CPT code 50240: Kidney surgery, open partial resection2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in New Mexico

In New Mexico, Medicare pays $1,187.50 for 50240 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 50240 covers

A urologist removes a portion of the kidney through open surgical exposure, aiming to treat a localized lesion while retaining the uninvolved kidney. A common setting is surgery for a renal mass when partial resection is appropriate. The operation may include work to control bleeding and repair the remaining kidney and collecting system as needed. This is the open procedure; laparoscopic partial nephrectomy is a different code.

Select the code when the operative report supports partial removal rather than removal of the entire kidney. Document the side, open approach, indication, extent of tissue removed, and that kidney tissue was retained. The 90-day global period includes the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care. For multiple procedures in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and the others at 50%. Bilateral reporting with modifier 50 is paid at 150%. An assistant at surgery may be paid; co-surgeons require 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 New Mexico compares for 50240

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 50240 runs from $1,097.45 in Arkansas to $1,556.44 in Alaska. New Mexico pays $1,187.50. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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50240 rates by state

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

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How the 50240 rate is calculated

Each of 50240’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 50240

50240 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

Codes related to 50240

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

How 50240 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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