Base rate.
Base rate. The average payment amount per-treatment, standardized to remove the effects of case-mix and area wage levels and further reduced for budget neutrality and the outlier percentage. The base rate is the amount to which the patient-specific case-mix adjustments and any ESRD facility adjustments, if applicable, are applied.
Source
42 CFR § 413.171
Scoping language
For purposes of this subpart, the following definitions apply: