CPT code 15835: Skin excision, buttock2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in South Dakota

In South Dakota, Medicare pays $792.59 for 15835 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 15835 nationwide

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

What 15835 covers

CPT 15835 describes an operation to remove excessive skin from the buttock. Plastic surgeons commonly perform this work for redundant tissue that affects the buttock’s contour, including after substantial weight loss. The operative report should identify the buttock as the treated site and describe the skin excised and the procedure performed. This code is site-specific; excess skin removed from a separately treated hip or thigh is represented by a different code in the same family.

Report the code for the buttock work performed, supported by the operative documentation. It has a 90-day global period: the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care are included. When procedures are performed in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard multiple-procedure reduction. Modifier 50 is inappropriate for this code. An assistant at surgery is paid only when medical necessity is documented; 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 South Dakota compares for 15835

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 15835 runs from $758.27 in Arkansas to $1,043.36 in Alaska. South Dakota pays $792.59. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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15835 rates by state

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How the 15835 rate is calculated

Each of 15835’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.

Payment rules and modifiers for 15835

15835 has a 90-day global period: related visits in that window are included in the surgery payment.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 51

Codes related to 15835

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

How 15835 has changed in South Dakota

Price 15835 for an earlier date of service

Where the South Dakota rate applies

South Dakota is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 485 cities and communities in South Dakota. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Aberdeen
• Agar
• Agency Village
• Akaska
• Albee
• Alcester
• Alexandria
• Allen

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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

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