CPT code 32658: Thoracoscopy, pericardial foreign body removal2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in New Mexico

In New Mexico, Medicare pays $696.57 for 32658 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 32658 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 32658 covers

A thoracic or cardiothoracic surgeon uses a thoracoscopic approach to locate and remove a foreign body from the pericardial sac. The service is performed in an operating room, generally in a hospital facility, when the operative target is material within that sac rather than the pleural space or the pericardium itself. The operative report should identify the foreign body, its location, and the thoracoscopic removal performed.

Report this code for removal from the pericardial sac, not for drainage of the sac or excision of pericardial tissue. The 90-day global period includes 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 other procedures are subject to the standard 50% multiple-procedure reduction. Modifier 50 is inappropriate for this single pericardial structure. Assistant-at-surgery payment may be available; 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 New Mexico compares for 32658

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 32658 runs from $618.16 in Arkansas to $857.26 in Alaska. New Mexico pays $696.57. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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32658 rates by state

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How the 32658 rate is calculated

Each of 32658’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 32658

32658 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 32658

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

How 32658 has changed in New Mexico

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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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