CPT code 43244: Variceal ligation, esophageal or gastric varices2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Delaware

In Delaware, Medicare pays $213.89 for 43244 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 43244 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 43244 covers

During upper endoscopy, the gastroenterologist or other qualified endoscopist identifies varices and deploys bands to close them. The service is used for varices associated with portal hypertension, including varices treated because they are bleeding or to reduce bleeding risk. The treated sites may be in the esophagus, stomach, or both; documentation should identify the varices and describe the ligation performed.

Report this code for endoscopic band treatment, rather than injection therapy reported with 43243. The 0-day global period includes same-day preoperative and postoperative care. When related endoscopies are performed together, endoscopy family pricing applies. Modifier 50 is inappropriate for this service. Medicare does not pay an assistant at surgery, and co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted for this code.

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 Delaware compares for 43244

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 43244 runs from $199.86 in Arkansas to $283.70 in Alaska. Delaware pays $213.89. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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43244 rates by state

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

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How the 43244 rate is calculated

Each of 43244’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 43244

The CMS indicators that decide how 43244 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 51

Codes related to 43244

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

How 43244 has changed in Delaware

Price 43244 for an earlier date of service

Where the Delaware rate applies

Delaware is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 79 cities and communities in Delaware. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Arden
• Ardencroft
• Ardentown
• Bear
• Bellefonte
• Bethany Beach
• Bethel
• Blades

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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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