G0454 Medicaid reimbursement rate by state (2026)

• Order. States are listed from the highest published rate to the lowest. No single unit is shared by 8 or more states for G0454, so the order is by published amount and is not a like-for-like rank.
• Medicaid rate. The most the state's fee-for-service program pays for one unit, as published. 3 of the 7 states list more than one rate for G0454, by modifier, provider type or setting; the table shows the one that matches the provider level and setting used across states, without add-ons.
• Unit. Of the 7 states, 1 publish G0454 per unit, and 6 schedules print no unit at all (a flat amount per service).
• Per hour. G0454 is not billed in time units in these states, so no hourly figure is shown.
• Managed-care plans. The rule the state sets for its plans on this rate. What each rule means is explained below.
• % of Medicare. Medicare amounts exist for G0454, but no state's Medicaid unit matches Medicare's billing unit closely enough to compute a percentage.
• Source and date. Each Source link opens the state's own document; “since” is the date the rate took effect.

Published rates for G0454 run from $1.53 in Kansas to $37.70 in Texas. The two publish it in different units (unit versus no unit printed), so part of that gap is the unit rather than the price. Half the states pay more than the median of $8.61 and half pay less. The usual reasons for a spread like this in therapy (PT/OT/speech) rates:

• States pay therapy by CPT code, but many pay therapy assistants a reduced percentage and some pay differently in outpatient hospital, private practice and home settings.
• Children's therapy is driven by the EPSDT benefit, so some states maintain separate pediatric rates or programs.
• Visit limits, prior authorization and annual caps vary by state and change how much a single code is worth to a practice.

Timing matters too. 4 states set the current rate for G0454 in 2026 or later, while 3 states still pay a rate that took effect in 2022 or earlier. A state that has not updated its rate in years will drift down the ranking as others raise theirs.

Most Medicaid members are in managed-care plans, and plans don't publish their provider fee schedules. For G0454, the public signal is the rule each state sets for its plans, recorded on each rate above.

In 3 states, plans negotiate and the published rate is a benchmark or out-of-network default. The rule for the remaining 4 states is not classified yet.

• Plans negotiate; the published rate applies out of network (3 states). In-network rates can be above or below the published rate. The published rate is the benchmark both sides know, and the fallback if no contract is signed.

Plan-negotiated rates are never estimated here. To see the rule and its citation for a particular state, open that state's managed-care page, for example Texas managed care.

G0454 is a HCPCS Level II professional services code in the therapy (PT/OT/speech) line, billed mostly by physical, occupational and speech therapists and therapy practices. G codes describe professional services and procedures that have no CPT code, or that payers define more narrowly. Many are timed, so check the unit before comparing.

Many treatment codes are timed in 15-minute units, while evaluations and re-evaluations are billed once per session. Medicare applies a rule for counting timed minutes into units; Medicaid programs may follow it or set their own, so check the state's therapy manual.

Medicare's 2026 physician fee schedule pays $8.60–$9.86 for G0454 (non-facility), depending on the Medicare locality. That is a useful reference point, but Medicare and Medicaid can define the unit differently, so compare only where the units match.

Before billing, confirm the rate, unit and any modifier with the state's current schedule or the plan: the amounts here are as published, not a guarantee of payment.