CPT code 57513: Cervical laser, laser ablation2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in California

Medicare pays $203.88–$251.85 for 57513 in the office in California, from Chico, CA to San Benito County, CA. Which amount applies depends on the service address.

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

What 57513 covers

A gynecologist typically performs this procedure in an office or outpatient setting to destroy a visible area of abnormal cervical tissue with laser energy. A common clinical situation is treatment of cervical dysplasia after diagnostic evaluation. Because the laser ablates tissue rather than removing a cone-shaped specimen, this approach differs from excisional treatment when tissue is needed for examination.

Select this code when the documented treatment is laser surgery of the cervix, not cautery or cryocautery. The record should identify the cervical finding, treatment method, and area treated. Medicare includes related postoperative visits for 10 days in the procedure’s global period. 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 multiple procedure reduction. Modifier 50 is inappropriate for this cervical procedure. Medicare does not pay an assistant at surgery, and co-surgeon and team-surgery reporting 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 57513 pays more and less in California

The same RVUs, adjusted for each area’s costs. Open a locality for its calculation, history and nearby areas.

29 of 29 payment localities

How the 57513 rate is calculated

Each of 57513’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 57513

57513 has a 10-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

57513 compared with similar codes

How to choose

57510Cervical cauteryNoncryo, nonlaser method

Report 57513 for laser treatment. Report 57510 when the documented cervical treatment is cauterization by a different method.

57511Cervical ablationCryotherapy technique

Report 57513 when laser energy is used; report 57511 when cervical tissue is treated by cryocautery.

57520Cervical coneNon-loop excision

Laser ablation destroys targeted tissue, whereas 57520 removes a cervical cone specimen for examination.

57522LEEP conizationLoop electrode excision

Use 57513 for laser ablation and 57522 for cervical conization using a loop electrode excision technique.

Codes related to 57513

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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