CPT code 44210: Total colectomy, laparoscopic, rectum retained2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Alaska

In Alaska, Medicare pays $2,064.77 for 44210 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 44210 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 44210 covers

A surgeon removes the colon through laparoscopic access while leaving the rectum in place. The reconstruction includes an ileostomy or a connection between the ileum and retained rectum. Colorectal and general surgeons typically perform this operation in a hospital operating room for patients who need removal of the entire colon but do not have the rectum removed. This is distinct from laparoscopic procedures that remove only part of the colon or also remove the rectum.

Report the code when the operative record supports laparoscopic removal of the entire colon, rectal preservation, and the documented reconstruction. The 90-day global period includes the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care. When multiple procedures occur in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard 50% multiple-procedure reduction. Modifier 50 is inappropriate for this anatomy. 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 Alaska compares for 44210

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 44210 runs from $1,472.77 in Arkansas to $2,064.77 in Alaska. Alaska pays $2,064.77. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

Every other payment area

44210 rates by state

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

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How the 44210 rate is calculated

Each of 44210’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 44210

44210 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 44210

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

How 44210 has changed in Alaska

Price 44210 for an earlier date of service

Where the Alaska rate applies

Alaska is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 355 cities and communities in Alaska. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Adak
• Akhiok
• Akiachak
• Akiak
• Akutan
• Alakanuk
• Alatna
• Alcan Border

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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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