Standardization removes geographic differences in payment rates for individual product/services and makes Medicare payments across geographic areas comparable. Note: This variable is available starting with the calendar year 2014 data. | number |
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At a glance
- Catalog
- data.cms.gov
- Publisher
- Office of Enterprise Data and Analytics (OEDA)
- Rows
- 40,440
- Columns
- 18
- State column
- None found
API
Free, no key needed. This request returns the first 10 rows as JSON:
https://data.cms.gov/data-api/v1/dataset/27c150fd-8578-43b1-bba5-6388987e32af/data?size=10
Versions 11
The newest version is the one linked above. Older releases stay on the official site.
- 2024-01-01posted Jul 23, 2026
- 2023-01-01posted Jun 26, 2025
- 2022-12-30posted Jun 4, 2024
- 2021-12-16posted Jun 4, 2024
- 2020-12-16posted Jun 4, 2024
- 2019-12-16posted Jun 4, 2024
- 2018-12-16posted Jun 4, 2024
- 2017-12-16posted Jun 4, 2024
Show 3 older versions
- 2016-12-16posted Jun 4, 2024
- 2015-12-16posted Jun 4, 2024
- 2014-12-16posted Jun 4, 2024
CMS's description
The Medicare Durable Medical Equipment, Devices & Supplies by Geography and Service dataset contains information on usage, payments, and submitted charges organized by geography, Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) code, and supplier rental indicator.
Methodology and other documents from CMS:
The summary at the top is the first sentence of this description. Record id cms:27c150fd-8578-43b1-bba5-6388987e32af. This record as JSON.