If a nonparticipating provider submits a claim to a health maintenance organization for a covered service other than a covered evaluation and management service, the health maintenance organization shall pay the nonparticipating provider, less any applicable copayment, coinsurance or deductible amount, an amount not less than 125 percent of the rate for the covered service in the annual rate schedule applicable to similarly licensed providers in the same geographic area.
Md. Code Regs. 31.12.08.06