CPT code 52301: Ureterocele treatment, cystoscopic incision or resection2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in New Mexico

A urologist uses cystoscopy to incise or resect a ureterocele, typically to open the obstructed ureteral outlet or relieve related urinary symptoms.

CMS RVU26DEffective Oct 1, 2026One payment locality14 Medicare services in 2024

In New Mexico, Medicare pays $255.31 for 52301 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Not available in this settingOffice (non-facility)
$255.31Hospital 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.

We’ll open 52301 for the payment locality that covers the ZIP.

On this page 11 sections
  1. Rate in New Mexico
  2. What 52301 covers
  3. Compared with other areas
  4. Rate map
  5. How it’s calculated
  6. Payment rules
  7. Related codes
  8. Rate history
  9. Where it applies
  10. Billing questions
  11. Sources

What 52301 covers

A ureterocele is a ballooning of the ureter’s lower end where it enters the bladder. In an operating room or endoscopy suite, a urologist passes a cystoscope through the urethra and incises or resects the ureterocele to open the outlet. This is used for ureteroceles associated with impaired drainage, recurrent infection, or other urinary tract problems. The operative report should identify the ureterocele and describe the endoscopic treatment performed.

Report this code when the documented procedure meets its ureterocele-treatment criteria; distinguish it from a less extensive ureterocele incision code by the work recorded, not by diagnosis alone. The minor-procedure global period is zero days, with same-day preoperative and postoperative care included. When related endoscopies are performed together, endoscopy-family pricing applies. The code is priced as bilateral, so modifier 50 does not increase payment. 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 New Mexico compares for 52301

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 52301 runs from $236.63 in Arkansas to $337.97 in Alaska. New Mexico pays $255.31. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

52301 in New Mexico vs other payment areas
  1. New Mexico · this page$255.31
  2. Los Angeles, CA · California$264.67+$9.36
  3. Washington, DC area · District of Columbia$276.93+$21.62
  4. Miami, FL · Florida$292.10+$36.79
  5. Chicago, IL · Illinois$286.12+$30.81
  6. Manhattan, NY · New York$288.61+$33.30
  7. Alaska · Alaska$337.97+$82.66

Other areas in New Mexico first, then benchmark localities. Bars start at $0.

Every other payment area

52301 in every other Medicare payment locality
Payment localityOfficeFacility
AlabamaAlabama—$238.65
ArkansasArkansas—$236.63
ArizonaArizona—$250.26
Bakersfield, CACalifornia—$254.83
Chico, CACalifornia—$252.82
El Centro, CACalifornia—$252.93
Fresno, CACalifornia—$252.82
Hanford, CACalifornia—$252.82

52301 rates by state

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52301 office rate range by state
State / territoryOffice rate rangeLocalities
AKNo published base rate1
ALNo published base rate1
ARNo published base rate1
AZNo published base rate1
CANo published base rate29
CONo published base rate1
CTNo published base rate1
DCNo published base rate1
DENo published base rate1
FLNo published base rate3
GANo published base rate2
GUNo published base rate1
HINo published base rate1
IANo published base rate1
IDNo published base rate1
ILNo published base rate4
INNo published base rate1
KSNo published base rate1
KYNo published base rate1
LANo published base rate2
MANo published base rate2
MDNo published base rate3
MENo published base rate2
MINo published base rate2
MNNo published base rate1
MONo published base rate3
MSNo published base rate1
MTNo published base rate1
NCNo published base rate1
NDNo published base rate1
NENo published base rate1
NHNo published base rate1
NJNo published base rate2
NMNo published base rate1
NVNo published base rate1
NYNo published base rate5
OHNo published base rate1
OKNo published base rate1
ORNo published base rate2
PANo published base rate2
PRNo published base rate1
RINo published base rate1
SCNo published base rate1
SDNo published base rate1
TNNo published base rate1
TXNo published base rate8
UTNo published base rate1
VANo published base rate2
VINo published base rate1
VTNo published base rate1
WANo published base rate2
WINo published base rate1
WVNo published base rate1
WYNo published base rate1

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How the 52301 rate is calculated

Each of 52301’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.

How the rate is built · 52301

RVUs × geographic indexes × conversion factor

Office or facility?

Work5.36

5.36 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI

Practice expense1.60

1.60 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI

Malpractice0.68

0.68 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI

Adjusted RVUs

7.6400

Conversion factor

$33.4009

Medicare rate

$255.18

Every GPCI starts at 1.000, the national rate. Enter a ZIP or drag a slider.

The exact New Mexico inputs and CMS source lines

PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv

6,132

Code
52301
Physician work
5.36
Practice expense
1.60
Malpractice
0.68

GPCI2026.csv

77

Locality
New Mexico
Physician work
1.000
Practice expense
0.917
Malpractice
1.201
Facility calculation for 52301 in New Mexico
ComponentRVULocality factorAdjusted
Physician work5.36× 1.0005.3600
Practice expense1.60× 0.9171.4672
Malpractice0.68× 1.2010.8167
Total RVUs7.6439
Conversion factor× 33.4009

Facility rate, New Mexico$255.31

Facility: (5.36 × 1 + 1.6 × 0.917 + 0.68 × 1.201) × $33.4009 = $255.31

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Payment rules and modifiers for 52301

The CMS indicators that decide how 52301 is paid alongside other services.

