CPT code 50949: Laparoscopic ureter surgery, unlisted procedure2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Mississippi

CMS doesn’t publish a rate for 50949 in Mississippi.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 50949 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 50949 covers

50949 identifies an unlisted laparoscopic operation involving the ureter when no named CPT code describes the operative service. A surgeon, commonly a urologist, may report it for laparoscopic ureteral work that is not represented by a more specific code. It is not a code for ureter evaluation alone or for a procedure that has its own applicable code. These operations are performed in surgical settings, commonly hospitals.

Medicare assigns physician fee schedule status C: CMS publishes no national payment, and the Medicare Administrative Contractor sets payment for each claim. The contractor also determines the global period. Medicare's bilateral procedure rule uses modifier 50, and its standard multiple-procedure reduction applies when procedures are performed in the same session.

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 Mississippi compares for 50949

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50949 rates by state

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How the 50949 rate is calculated

Each of 50949’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 50949

The CMS indicators that decide how 50949 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 50

Codes related to 50949

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

How 50949 has changed in Mississippi

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Where the Mississippi rate applies

Mississippi is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 427 cities and communities in Mississippi. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Abbeville
• Aberdeen
• Ackerman
• Agricola
• Alcorn State University
• Algoma
• Alligator
• Amory

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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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