CPT code 50396: Kidney pressure test, intrarenal pressure measurement2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in South Dakota

In South Dakota, Medicare pays $95.77 for 50396 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 50396 covers

This service measures pressure within the kidney’s collecting system by introducing a needle and injecting fluid while pressure is assessed. Urologists and interventional radiologists may perform it during a diagnostic workup for suspected obstruction, such as when evaluating impaired drainage at the ureteropelvic junction. The procedure may include contrast injection, but the defining service is the pressure measurement rather than imaging alone.

Report the code when the documented service is an intrarenal pressure study, not simply renal-pelvis access, drainage, or a contrast study. The record should support the indication, percutaneous technique, pressure measurement, and any contrast used. CMS assigns a 0-day global period, so same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included. 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% reduction. For bilateral performance, modifier 50 is paid at 150%. Assistant-at-surgery payment requires medical-necessity documentation; 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.

How South Dakota compares for 50396

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 50396 runs from $93.38 in Arkansas to $132.92 in Alaska. South Dakota pays $95.77. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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50396 rates by state

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

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How the 50396 rate is calculated

Each of 50396’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 50396

The CMS indicators that decide how 50396 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 50

Codes related to 50396

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

How 50396 has changed in South Dakota

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Where the South Dakota rate applies

South Dakota is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 485 cities and communities in South Dakota. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Aberdeen
• Agar
• Agency Village
• Akaska
• Albee
• Alcester
• Alexandria
• Allen

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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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