CPT code 52648: Laser prostate surgery, vaporization2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Mississippi

In Mississippi, Medicare pays $495.28 for 52648 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 52648 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 52648 covers

A urologist performs this transurethral procedure to relieve obstruction from benign prostate enlargement, often in a patient with bothersome urinary symptoms or retention. The surgeon directs laser energy through an endoscope to vaporize the obstructive tissue. It is performed in an operating room or other surgical setting; unlike tissue-removing techniques, vaporization does not typically yield a resection specimen for pathology.

Report 52648 when the operative technique is laser vaporization, not transurethral resection or laser enucleation. The operative report should identify the laser vaporization method, treated prostate tissue, and the clinical indication. The 90-day global period includes the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care. For multiple procedures in one session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard 50% reduction. Modifier 50 is not appropriate. Medicare does not pay an assistant at surgery for this code; 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 Mississippi compares for 52648

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 52648 runs from $485.46 in Arkansas to $683.33 in Alaska. Mississippi pays $495.28. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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52648 rates by state

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How the 52648 rate is calculated

Each of 52648’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 52648

52648 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 52648

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

How 52648 has changed in Mississippi

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Where the Mississippi rate applies

Mississippi is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 427 cities and communities in Mississippi. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Abbeville
• Aberdeen
• Ackerman
• Agricola
• Alcorn State University
• Algoma
• Alligator
• Amory

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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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