CPT code 50546: Nephrectomy, laparoscopic, partial ureterectomy2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Alabama

In Alabama, Medicare pays $1,002.75 for 50546 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 50546 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 50546 covers

A urologist typically performs this operation in a hospital operating room using laparoscopic access to remove the kidney and part of the ureter. It may be selected for a kidney with chronic infection, obstruction, or other disease when removal is indicated but the operative work is not a radical nephrectomy or donor-kidney procurement. The kidney and removed ureteral segment are submitted for examination when clinically indicated.

Select the code from the documented approach and extent of removal. The operative report should establish laparoscopic removal of the kidney and partial ureterectomy, and distinguish that work from partial nephrectomy, radical nephrectomy, or total ureterectomy. This major surgery has a 90-day global period that includes the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care. For multiple procedures in one session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to a 50% reduction. Bilateral reporting with modifier 50 is paid at 150%. Assistant-at-surgery payment may be available; 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 Alabama compares for 50546

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 50546 runs from $993.42 in Arkansas to $1,408.28 in Alaska. Alabama pays $1,002.75. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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50546 rates by state

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

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How the 50546 rate is calculated

Each of 50546’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 50546

50546 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 50546

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

How 50546 has changed in Alabama

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Where the Alabama rate applies

Alabama is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 595 cities and communities in Alabama. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Abanda
• Abbeville
• Adamsville
• Addison
• Akron
• Alabaster
• Albertville
• Alexander City

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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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