CPT code 20912: Cartilage graft, nasal septum2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Montana

In Montana, Medicare pays $435.15 for 20912 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 20912 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 20912 covers

A surgeon harvests cartilage from the nasal septum for use as graft material in a nasal reconstruction. Otolaryngologists, facial plastic surgeons, and plastic surgeons may perform the harvest during an operative repair or reconstructive procedure. The harvested cartilage can support or reshape nasal structures, while the recipient-site procedure addresses the underlying deformity or defect.

Report the code when the operative documentation supports a distinct harvest of septal cartilage for grafting, alongside the procedure using the graft when separately reportable. The code has a 90-day global period: the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care are 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 multiple-procedure reduction. Modifier 50 is inappropriate. Assistant-at-surgery payment requires documented 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 Montana compares for 20912

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 20912 runs from $392.41 in Arkansas to $539.03 in Alaska. Montana pays $435.15. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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20912 rates by state

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

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How the 20912 rate is calculated

Each of 20912’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 20912

20912 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 20912

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

How 20912 has changed in Montana

Price 20912 for an earlier date of service

Where the Montana rate applies

Montana is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 497 cities and communities in Montana. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Absarokee
• Acton
• Alberton
• Alder
• Alzada
• Amsterdam
• Anaconda-Deer Lodge County
• Antelope

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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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