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CPT code 10030: Fluid drainage, image-guided, soft tissue2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Connecticut

Reports percutaneous, image-guided catheter drainage of a soft-tissue fluid collection, such as an abscess or seroma, when catheter drainage is performed.

CMS RVU26DEffective Oct 1, 2026One payment locality7.5K Medicare services in 2024

In Connecticut, Medicare pays $665.19 for 10030 in the office and $123.80 when it’s performed in a hospital or facility.

$665.19Office (non-facility)
$123.80Hospital or facility
+7.1%vs the national office rate ($620.92)

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 10030 nationwide

Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

We’ll open 10030 for the payment locality that covers the ZIP.

On this page 11 sections
  1. Rate in Connecticut
  2. What 10030 covers
  3. Compared with other areas
  4. Rate map
  5. How it’s calculated
  6. Payment rules
  7. Related codes
  8. Rate history
  9. Where it applies
  10. Billing questions
  11. Sources

What 10030 covers

The service places a drainage catheter through the skin into a fluid collection in soft tissue, using imaging to guide placement. Typical targets include an abscess, hematoma, seroma, lymphocele, or cyst in sites such as an extremity, abdominal wall, or neck. Interventional radiologists commonly perform the procedure in a hospital or outpatient imaging setting; other physicians with the appropriate procedural role may also perform it. The catheter permits ongoing drainage rather than a one-time needle aspiration. Image guidance is part of the catheter-placement service.

Report this code for a percutaneous catheter placed to drain a soft-tissue collection, not for a collection in a visceral, retroperitoneal, or peritoneal site. Documentation should identify the collection and its location, the percutaneous approach, image guidance, and catheter placement. The code has a 0-day global period, so same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included. When multiple procedures are performed in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard 50% reduction. Assistant-at-surgery payment requires documentation of medical necessity; co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted.

This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.

How Connecticut compares for 10030

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for 10030 runs from $541.97 in Arkansas to $855.06 in San Benito County, CA. Connecticut pays $665.19. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

10030 in Connecticut vs other payment areas
  1. Connecticut · this page$665.19
  2. Los Angeles, CA · California$715.77+$50.58
  3. Washington, DC area · District of Columbia$719.59+$54.40
  4. Miami, FL · Florida$660.11−$5.08
  5. Chicago, IL · Illinois$639.29−$25.90
  6. Manhattan, NY · New York$717.70+$52.51
  7. Alaska · Alaska$694.21+$29.02

Other areas in Connecticut first, then benchmark localities. Bars start at $0.

Every other payment area

10030 in every other Medicare payment locality
Payment localityOfficeFacility
AlabamaAlabama$550.88$111.04
ArkansasArkansas$541.97$110.17
ArizonaArizona$603.13$116.03
Bakersfield, CACalifornia$667.95$117.00
Chico, CACalifornia$666.91$115.97
El Centro, CACalifornia$666.97$116.03
Fresno, CACalifornia$666.91$115.97
Hanford, CACalifornia$666.91$115.97

10030 rates by state

Office rate range in each state. Select a state to see its payment localities.

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$541.97

$760.98

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10030 office rate range by state
State / territoryOffice rate rangeLocalities
AK$694.211
AL$550.881
AR$541.971
AZ$603.131
CA$666.91–$855.0629
CO$652.701
CT$665.191
DC$719.591
DE$613.951
FL$603.94–$660.113
GA$567.04–$631.862
GU$687.201
HI$687.201
IA$569.701
ID$573.181
IL$582.29–$644.614
IN$576.971
KS$565.231
KY$562.241
LA$560.66–$591.852
MA$647.53–$724.132
MD$627.10–$719.593
ME$574.93–$611.932
MI$577.22–$610.752
MN$627.761
MO$548.90–$596.003
MS$545.631
MT$620.901
NC$581.881
ND$613.981
NE$573.631
NH$640.771
NJ$673.45–$710.512
NM$580.141
NV$619.491
NY$591.46–$734.905
OH$575.801
OK$562.711
OR$615.37–$677.052
PA$577.66–$646.102
PR$626.461
RI$638.511
SC$579.671
SD$613.161
TN$568.221
TX$573.32–$649.918
UT$588.551
VA$608.65–$719.592
VI$626.461
VT$609.951
WA$646.84–$741.242
WI$591.001
WV$557.881
WY$617.881

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How the 10030 rate is calculated

Each of 10030’s three RVUs is multiplied by a geographic index (GPCI) for the payment locality, added up, and multiplied by the conversion factor. Drag the indexes or enter a ZIP to see what moves the rate.

How the rate is built · 10030

RVUs × geographic indexes × conversion factor

Office or facility?

