CPT code 50547: Donor nephrectomy, laparoscopic procurement2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Montana

In Montana, Medicare pays $1,539.69 for 50547 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 50547 covers

This service covers laparoscopic surgery to procure a kidney from a living donor for transplantation, including preparing the kidney for the transplant. A urologist or transplant surgeon typically performs it in a hospital operating room. The code describes work on the donor; it does not represent implantation into the recipient.

Report it when the operative record supports living-donor procurement by laparoscopy, rather than removal for treatment of the donor’s kidney disease. The major-surgery global period includes the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care. For eligible procedures performed in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard multiple-procedure reduction. Modifier 50 identifies a bilateral procedure, 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 Montana compares for 50547

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 50547 runs from $1,371.40 in Arkansas to $1,905.01 in Alaska. Montana pays $1,539.69. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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50547 rates by state

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

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How the 50547 rate is calculated

Each of 50547’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 50547

50547 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 50547

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

How 50547 has changed in Montana

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Where the Montana rate applies

Montana is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 497 cities and communities in Montana. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Absarokee
• Acton
• Alberton
• Alder
• Alzada
• Amsterdam
• Anaconda-Deer Lodge County
• Antelope

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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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