CPT code 50323: Kidney graft preparation, cadaver donor2026 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 50323 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 50323 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 50323 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.

50323 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 50323 rate is calculated

Each of 50323’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 · 50323

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 50323

The CMS indicators that decide how 50323 is paid alongside other services.

CMS payment indicators · 50323

Kidney graft preparation, cadaver donor

RuleCMS valueWhat it means
Global periodXXXThe global surgery concept doesn’t apply.
Multiple procedures2Standard reduction: highest-valued procedure at 100%, others at 50%.
Bilateral (modifier 50)0The 150% bilateral adjustment doesn’t apply.
Assistant at surgery (80/81/82/AS)2Paid.
Co-surgeons (62)1Permitted with supporting documentation.
Team surgery (66)0Not permitted.
Professional/technical0Physician service: no professional/technical split.

What modifiers do to the payment

Modifier 51 · payment effect

With and without the modifier

50323 without 51 · national facility

$0.00

Kidney graft preparation, cadaver donor

50323-51 · Second procedure: 50%

$0.00

When this isn’t the highest-valued procedure in the session, Medicare pays 50% of its fee schedule amount (the highest is paid at 100%).

When to use modifier 51

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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