---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 419.71"
title: "42"
number: "419.71"
heading: "Payment reduction for certain X-ray imaging services."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/419.71"
---

# §419.71. Payment reduction for certain X-ray imaging services.

- (a) **Definition.** For purposes of this section, the term “computed radiography technology” means cassette-based imaging which utilizes an imaging plate to create the image involved.
- (b) **Payment reduction for film X-ray imaging services.** For an imaging service that is an X-ray taken using film and that is furnished during 2017 or a subsequent year, the payment amount for such service (including the X-ray component of a packaged service) is reduced by 20 percent.
- (c) **Payment reduction for computed radiography imaging services.** The payment amount for an imaging service that is an X-ray taken using computed radiography technology (including the X-ray component of a packaged service) is reduced by—
  - (1) 7 percent, for such services furnished in CY 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, or 2022.
  - (2) 10 percent, for such services furnished in CY 2023 or a subsequent calendar year.
- (d) **Application without regard to budget neutrality.** The reductions taken under this section are not considered adjustments under section 1833(t)(2)(E) of the Act and are not implemented in a budget neutral manner.

## Notes

### Amendments

[82 FR 52637, Nov. 13, 2017; 82 FR 59497, Dec. 14, 2017]

### Source

Source: 65 FR 18542, Apr. 7, 2000, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 66 FR 55856, Nov. 2, 2001.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302, 1395l(t), and 1395hh.

### Source

Source: 65 FR 18542, Apr. 7, 2000, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[82 FR 52637, Nov. 13, 2017; 82 FR 59497, Dec. 14, 2017]