CPT code 20650: Skeletal traction, bone pin insertion2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Redding, CA

In Redding, CA, Medicare pays $260.49 for 20650 in the office and $162.38 when it’s performed in a hospital or facility.

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

What 20650 covers

An orthopedic surgeon places a wire or pin through bone and connects it to a traction setup to apply controlled pulling force. A typical use is temporary skeletal traction during management of a fracture when traction through a pin is needed. The service may be performed in a hospital or another setting where the clinician can place and manage the traction apparatus. The code includes removal of the traction wire or pin when performed.

Report the service when documentation identifies the bone and insertion site, the clinical reason for skeletal traction, and the pin or wire placement and traction application. The 10-day global period includes related postoperative visits during that period. When multiple procedures are performed in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and the others are subject to the standard multiple-procedure reduction. Modifier 50 is inappropriate for this code. Medicare does not pay an assistant at surgery; co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation, and team surgery is 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 Redding, CA compares for 20650

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for 20650 runs from $220.41 in Arkansas to $323.67 in San Benito County, CA. Redding, CA pays $260.49. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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How the 20650 rate is calculated

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Payment rules and modifiers for 20650

20650 has a 10-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 20650

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

How 20650 has changed in Redding, CA

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Where the Redding, CA rate applies

Redding, CA is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 32 cities and communities in California. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Redding
• Anderson
• Bella Vista
• Big Bend
• Burney
• Cassel
• Castella
• Centerville

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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.

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