Calculating Medicare Payments, Write$-$Offs, Limiting Charges, and Allowed Amounts: Calculate the following amounts for a nonPAR that who bills Medicare and does not accept assignment:

Submitted charge $($based on provider's regular fee$)$ $$600$

Medicare physician fee schedule $($MPFS$)$ allowed amount $$400$

NonPAR MPFS reduced amount $($MPFS allowed amount is reduced by $5$ percent$)$ percent$)=$$$400-$$$20=$$$380$

NonPAR limiting charge amount $($MPFS allowed amount $x115$ percent$))=($$$460$

Medicare payment $(80$ percent of MPFS reduced amount$)$ $

Balance of MPFS limiting charge amount $($Billed to beneficiary$))$

Write$-$off amount $($not to be paid by Medicare or the beneficiary$)$ $