CPT code 32820: Chest wall reconstruction, major reconstruction2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in New Mexico

In New Mexico, Medicare pays $1,317.86 for 32820 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 32820 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 32820 covers

This service rebuilds a substantially damaged chest wall, commonly after trauma that has left a large defect or disrupted the chest wall’s structural support. A thoracic surgeon typically performs the reconstruction in an operating room, restoring support and coverage; the repair may involve graft or prosthetic material. The work is more extensive than closing a drainage site or repairing a focal lung hernia.

Select the code when the operative report supports major reconstruction, describing the injury, defect, structures rebuilt, and materials used. The 90-day global period includes the day-before preoperative visit and related postoperative care during the following 90 days. For multiple procedures in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are reduced to 50%. Modifier 50 is inappropriate. An assistant at surgery may be paid; 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 32820

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 32820 runs from $1,169.01 in Arkansas to $1,624.07 in Alaska. New Mexico pays $1,317.86. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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32820 rates by state

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

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How the 32820 rate is calculated

Each of 32820’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 32820

32820 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 32820

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

How 32820 has changed in New Mexico

Price 32820 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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