CPT code 26450: Tendon tenotomy, flexor tendon in palm2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in New Mexico

In New Mexico, Medicare pays $437.64 for 26450 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

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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 26450 covers

This procedure involves surgically dividing a flexor tendon within the palm to reduce a tendon-related contracture or correct restricted finger position. A hand surgeon typically performs it in an operating room, with the operative report identifying the tendon and palm-level site and describing the reason for division. It differs from freeing a tendon from adhesions: tenotomy divides the tendon, while tenolysis releases tethering around it.

Report the code when the operative work is an open tenotomy of a flexor tendon in the palm, not when the tendon division is at the finger or involves an extensor tendon. Documentation should establish the treated tendon, the palm location, the indication, and the procedure performed. Medicare assigns a 90-day global period, including the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care. When multiple procedures are performed in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and others are subject to the standard 50% 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 New Mexico compares for 26450

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 26450 runs from $403.72 in Arkansas to $599.86 in San Benito County, CA. New Mexico pays $437.64. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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26450 rates by state

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How the 26450 rate is calculated

Each of 26450’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 26450

26450 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 26450

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

How 26450 has changed in New Mexico

Price 26450 for an earlier date of service

Where the New Mexico rate applies

New Mexico is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 528 cities and communities in New Mexico. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Abeytas
• Abiquiu
• Acomita Lake
• Adelino
• Agua Fria
• Alamillo
• Alamo
• Alamogordo

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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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