CPT code 31520: Laryngoscopy, diagnostic, newborn2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Mississippi

In Mississippi, Medicare pays $126.28 for 31520 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 31520 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 31520 covers

An otolaryngologist typically performs this direct examination to evaluate a newborn’s larynx when symptoms such as stridor or a weak cry raise concern for an airway abnormality or impaired vocal-fold movement. The clinician uses a laryngoscope to inspect the laryngeal structures and document the findings. This is the diagnostic service; a biopsy or treatment changes the code selection when that service is performed.

Report the code for a diagnostic direct laryngoscopy on a newborn, supported by documentation of the patient, indication, examination performed, and findings. The code has a 0-day global period, so same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included. When multiple procedures occur in one session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and the others are subject to the standard 50% reduction. 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 Mississippi compares for 31520

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 31520 runs from $123.44 in Arkansas to $173.68 in Alaska. Mississippi pays $126.28. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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31520 rates by state

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

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How the 31520 rate is calculated

Each of 31520’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 31520

The CMS indicators that decide how 31520 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 51

Codes related to 31520

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

How 31520 has changed in Mississippi

Price 31520 for an earlier date of service

Where the Mississippi rate applies

Mississippi is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 427 cities and communities in Mississippi. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Abbeville
• Aberdeen
• Ackerman
• Agricola
• Alcorn State University
• Algoma
• Alligator
• Amory

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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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