CPT code 55882: Prostate ablation, transurethral transducer method2026 Medicare rate & RVUs

Medicare pays $9,636.16 for 55882 nationally in the office and $527.73 in a hospital or facility. Local office rates run $8,312.10–$13,723.22.

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

What 55882 covers

A urologist performs this procedure by passing a transducer-based ablation device through the urethra to treat prostate tissue. Imaging may be used to guide treatment. The service is performed in an operative setting when ablation, rather than surgical removal of the prostate, is selected for the patient’s prostate disease.

Choose this code based on the transurethral route and transducer-based technique; document the approach, device method, tissue treated, and imaging used. CMS assigns a 0-day global period, so same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included. When multiple procedures are performed in one session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard 50% reduction. Modifier 50 is inappropriate. CMS does not pay an assistant at surgery for this service, and 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.

Where 55882 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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55882 rates by state

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How the 55882 rate is calculated

Each of 55882’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 55882

The CMS indicators that decide how 55882 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 51

55882 compared with similar codes

How to choose

55881Prostate ablationTransurethral thermal ultrasound

Both treat prostate tissue through a transurethral approach. Use 55882 for the transducer-based method and 55881 when the documented technique is thermal ultrasound.

55880Prostate HIFUTransrectal malignant tissue ablation

55880 uses a transrectal high-intensity focused ultrasound approach; 55882 uses a transurethral transducer-based approach.

55873Prostate cryoablationUltrasound-guided freeze treatment

55873 ablates prostate tissue by cryosurgery. Choose 55882 when the documented service uses the transurethral transducer method instead.

55866ProstatectomyLaparoscopic, radical

55866 reports laparoscopic radical prostatectomy, which removes the prostate. This code reports prostate tissue ablation rather than gland removal.

Codes related to 55882

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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