CPT code 31530: Laryngoscopy, foreign body removal2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in New Mexico

In New Mexico, Medicare pays $172.64 for 31530 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 31530 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 31530 covers

An otolaryngologist uses a laryngoscope to view the larynx directly and extract a foreign object, often one lodged near the vocal folds or laryngeal inlet. The service is commonly performed in an operating room or hospital procedure setting, with instruments passed through the laryngoscope to grasp or retrieve the object. The approach is direct rather than indirect.

Report this code when the documented procedure includes removal through direct laryngoscopy. The operative note should identify the object and its laryngeal location, describe the direct approach, and record the removal. Use the related code for removal with an operating microscope or telescope when that technique is documented; indirect removal has a separate code. The procedure has a 0-day global period, so same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included. CMS applies endoscopy family pricing when related endoscopies are performed together. Modifier 50 is inappropriate. Medicare does not pay for an assistant at surgery; 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 31530

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 31530 runs from $158.30 in Arkansas to $223.45 in Alaska. New Mexico pays $172.64. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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31530 rates by state

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

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How the 31530 rate is calculated

Each of 31530’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 31530

The CMS indicators that decide how 31530 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 51

Codes related to 31530

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

How 31530 has changed in New Mexico

Price 31530 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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