CPT code 47553: Biliary endoscopy, with biopsy2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in New Mexico

In New Mexico, Medicare pays $256.37 for 47553 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 47553 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 47553 covers

A physician advances an endoscope through percutaneous access to inspect the biliary tree and obtain tissue from a ductal abnormality. Interventional radiologists and other physicians who perform percutaneous biliary procedures may use this approach to evaluate an indeterminate stricture or suspected duct lesion, often through access established for biliary drainage.

Report this code when endoscopic visualization is paired with biopsy; the code covers one or multiple samples in the session. Documentation should identify the access route, endoscopic findings, biopsy site or sites, and tissue sampling performed. Distinguish biopsy from diagnostic endoscopy with brushing or washing alone and from endoscopy performed for another therapeutic intervention. The 0-day global period includes same-day preoperative and postoperative care. When related endoscopies are performed together, CMS endoscopy-family pricing applies. The anatomy makes modifier 50 inappropriate; assistant-at-surgery payment is statutorily restricted, and 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 New Mexico compares for 47553

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 47553 runs from $232.99 in Wisconsin to $344.81 in Alaska. New Mexico pays $256.37. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

Every other payment area

47553 rates by state

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

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How the 47553 rate is calculated

Each of 47553’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 47553

The CMS indicators that decide how 47553 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 51

Codes related to 47553

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

How 47553 has changed in New Mexico

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Where the New Mexico rate applies

New Mexico is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 528 cities and communities in New Mexico. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Abeytas
• Abiquiu
• Acomita Lake
• Adelino
• Agua Fria
• Alamillo
• Alamo
• Alamogordo

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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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