Work2.68

2.68 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI

Practice expense15.56

15.56 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI

Malpractice0.35

0.35 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI

Adjusted RVUs

18.5900

Conversion factor

$33.4009

Medicare rate

$620.92

Every GPCI starts at 1.000, the national rate. Enter a ZIP or drag a slider.

The exact Connecticut inputs and CMS source lines

PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv

1,077

Code
10030
Physician work
2.68
Practice expense
15.56
Malpractice
0.35

GPCI2026.csv

38

Locality
Connecticut
Physician work
1.020
Practice expense
1.077
Malpractice
1.210
Office calculation for 10030 in Connecticut
ComponentRVULocality factorAdjusted
Physician work2.68× 1.0202.7336
Practice expense15.56× 1.07716.7581
Malpractice0.35× 1.2100.4235
Total RVUs19.9152
Conversion factor× 33.4009

Office rate, Connecticut$665.19

Office: (2.68 × 1.02 + 15.56 × 1.077 + 0.35 × 1.21) × $33.4009 = $665.19

Facility: (2.68 × 1.02 + 0.51 × 1.077 + 0.35 × 1.21) × $33.4009 = $123.80

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Payment rules and modifiers for 10030

The CMS indicators that decide how 10030 is paid alongside other services.

CMS payment indicators · 10030

Fluid drainage, image-guided, soft tissue

RuleCMS valueWhat it means
Global period000Same-day global: pre- and post-op care on the day of the procedure is included.
Multiple procedures2Standard reduction: highest-valued procedure at 100%, others at 50%.
Bilateral (modifier 50)9The concept doesn’t apply.
Assistant at surgery (80/81/82/AS)0Not paid without supporting documentation.
Co-surgeons (62)0Not permitted.
Team surgery (66)0Not permitted.
Professional/technical9The concept doesn’t apply.

What modifiers do to the payment

Modifier 51 · payment effect

With and without the modifier

10030 without 51 · national office

$620.92

Fluid drainage, image-guided, soft tissue

10030-51 · Second procedure: 50%

$310.46

When this isn’t the highest-valued procedure in the session, Medicare pays 50% of its fee schedule amount (the highest is paid at 100%).

When to use modifier 51

Codes related to 10030

Related codes aren’t interchangeable: bill the code that matches the service performed.

Codes related to 10030
CodeHow it relatesOffice range, Connecticut
Used instead
10160Lesion aspiration, abscess, hematoma, or bullaNeedle aspiration of a soft-tissue collection when catheter placement for ongoing drainage is not performed.$140.12
10060Abscess drainage, simple, single abscessSimple incision and drainage of an abscess rather than image-guided percutaneous catheter drainage.$136.81
49405Visceral drainage, percutaneous catheter placementCatheter drainage for a visceral collection, rather than a soft-tissue collection.$896.64
49406Catheter drainage, peritoneal or retroperitonealCatheter drainage for a retroperitoneal collection, rather than a soft-tissue collection.$895.92
49407Pelvic drainage, transvaginal or transrectalCatheter drainage for a peritoneal collection, rather than a soft-tissue collection.$787.94

How 10030 has changed in Connecticut

10030 · Office / nonfacility

$665.19

Effective 2026-10-01

The base rate is $15.26 higher than on 2025-10-01, moving from $649.93 to $665.19 (2.3%).

It is unchanged from the immediately preceding available release, effective 2026-07-01.

Base rate by release · bars start at $0 · select a bar to compare

One bar per available release, ordered by effective date. Missing rates remain gaps. These comparisons hold the code, setting and locality identifiers constant; they do not isolate which policy or input caused a change.

What changed, release by release

  1. January 1, 2026

    RVU26A

    $649.93changed to$665.19

    • Conversion factor 32.3465 changed to 33.4009
    • Work RVU 2.75 changed to 2.68
    • Practice expense RVU 15.52 changed to 15.56
    • Malpractice RVU 0.29 changed to 0.35
    • Work GPCI 1.022 changed to 1.020
    • Practice expense GPCI 1.091 changed to 1.077
    • Malpractice GPCI 1.207 changed to 1.210

    Held through RVU26B, RVU26C, RVU26D.

  2. January 1, 2025

    RVU25A

    $684.53changed to$649.93

    • Conversion factor 33.2875 changed to 32.3465
    • Practice expense RVU 15.93 changed to 15.52
    • Malpractice RVU 0.31 changed to 0.29

    Held through RVU25B, RVU25C, RVU25D.

  3. March 9, 2024

    RVU24AR

    $673.36changed to$684.53

    • Conversion factor 32.7442 changed to 33.2875

    Held through RVU24B, RVU24C, RVU24D.

