CPT code 50974: Ureteroscopy, biopsy during ureteroscopy2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Nevada

In Nevada, Medicare pays $407.17 for 50974 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 50974 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 50974 covers

A urologist passes an endoscope through the bladder into the ureter, inspects the ureteral lining, and obtains tissue for examination. The service is used when imaging or clinical findings raise concern for a ureteral lesion, including possible upper urinary tract malignancy. It is generally performed in an operating or procedure setting, with the sampled site and tissue submitted for pathologic evaluation.

Report this code when ureteroscopy includes biopsy; inspection alone or catheter placement alone describes a different service. The operative note should identify the side, the ureteral site examined, the abnormality sampled, and the biopsy performed. CMS assigns a 0-day global period, so same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included. When related endoscopies are performed together, endoscopy-family pricing applies. For a bilateral procedure, modifier 50 is paid at 150%. Assistant-at-surgery payment requires documented medical necessity; 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 Nevada compares for 50974

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 50974 runs from $383.70 in Nebraska to $550.39 in Alaska. Nevada pays $407.17. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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50974 rates by state

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

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How the 50974 rate is calculated

Each of 50974’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 50974

The CMS indicators that decide how 50974 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 50

Codes related to 50974

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

How 50974 has changed in Nevada

Price 50974 for an earlier date of service

Where the Nevada rate applies

Nevada is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 138 cities and communities in Nevada. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Alamo
• Amargosa Valley
• Austin
• Baker
• Battle Mountain
• Beatty
• Beaverdam
• Bennett Springs

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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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