US · guidance
CMS Pub. 100-04, ch. 3, § 190.17.1
Inputs/Outputs to PRICER
Provider Specific File Data
Data Element Title
1 National Provider Identifier (not a
mandatory entry at this time)
2 Provider CMS Certification Number
(CCN)
3 Effective Date
4 Fiscal Year Begin Date
5 Report Date
6 Termination Date
7 Waiver Indicator
9 Provider Type (must be 03 or 06)
Effective July 1, 2006, 06 is no longer
valid. Contractors shall use 49.
12 Actual Geographic Reclassification-
MSA (no longer applicable effective
July 1, 2006)
17 Temporary Relief Indicator (For IPF
PPS, code Y if there is an Emergency
Department)
18 Federal PPS Blend Indicator (must be 1,
2, 3, or 4)
Data Element Title
21 Case Mix Adjusted Cost Per
Discharge/PPS Facility Specific Rate
(This is determined using the same
methodology that would be used to
determine the interim payment per
discharge under the TEFRA system if
the IPF PPS were not being
implemented.)
22 Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA)
23 Intern/Bed Ratio
25 Combined Capital and Operating Cost to
Charge Ratio
33 Special Wage Indicator (should be set to
1 if there is a change to the wage index.)
35 Actual Geographic Location
Core-Based Statistical Area (CBSA)
(required July 1, 2006)
38 Special Wage Index
48 New Hospital
63 Supplemental Wage Index
64 Supplemental Wage Index Indicator
Bill Data
National Provider Identifier Covered Charges
Provider CMS Certification
Number (CCN)
Discharge Date (or benefits exhaust date if
present)
Patient Age Other Diagnosis Codes
DRG Other Procedure Codes
Length of Stay Indicator for Occurrence Code 31, A3, B3, or
C3 to apply outlier to this bill.
Source of Admission ECT Units
Patient Status Code Claim Number
Indicator for Value Code75 to apply variable
per diem adjustment to this bill.
Outputs
In addition to returning the above bill data inputs, Pricer will return the following:
Final Payment National Non-Labor Rate
DRG/MS-DRG Adjusted Payment Federal Rate
Federal Adjusted Payment Budget Neutrality Rate
Outlier Adjusted Payment Outlier Threshold
Comorbidity Adjusted Payment Federal Per Diem Base Rate
Per Diem Adjusted Payment Standardized Factor
Facility Adjusted Payment Labor Share
Age Adjusted Payment Non-Labor Share
Rural Adjusted Payment COLA
Teaching Adjusted Payment Day of Stay Adjustment
ED Adjusted Payment Age Adjustment
ECT Adjusted Payment Comorbidity Adjustment
Return Code DRG Adjustment
MSA/CBSA Rural Adjustment
Wage Index ECT Adjustment
National Labor Rate Blend Year Calculation Version
History
(Rev. 11396, Issued:05-04-22, Effective:10-01-22, Implementation:10-03-22)
Provenance
- Source
- cms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-25
- Edition
- iom-2026-08-25
- Content hash
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