  4. January 1, 2024

    RVU24A

    $721.18changed to$673.36

    • Conversion factor 33.8872 changed to 32.7442
    • Practice expense RVU 16.46 changed to 15.93
    • Malpractice RVU 0.29 changed to 0.31
    • Work GPCI 1.030 changed to 1.022
    • Practice expense GPCI 1.102 changed to 1.091
    • Malpractice GPCI 1.070 changed to 1.207

  5. January 1, 2023

    RVU23A

    $758.67changed to$721.18

    • Conversion factor 34.6062 changed to 33.8872
    • Practice expense RVU 16.91 changed to 16.46
    • Malpractice RVU 0.25 changed to 0.29
    • Work GPCI 1.037 changed to 1.030
    • Practice expense GPCI 1.114 changed to 1.102
    • Malpractice GPCI 0.934 changed to 1.070

    Held through RVU23B, RVU23C, RVU23D.

  6. January 1, 2022

    RVU22A

    $750.13changed to$758.67

    • Conversion factor 34.8931 changed to 34.6062
    • Practice expense RVU 16.52 changed to 16.91
    • Malpractice RVU 0.26 changed to 0.25

    Held through RVU22B, RVU22C, RVU22D.

  7. January 1, 2021

    RVU21A

    $695.63changed to$750.13

    • Conversion factor 36.0896 changed to 34.8931
    • Practice expense RVU 14.52 changed to 16.52
    • Work GPCI 1.029 changed to 1.037
    • Practice expense GPCI 1.113 changed to 1.114
    • Malpractice GPCI 1.094 changed to 0.934

    Held through RVU21B, RVU21C, RVU21D.

  8. January 1, 2020

    RVU20A

    $644.30changed to$695.63

    • Conversion factor 36.0391 changed to 36.0896
    • Practice expense RVU 13.27 changed to 14.52
    • Malpractice RVU 0.25 changed to 0.26
    • Work GPCI 1.021 changed to 1.029
    • Practice expense GPCI 1.112 changed to 1.113
    • Malpractice GPCI 1.255 changed to 1.094

    Held through RVU20B, RVU20C, RVU20D.

  9. January 1, 2019

    RVU19A

    $634.38changed to$644.30

    • Conversion factor 35.9996 changed to 36.0391
    • Practice expense RVU 13.04 changed to 13.27

    Held through RVU19B, RVU19C, RVU19D.

  10. January 1, 2018

    RVU18AR1

    $787.38changed to$634.38

    • Conversion factor 35.8887 changed to 35.9996
    • Practice expense RVU 16.41 changed to 13.04
    • Malpractice RVU 0.64 changed to 0.25
    • Work GPCI 1.023 changed to 1.021
    • Practice expense GPCI 1.117 changed to 1.112
    • Malpractice GPCI 1.244 changed to 1.255

    Held through RVU18B, RVU18C, RVU18D.

  11. January 1, 2017

    RVU17A

    $880.99changed to$787.38

    • Conversion factor 35.8043 changed to 35.8887
    • Work RVU 3.00 changed to 2.75
    • Practice expense RVU 18.44 changed to 16.41
    • Malpractice RVU 0.70 changed to 0.64
    • Work GPCI 1.024 changed to 1.023
    • Practice expense GPCI 1.121 changed to 1.117
    • Malpractice GPCI 1.232 changed to 1.244

    Held through RVU17B, RVU17C, RVU17D.

  12. January 1, 2016

    RVU16A

    $879.35changed to$880.99

    • Conversion factor 35.9335 changed to 35.8043
    • Practice expense RVU 18.76 changed to 18.44
    • Malpractice RVU 0.30 changed to 0.70

    Held through RVU16B, RVU16C, RVU16D.

  13. July 1, 2015

    RVU15C

    $874.97changed to$879.35

    • Conversion factor 35.7547 changed to 35.9335

    Held through RVU15D.

  14. January 1, 2015

    RVU15A

    $873.57changed to$874.97

    • Conversion factor 35.8228 changed to 35.7547
    • Practice expense RVU 18.80 changed to 18.76
    • Malpractice RVU 0.27 changed to 0.30
    • Practice expense GPCI 1.116 changed to 1.121
    • Malpractice GPCI 1.234 changed to 1.232

    Held through RVU15B.

  15. January 1, 2014

    RVU14A

    No ratechanged to$873.57

    Held through RVU14B, RVU14C, RVU14D.

  16. January 1, 2013

    RVU13AR

    Earliest loaded release: No rate

    Held through RVU13B, RVU13C, RVU13D.

