CPT code 51726: Cystometrogram, electronic pressure-volume testing2026 Medicare rate & RVUs

Medicare pays $270.88 for 51726 nationally in the office. Local office rates run $238.60–$366.95.

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

What 51726 covers

Urologists and urogynecologists use a complex cystometrogram to evaluate lower urinary tract symptoms such as urgency, incontinence, or difficulty emptying. A bladder catheter is used to fill the bladder while calibrated electronic equipment records pressure changes and the patient’s sensations during filling. The study may be performed in an office or outpatient facility as part of a urodynamic evaluation.

Report this level when the study uses calibrated electronic equipment; a simple cystometrogram using a simpler manometric method is a different service. The record should support the testing performed and findings, including pressure observations and patient responses. Bill without a modifier for the global service, modifier 26 for interpretation, or modifier TC for equipment and staff. Same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included in the 0-day global period. When multiple procedures are performed in one session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and others at 50%. Modifier 50 is inappropriate. Medicare does not pay an assistant at surgery for this service, and co-surgeon or team-surgery billing 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.

Where 51726 pays more and less

The same RVUs, adjusted for each area’s costs. Open a locality for its calculation, history and nearby areas.

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51726 rates by state

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

How the 51726 rate is calculated

Each of 51726’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 51726

The CMS indicators that decide how 51726 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 26

51726 compared with similar codes

How to choose

51725CystometrogramSimple filling-phase study

51725 is the simple cystometrogram using a simpler manometric method. Use 51726 when calibrated electronic equipment is used.

51727Urodynamic testingWith urethral pressure profile

51727 includes urethral pressure profile studies in addition to the complex cystometrogram; 51726 alone is the electronic cystometrogram.

51728Urodynamic studyWith voiding pressure

51728 adds voiding pressure studies to the complex cystometrogram. Choose 51726 when those additional studies are not performed.

51729Urodynamic studyVoiding and urethral pressures

51729 combines the complex cystometrogram with both voiding pressure and urethral pressure profile studies; 51726 does not include those additions.

Codes related to 51726

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

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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