CPT code 50980: Ureter endoscopy, therapeutic procedure2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Bakersfield, CA

In Bakersfield, CA, Medicare pays $311.14 for 50980 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 50980 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 50980 covers

A urologist uses an endoscope to inspect the ureter and treat an identified ureteral condition during the same procedure. The operative report should make clear that treatment was performed, not merely that the ureter was examined. This service is typically performed in a procedural or operating-room setting; the specific treatment and ureteral site should be documented.

Select this code when the documented service matches its therapeutic endoscopy scope, rather than a diagnostic-only or biopsy service. Record the treated finding, the work performed, and the side involved. CMS assigns a 0-day global period, so same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included. When multiple procedures are performed in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard multiple-procedure reduction. Bilateral reporting with modifier 50 is paid at 150%. Assistant-at-surgery payment requires documentation of 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 Bakersfield, CA compares for 50980

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 50980 runs from $289.75 in Nebraska to $414.74 in Alaska. Bakersfield, CA pays $311.14. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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50980 rates by state

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How the 50980 rate is calculated

Each of 50980’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 50980

The CMS indicators that decide how 50980 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 50

Codes related to 50980

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

How 50980 has changed in Bakersfield, CA

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Where the Bakersfield, CA rate applies

Bakersfield, CA is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 88 cities and communities in California. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Bakersfield
• Alta Sierra
• Arvin
• Bakersfield Country Club
• Bear Valley Springs
• Benton Park
• Bodfish
• Boron

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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.

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