CPT code 27430: Quadricepsplasty, quadriceps contracture release2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in North Carolina

In North Carolina, Medicare pays $653.80 for 27430 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 27430 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 27430 covers

A quadricepsplasty releases or lengthens a shortened quadriceps mechanism that is restricting knee flexion. Orthopedic surgeons commonly perform it for persistent stiffness after trauma, such as a distal femur fracture, when scarred or contracted thigh muscle limits motion. It is an open operative treatment, generally performed in a hospital or ambulatory surgical setting, rather than a manipulation or ligament reconstruction.

Report 27430 when the operative work is quadricepsplasty; the operative note should identify the contracture, its effect on knee motion, and the muscle release or lengthening performed. The code has 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 at 50%. Bilateral reporting with modifier 50 is paid at 150%. Assistant-at-surgery payment may be made; 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 North Carolina compares for 27430

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 27430 runs from $623.05 in Arkansas to $852.45 in Alaska. North Carolina pays $653.80. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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27430 rates by state

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How the 27430 rate is calculated

Each of 27430’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 27430

27430 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 50

Codes related to 27430

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

How 27430 has changed in North Carolina

Price 27430 for an earlier date of service

Where the North Carolina rate applies

North Carolina is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 785 cities and communities in North Carolina. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Aberdeen
• Advance
• Ahoskie
• Alamance
• Albemarle
• Alexis
• Alliance
• Altamahaw

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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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