42 CFR § 412.70 - General description.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s412.70"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 412.70 - General description."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "412.70"
section_name: "General description."
chapter_name: "CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "MEDICARE PROGRAM"
part_number: "412"
part_name: "PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEMS FOR INPATIENT HOSPITAL SERVICES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 1302 and 1395hh."
regulatory_source: "50 FR 12741, Mar. 29, 1985, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "412"
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# 412.70 General description.
For discharges occurring on or after April 1, 1988, and before October 1, 1996, payments to a hospital are based on the greater of the national average standardized amount or the sum of 85 percent of the national average standardized amount and 15 percent of the average standardized amount for the region in which the hospital is located.
[57 FR 39822, Sept. 1, 1992, as amended at 58 FR 46338, Sept. 1, 1993]