CPT code 32668: Thoracoscopic wedge, each additional diagnostic resection2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Arkansas

In Arkansas, Medicare pays $127.35 for 32668 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 32668 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 32668 covers

A thoracic surgeon uses thoracoscopy to remove an additional wedge-shaped portion of lung for diagnostic examination, often when more than one nodule or area requires tissue sampling. The specimen is submitted for pathology. This code describes an additional diagnostic resection, not the initial wedge or a wedge performed therapeutically to remove a lesion. The service is typically performed in an operating room with the patient under anesthesia.

Report this add-on code only with a qualifying primary thoracoscopic procedure; it is commonly paired with diagnostic thoracoscopy for biopsy of a lung nodule or mass, such as 32608. The operative report should establish that an additional diagnostic wedge was actually resected, rather than simply biopsied or included in a therapeutic wedge procedure. CMS treats payment as part of the primary procedure’s global period, so this code is paid only when reported with the primary procedure and within that global period.

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 Arkansas compares for 32668

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 32668 runs from $124.25 in Wisconsin to $181.22 in Alaska. Arkansas pays $127.35. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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32668 rates by state

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How the 32668 rate is calculated

Each of 32668’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 32668

The CMS indicators that decide how 32668 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 80

Codes related to 32668

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

How 32668 has changed in Arkansas

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Where the Arkansas rate applies

Arkansas is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 626 cities and communities in Arkansas. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Acorn
• Adona
• Alexander
• Alicia
• Alix
• Alleene
• Allport
• Alma

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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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