CPT code 50740: Pyeloplasty, standard complexity2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in North Dakota

In North Dakota, Medicare pays $1,050.10 for 50740 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 50740 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 50740 covers

A pyeloplasty reshapes the renal pelvis and reconstructs its junction with the ureter to improve urine drainage, commonly for obstruction at the ureteropelvic junction. The surgeon may remove a narrowed segment and reconnect the ureter to the renal pelvis. Urologists typically perform this operation in a hospital operating room; the approach may be open, laparoscopic, or robotic.

Select 50740 when the documented operation is a pyeloplasty of standard complexity; a complicated or secondary repair may fit 50750 instead. The operative report should identify the reconstruction and the anatomy treated. CMS assigns this major surgery a 90-day global period, including the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care. When multiple procedures occur in one session, the highest-valued is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard 50% reduction. For bilateral surgery, modifier 50 is paid at 150%. Assistant-at-surgery payment may be available; co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation, and team-surgery payment 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 North Dakota compares for 50740

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 50740 runs from $1,019.34 in Wisconsin to $1,433.60 in Miami, FL. North Dakota pays $1,050.10. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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50740 rates by state

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

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How the 50740 rate is calculated

Each of 50740’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 50740

50740 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 50740

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

How 50740 has changed in North Dakota

Price 50740 for an earlier date of service

Where the North Dakota rate applies

North Dakota is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 406 cities and communities in North Dakota. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Abercrombie
• Adams
• Alamo
• Alexander
• Alice
• Almont
• Alsen
• Ambrose

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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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