CPT code 51060: Ureterolithotomy, open ureteral incision2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Alabama

In Alabama, Medicare pays $494.04 for 51060 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 51060 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 51060 covers

This code represents an open operation in which the surgeon exposes the ureter, makes an incision in it, and removes a calculus. It is used by urologists and other surgeons when the documented procedure is ureterolithotomy, not a cystoscopic or ureteroscopic stone procedure. The operative report should identify the ureter treated, describe the open approach and ureteral incision, and document removal of the calculus.

Select this code based on the operation performed; a stone’s location alone does not distinguish open removal from endoscopic treatment. The day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care are included in the global period. When multiple procedures occur in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard 50% multiple-procedure reduction. Modifier 50 is inappropriate. Assistant-at-surgery services may be paid; co-surgeon payment requires 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 Alabama compares for 51060

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 51060 runs from $489.23 in Arkansas to $687.20 in Alaska. Alabama pays $494.04. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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51060 rates by state

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

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How the 51060 rate is calculated

Each of 51060’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 51060

51060 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 51

Codes related to 51060

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

How 51060 has changed in Alabama

Price 51060 for an earlier date of service

Where the Alabama rate applies

Alabama is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 595 cities and communities in Alabama. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Abanda
• Abbeville
• Adamsville
• Addison
• Akron
• Alabaster
• Albertville
• Alexander City

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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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