CPT code 44955: Appendectomy, during another major procedure2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Wyoming

In Wyoming, Medicare pays $71.69 for 44955 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 44955 covers

This add-on describes removal of the appendix when it is clinically indicated during another major operation. For example, the surgeon may identify an appendix that requires treatment while operating for a separate abdominal condition. The surgeon performing the operation reports the appendectomy in addition to the code for the primary procedure; 44955 does not describe a standalone appendectomy.

The operative report should identify the primary operation, the appendectomy, and the clinical reason the appendix was removed. Report the code only when the circumstances support an indicated appendectomy during another major procedure, not simply because the appendix was encountered. CMS treats 44955 as an add-on: it is reported with a primary procedure and paid within that procedure's global period. The record should make clear that the appendectomy was performed during the same operative episode as the primary service.

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 Wyoming compares for 44955

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 44955 runs from $65.95 in Wisconsin to $95.15 in Alaska. Wyoming pays $71.69. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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44955 rates by state

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How the 44955 rate is calculated

Each of 44955’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 44955

The CMS indicators that decide how 44955 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 80

Codes related to 44955

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

How 44955 has changed in Wyoming

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Where the Wyoming rate applies

Wyoming is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 205 cities and communities in Wyoming. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Afton
• Albany
• Albin
• Alcova
• Alpine
• Alpine Northeast
• Alpine Northwest
• Alta

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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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