CPT code 50080: Percutaneous stone removal, simple, up to 2 cm2026 Medicare rate & RVUs

Medicare pays $628.60 for 50080 nationally in a facility.

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

What 50080 covers

A urologist uses a percutaneous tract through the flank to reach a kidney or renal pelvis stone and fragment or remove it. This code describes the simpler procedure for stone burden up to 2 cm, such as a small stone in a renal calyx or renal pelvis. The service is typically performed in an operating room, most often in a hospital facility.

Choose the code based on stone size and procedural complexity, not simply the number of fragments removed. The operative report should support the stone’s size and location, the percutaneous approach, and the work performed; larger or complex cases are distinguished from this service. Medicare applies a 90-day global period, including the day-before preoperative visit and related postoperative care. For multiple procedures in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and the others at 50%. Modifier 50 for a bilateral procedure is paid at 150%. Assistant-at-surgery payment is statutorily restricted; 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.

Where 50080 pays more and less

The same RVUs, adjusted for each area’s costs. Open a locality for its calculation, history and nearby areas.

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50080 rates by state

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How the 50080 rate is calculated

Each of 50080’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 50080

50080 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 50

50080 compared with similar codes

How to choose

50081Kidney stone removalStone burden over 2 cm

Use 50080 for a relatively simple percutaneous case with stone burden up to 2 cm. Use 50081 for a larger stone or a complex procedure.

50060Kidney stone surgeryOpen nephrotomy approach

50060 describes nephrolithotomy by a different approach. 50080 specifically involves percutaneous access to the kidney or renal pelvis.

52356Ureteroscopic lithotripsyWith ureteral stent

52356 treats a stone through ureteroscopic access and includes ureteral stent placement. 50080 reaches the kidney or renal pelvis through a percutaneous tract.

Codes related to 50080

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

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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