Rates in every CMS release
Effective fromOfficeFacilityCMS release
2026-10-01$665.19$123.80RVU26D
2026-07-01$665.19$123.80RVU26C
2026-04-01$665.19$123.80RVU26B
2026-01-01$665.19$123.80RVU26A
2025-10-01$649.93$135.76RVU25D
2025-07-01$649.93$135.76RVU25C
2025-04-01$649.93$135.76RVU25B
2025-01-01$649.93$135.76RVU25A
2024-10-01$684.53$139.06RVU24D
2024-07-01$684.53$139.06RVU24C
2024-04-01$684.53$139.06RVU24B
2024-03-09$684.53$139.06RVU24AR
2024-01-01$673.36$136.79RVU24A
2023-10-01$721.18$141.60RVU23D
2023-07-01$721.18$141.60RVU23C
2023-04-01$721.18$141.60RVU23B
2023-01-01$721.18$141.60RVU23A
2022-10-01$758.67$143.01RVU22D
2022-07-01$758.67$143.01RVU22C
2022-04-01$758.67$143.01RVU22B
2022-01-01$758.67$143.01RVU22A
2021-10-01$750.13$144.52RVU21D
2021-07-01$750.13$144.52RVU21C
2021-04-01$750.13$144.52RVU21B
2021-01-01$750.13$144.52RVU21A
2020-10-01$695.63$151.35RVU20D
2020-07-01$695.63$151.35RVU20C
2020-04-01$695.63$151.35RVU20B
2020-01-01$695.63$151.35RVU20A
2019-10-01$644.30$151.37RVU19D
2019-07-01$644.30$151.37RVU19C
2019-04-01$644.30$151.37RVU19B
2019-01-01$644.30$151.37RVU19A
2018-10-01$634.38$151.60RVU18D
2018-07-01$634.38$151.60RVU18C
2018-04-01$634.38$151.60RVU18B
2018-01-01$634.38$151.60RVU18AR1
2017-10-01$787.38$172.83RVU17D
2017-07-01$787.38$172.83RVU17C
2017-04-01$787.38$172.83RVU17B
2017-01-01$787.38$172.83RVU17A
2016-10-01$880.99$187.83RVU16D
2016-07-01$880.99$187.83RVU16C
2016-04-01$880.99$187.83RVU16B
2016-01-01$880.99$187.83RVU16A
2015-10-01$879.35$170.80RVU15D
2015-07-01$879.35$170.80RVU15C
2015-04-01$874.97$169.95RVU15B
2015-01-01$874.97$169.95RVU15A
2014-10-01$873.57$169.16RVU14D
2014-07-01$873.57$169.16RVU14C
2014-04-01$873.57$169.16RVU14B
2014-01-01$873.57$169.16RVU14A
2013-10-01Not in this releaseNot in this releaseRVU13D
2013-07-01Not in this releaseNot in this releaseRVU13C
2013-04-01Not in this releaseNot in this releaseRVU13B
2013-01-01Not in this releaseNot in this releaseRVU13AR

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Where the Connecticut rate applies

Connecticut is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 215 cities and communities in Connecticut. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

  • Ansonia
  • Ball Pond
  • Baltic
  • Bantam
  • Bethel
  • Bethlehem Village
  • Bigelow Corners
  • Blue Hills

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10030 billing questions

How is this different from needle aspiration?

This code describes image-guided placement of a catheter for drainage of a soft-tissue collection. Needle aspiration without catheter placement is a different service, such as the service represented by 10160.

Is imaging guidance separately reported?

Imaging guidance is part of this catheter-placement service. The documentation should show that imaging guided the placement.

Does this code apply to a collection inside an organ or body cavity?

No. This code is for soft tissue, such as an extremity, abdominal wall, or neck. Codes 49405, 49406, and 49407 address other collection locations.

What is included in the 0-day global period?

Same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included. The code has a 0-day global period.

How are multiple procedures in the same session paid?

The highest-valued procedure is paid in full, and other procedures in that session are subject to the standard multiple-procedure reduction.

Can an assistant, co-surgeon, or surgical team be reported?

Assistant-at-surgery payment requires documentation of medical necessity. Co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted for this code.

Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indexes and the conversion factor. Services without a published rate are labeled, never given a made-up amount. Amounts are Medicare allowed amounts before claim adjustments: not a patient’s bill or a commercial rate.

CMS RVU26D · effective Oct 1, 2026 through the day before Jan 1, 2027

Show the CMS file lines behind this rate
RVUs for 10030PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv, line 1,077 (RVU26D)
Geographic factors for ConnecticutGPCI2026.csv, line 38 (RVU26D)

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