CPT code 49062: Peritoneal drainage, open surgical approach2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Montana

In Montana, Medicare pays $733.27 for 49062 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 49062 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 49062 covers

This service involves surgically opening the abdomen to drain fluid from the peritoneal cavity. It is performed by a surgeon in an operating room when treatment requires operative access and drainage, rather than a needle tap. The operative report should identify the approach, the cavity drained, the reason for drainage, and the work performed. Drainage directed at a defined abscess may fall under a more specific abscess-drainage code instead.

Report the service when the documented procedure supports open drainage of the peritoneal cavity. CMS assigns a 90-day global period, including the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care. When multiple procedures are performed 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 code. Assistant-at-surgery payment may be allowed; 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 Montana compares for 49062

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 49062 runs from $649.62 in Arkansas to $905.29 in Miami, FL. Montana pays $733.27. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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49062 rates by state

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

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How the 49062 rate is calculated

Each of 49062’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 49062

49062 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 49062

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

How 49062 has changed in Montana

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Where the Montana rate applies

Montana is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 497 cities and communities in Montana. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Absarokee
• Acton
• Alberton
• Alder
• Alzada
• Amsterdam
• Anaconda-Deer Lodge County
• Antelope

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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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