CPT code 44151: Total colectomy, continent ileostomy2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Minnesota

In Minnesota, Medicare pays $1,812.88 for 44151 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

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Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

What 44151 covers

This operation removes the colon without removing the rectum and creates a continent ileostomy from the end of the small intestine. The surgeon forms an internal reservoir, commonly called a continent pouch, and brings it to the abdominal wall as a catheterizable stoma. It is performed by a colorectal or general surgeon, typically in a hospital operating room, for patients needing total colectomy who are candidates for this type of diversion.

Choose this code when the operative report supports total abdominal colectomy without proctectomy and creation of a continent ileostomy. Documentation should identify the bowel removed, confirm that the rectum was retained, and describe construction of the reservoir and stoma. Medicare assigns a 90-day global period, including the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care. In a same-session multiple-procedure claim, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard 50% reduction. Assistant-at-surgery payment may be available; co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation. Modifier 50 is inappropriate for this operation, and team-surgery payment 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 Minnesota compares for 44151

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 44151 runs from $1,776.15 in Wisconsin to $2,500.66 in Miami, FL. Minnesota pays $1,812.88. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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44151 rates by state

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How the 44151 rate is calculated

Each of 44151’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 44151

44151 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 44151

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

How 44151 has changed in Minnesota

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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.

• Ada
• Adams
• Adrian
• Afton
• Aitkin
• Akeley
• Albany
• 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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