CPT code 53451: Balloon device placement, bilateral placement2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Mississippi

CMS doesn’t publish a rate for 53451 in Mississippi.

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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 53451 covers

A urologist places a balloon continence device through the perineum, positioning balloons alongside the urethra to support urinary continence. The bilateral procedure is used for stress urinary incontinence, including in men with persistent leakage after prostate treatment. It is generally performed in a surgical setting; the balloons can be adjusted after placement as clinically needed.

Medicare lists this CPT Category I service as carrier priced, status C: CMS publishes no national payment, and the Medicare Administrative Contractor sets payment for each claim. The bilateral placement is reported with this code; modifier 50 is not appropriate. Medicare assigns a 10-day global period, which includes related postoperative visits during that period. An assistant at surgery is paid only when medical necessity is documented; 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.

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How the 53451 rate is calculated

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Payment rules and modifiers for 53451

53451 has a 10-day global period: related visits in that window are included in the surgery payment.

Codes related to 53451

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

How 53451 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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