CPT code 59001: Amniocentesis, therapeutic fluid reduction2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Vermont

In Vermont, Medicare pays $144.00 for 59001 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 59001 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 59001 covers

An obstetrician or maternal-fetal medicine specialist uses a needle to remove excess amniotic fluid from the amniotic cavity. The procedure is commonly performed with ultrasound guidance in a hospital or other procedural setting for symptomatic polyhydramnios. Its purpose is fluid reduction, not collection of a sample for prenatal diagnosis.

Choose this code when the documented service is therapeutic fluid removal. The record should support the indication, the amniotic cavity as the treatment site, and the procedure performed. CMS assigns a 0-day global period, so same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included. 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. CMS does not pay an assistant at surgery; 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 Vermont compares for 59001

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 59001 runs from $136.87 in Wisconsin to $208.41 in Miami, FL. Vermont pays $144.00. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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59001 rates by state

Office rate range in each state. Select a state to see its payment localities.

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How the 59001 rate is calculated

Each of 59001’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 59001

The CMS indicators that decide how 59001 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 51

Codes related to 59001

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

How 59001 has changed in Vermont

Price 59001 for an earlier date of service

Where the Vermont rate applies

Vermont is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 180 cities and communities in Vermont. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Albany
• Alburgh
• Algiers
• Arlington
• Ascutney
• Bakersfield
• Barnet
• Barre

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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.

CMS RVU26D · effective Oct 1, 2026 through the day before Jan 1, 2027

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