CMS payment indicators · 52301

Ureterocele treatment, cystoscopic incision or resection

RuleCMS valueWhat it means
Global period000Same-day global: pre- and post-op care on the day of the procedure is included.
Multiple procedures3Endoscopy family rules apply.
Bilateral (modifier 50)2Already bilateral by definition: paid once at 100%.
Assistant at surgery (80/81/82/AS)0Not paid without supporting documentation.
Co-surgeons (62)0Not permitted.
Team surgery (66)0Not permitted.
Professional/technical0Physician service: no professional/technical split.

What modifiers do to the payment

Modifier 51 · payment effect

With and without the modifier

52301 without 51 · national facility

$255.18

Ureterocele treatment, cystoscopic incision or resection

52301-51 · Second procedure: 50%

$127.59

When this isn’t the highest-valued procedure in the session, Medicare pays 50% of its fee schedule amount (the highest is paid at 100%).

When to use modifier 51

How 52301 has changed in New Mexico

52301 · Office / nonfacility

Rate unavailable

Effective 2026-10-01

A rate is unavailable in one of these releases, so a change cannot be calculated.

Base rate by release · bars start at $0 · select a bar to compare

One bar per available release, ordered by effective date. Missing rates remain gaps. These comparisons hold the code, setting and locality identifiers constant; they do not isolate which policy or input caused a change.

What changed, release by release
Rates in every CMS release
Effective fromOfficeFacilityCMS release
2026-10-01Not available in this setting$255.31RVU26D
2026-07-01Not available in this setting$255.31RVU26C
2026-04-01Not available in this setting$255.31RVU26B
2026-01-01Not available in this setting$255.31RVU26A
2025-10-01Not available in this setting$274.59RVU25D
2025-07-01Not available in this setting$274.59RVU25C
2025-04-01Not available in this setting$274.59RVU25B
2025-01-01Not available in this setting$274.59RVU25A
2024-10-01Not available in this setting$281.16RVU24D
2024-07-01Not available in this setting$281.16RVU24C
2024-04-01Not available in this setting$281.16RVU24B
2024-03-09Not available in this setting$281.16RVU24AR
2024-01-01Not available in this setting$276.57RVU24A
2023-10-01Not available in this setting$282.74RVU23D
2023-07-01Not available in this setting$282.74RVU23C
2023-04-01Not available in this setting$282.74RVU23B
2023-01-01Not available in this setting$282.74RVU23A
2022-10-01Not available in this setting$286.02RVU22D
2022-07-01Not available in this setting$286.02RVU22C
2022-04-01Not available in this setting$286.02RVU22B
2022-01-01Not available in this setting$286.02RVU22A
2021-10-01Not available in this setting$288.61RVU21D
2021-07-01Not available in this setting$288.61RVU21C
2021-04-01Not available in this setting$288.61RVU21B
2021-01-01Not available in this setting$288.61RVU21A
2020-10-01Not available in this setting$298.58RVU20D
2020-07-01Not available in this setting$298.58RVU20C
2020-04-01Not available in this setting$298.58RVU20B
2020-01-01Not available in this setting$298.58RVU20A
2019-10-01Not available in this setting$300.86RVU19D
2019-07-01Not available in this setting$300.86RVU19C
2019-04-01Not available in this setting$300.86RVU19B
2019-01-01Not available in this setting$300.86RVU19A
2018-10-01Not available in this setting$302.30RVU18D
2018-07-01Not available in this setting$302.30RVU18C
2018-04-01Not available in this setting$302.30RVU18B
2018-01-01Not available in this setting$302.30RVU18AR1
2017-10-01Not available in this setting$299.36RVU17D
2017-07-01Not available in this setting$299.36RVU17C
2017-04-01Not available in this setting$299.36RVU17B
2017-01-01Not available in this setting$299.36RVU17A
2016-10-01Not available in this setting$296.31RVU16D
2016-07-01Not available in this setting$296.31RVU16C
2016-04-01Not available in this setting$296.31RVU16B
2016-01-01Not available in this setting$296.31RVU16A
2015-10-01Not available in this setting$297.80RVU15D
2015-07-01Not available in this setting$297.80RVU15C
2015-04-01Not available in this setting$296.32RVU15B
2015-01-01Not available in this setting$296.32RVU15A
2014-10-01Not available in this setting$290.40RVU14D
2014-07-01Not available in this setting$290.40RVU14C
2014-04-01Not available in this setting$290.40RVU14B
2014-01-01Not available in this setting$290.40RVU14A
2013-10-01Not available in this setting$280.52RVU13D
2013-07-01Not available in this setting$280.52RVU13C
2013-04-01Not available in this setting$280.52RVU13B
2013-01-01Not available in this setting$280.52RVU13AR

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Where the New Mexico rate applies

New Mexico is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 528 cities and communities in New Mexico. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

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  • Abiquiu
  • Acomita Lake
  • Adelino
  • Agua Fria
  • Alamillo
  • Alamo
  • Alamogordo

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52301 billing questions

How do I distinguish this from 52300?

Both address endoscopic ureterocele treatment. Use the code that matches the documented extent and nature of the work; the operative report should support any distinction in procedure complexity.

Can I append modifier 50 for treatment on both sides?

No. CMS prices this code as bilateral, and modifier 50 does not increase payment.

Is same-day postoperative care separately included?

The code has a zero-day global period, and same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included.

What happens when another related endoscopy is performed in the same session?

Endoscopy-family pricing applies when related endoscopies are performed together. The operative documentation should identify each distinct procedure performed.

Can an assistant or co-surgeon be reported?

Assistant-at-surgery payment is allowed only when medical necessity is documented. Co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted for this code.

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

Show the CMS file lines behind this rate
RVUs for 52301PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv, line 6,132 (RVU26D)
Geographic factors for New MexicoGPCI2026.csv, line 77 (RVU26D)

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