CPT code 41512: Tongue suspension, permanent suture technique2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Minnesota

In Minnesota, Medicare pays $606.15 for 41512 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 41512 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 41512 covers

An otolaryngologist or another surgeon experienced in sleep surgery performs tongue suspension to reduce posterior movement of the tongue during sleep. The procedure uses permanent sutures to secure the tongue base to a stable anterior anchor, commonly the mandible. It is used for selected patients with obstructive sleep apnea when tongue-base collapse contributes to airway obstruction, often as part of surgery addressing more than one level of the airway. It is generally performed in an operating room under anesthesia.

Report 41512 when the operative record supports the permanent-suture suspension technique, not simply because the patient has sleep apnea or underwent another tongue-base procedure. Document the indication, surgical approach, suture placement, and anchoring details. This major surgery has a 90-day global period that includes the day-before preoperative visit and related postoperative care during that period. When multiple procedures are performed in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and the others are subject to the standard 50% reduction. Modifier 50 is inappropriate. 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 Minnesota compares for 41512

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 41512 runs from $551.78 in Arkansas to $788.34 in San Benito County, CA. Minnesota pays $606.15. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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41512 rates by state

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

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How the 41512 rate is calculated

Each of 41512’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 41512

41512 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 41512

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

How 41512 has changed in Minnesota

Price 41512 for an earlier date of service

Where the Minnesota rate applies

Minnesota is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 916 cities and communities in Minnesota. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• 41512 in Ada
• 41512 in Adams
• 41512 in Adrian
• 41512 in Afton
• 41512 in Aitkin
• 41512 in Akeley
• 41512 in Albany
• 41512 in Albert Lea

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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.

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