CPT code 51600: Bladder injection, cystography or voiding study2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Austin, TX

In Austin, TX, Medicare pays $217.32 for 51600 in the office and $37.45 when it’s performed in a hospital or facility.

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Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

What 51600 covers

CPT 51600 represents placing contrast into the bladder for a cystographic examination or a study that images the bladder during voiding. The contrast is typically introduced through a urinary catheter. Radiologists and urologists commonly perform the injection in hospital imaging departments and outpatient radiology settings. The code identifies the contrast-injection service, not the resulting images or their interpretation.

Report 51600 when the clinician performs the bladder contrast injection; documentation should identify the study and confirm that contrast was instilled into the bladder. Report the applicable imaging service separately when performed and supported. The code has a 0-day global period, so same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included. When multiple procedures occur in one 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. Medicare does not pay for an assistant at surgery, and 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 Austin, TX compares for 51600

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for 51600 runs from $181.19 in Arkansas to $286.84 in San Benito County, CA. Austin, TX pays $217.32. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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How the 51600 rate is calculated

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Payment rules and modifiers for 51600

The CMS indicators that decide how 51600 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 51

Codes related to 51600

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

How 51600 has changed in Austin, TX

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Where the Austin, TX rate applies

Austin, TX is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 31 cities and communities in Texas. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• 51600 in Austin · multiple payment areas
• Barton Creek
• Bee Cave
• Briarcliff
• 51600 in Cedar Park · multiple payment areas
• 51600 in Creedmoor · multiple payment areas
• 51600 in Elgin · multiple payment areas
• Garfield

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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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