CPT code 47579: Unlisted biliary laparoscopy, unlisted procedure2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Aromas, California

Aromas, CA spans 2 Medicare payment localities (Monterey, San Benito). Compare 2026 rates and find the locality for your ZIP.

CMS RVU26DEffective Oct 1, 20262 payment localities

CMS doesn’t publish an office rate for 47579 in Aromas, California.

—Office (non-facility)
—Hospital or facility

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

We’ll open 47579 for the payment locality that covers the ZIP.

On this page 6 sections
  1. Rate in Aromas, California
  2. By payment locality
  3. City and payment areas
  4. How it’s calculated
  5. Payment rules
  6. Sources

Where 47579 pays more and less in Aromas, California

Aromas, California maps to 2 Medicare payment localities in our Census-to-CMS crosswalk. A city name alone doesn’t confirm an address’s payment area.

47579 office and facility rates by payment locality
Payment localityOfficeFacility
Salinas, CAUnavailableUnavailable
San Benito County, CAUnavailableUnavailable

How payment areas work in Aromas

City limits and Medicare payment areas are different maps. These are the payment areas that cover the city’s counties; the service ZIP decides which one applies.

  • Monterey · Monterey County
  • San Benito · San Benito County

City boundaries: 2026 Census geography · Census source · CMS county-to-locality definitions

How the 47579 rate is calculated

Each of 47579’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.

How the rate is built · 47579

RVUs × geographic indexes × conversion factor

Office or facility?

Work0.00

0.00 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI

Practice expense0.00

0.00 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI

Malpractice0.00

0.00 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI

Adjusted RVUs

0.0000

Conversion factor

$33.4009

Medicare rate

$0.00

Every GPCI starts at 1.000, the national rate. Enter a ZIP or drag a slider.

Payment rules and modifiers for 47579

The CMS indicators that decide how 47579 is paid alongside other services.

CMS payment indicators · 47579

Unlisted biliary laparoscopy, unlisted procedure

RuleCMS valueWhat it means
Global periodYYYThe Medicare contractor sets the global period.
Multiple procedures2Standard reduction: highest-valued procedure at 100%, others at 50%.
Bilateral (modifier 50)1Bilateral with modifier 50 pays 150% of the fee schedule amount.
Assistant at surgery (80/81/82/AS)2Paid.
Co-surgeons (62)1Permitted with supporting documentation.
Team surgery (66)1Permitted with supporting documentation.
Professional/technical0Physician service: no professional/technical split.

What modifiers do to the payment

Modifier 50 · payment effect

With and without the modifier

47579 without 50 · national facility

$0.00

Unlisted biliary laparoscopy, unlisted procedure

47579-50 · Bilateral: 150%

$0.00

Both sides on one line with modifier 50 are paid at 150% of the fee schedule amount (subject to multiple-procedure rules with other procedures).

When to use modifier 50

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

Open CMS sourceHow we calculate rates

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