CPT code 54348: Hypospadias repair, chordee division and urethral reconstruction2026 Medicare rate & RVUs

Medicare pays $907.84 for 54348 nationally in a facility.

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

What 54348 covers

This operation corrects congenital hypospadias when treatment includes releasing the penile curvature, or chordee, and reconstructing the urethral channel. A urologist typically performs it in an operating room, often for a child with an abnormally positioned urethral opening and associated curvature. The operative work addresses both the penile deformity and urethral reconstruction, rather than a simple repair or chordee correction alone.

Select this code when the operative report supports the complex repair, chordee division, and urethral reconstruction. Document the relevant anatomy, the curvature treated, and the reconstructive steps. CMS assigns a 90-day global period, including the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care. When multiple procedures are performed in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard 50% multiple-procedure reduction. Assistant-at-surgery payment may be made; co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation, and team surgery 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 54348 pays more and less

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54348 rates by state

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How the 54348 rate is calculated

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Payment rules and modifiers for 54348

54348 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

54348 compared with similar codes

How to choose

54340Hypospadias repairComplicated group, simple level

Choose 54340 for a simple hypospadias repair. This code is for the more complex repair that includes chordee division and urethral reconstruction.

54344Hypospadias repairUrethral mobilization and reconstruction

Both describe complicated hypospadias repair with urethral reconstruction. The operative distinction is urethral mobilization for 54344 versus chordee division for this code.

54300Chordee correctionStraightening, uncomplicated

54300 describes penile chordee correction without the full hypospadias repair and urethral reconstruction represented here.

Codes related to 54348

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.

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