CPT code 59430: Postpartum care, postpartum phase only2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Alabama

In Alabama, Medicare pays $232.49 for 59430 in the office and $145.40 when it’s performed in a hospital or facility.

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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 59430 covers

59430 represents the clinician’s postpartum-only care after childbirth, when that clinician is not billing a code that includes the delivery and postpartum period. An obstetrician/gynecologist or family physician commonly provides this care in an office or outpatient setting. The encounter may address recovery from vaginal or cesarean birth, maternal symptoms, healing, feeding concerns, mood, and contraception as part of postpartum management.

Report the code when the practitioner’s role is limited to the postpartum phase; it is not a delivery or antepartum-care code. Documentation should identify the postpartum assessment and management provided, along with relevant history or concerns addressed. The code represents postpartum care rather than each routine contact as a separate service. CMS classifies it as maternity care, so the usual surgical global-period rules do not govern it. If multiple procedures occur in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and the others at 50% under the standard multiple-procedure reduction.

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 Alabama compares for 59430

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for 59430 runs from $228.96 in Arkansas to $317.64 in NYC suburbs and Long Island, NY. Alabama pays $232.49. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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59430 rates by state

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

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How the 59430 rate is calculated

Each of 59430’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 59430

The CMS indicators that decide how 59430 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 51

Codes related to 59430

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

How 59430 has changed in Alabama

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Where the Alabama rate applies

Alabama is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 595 cities and communities in Alabama. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Abanda
• Abbeville
• Adamsville
• Addison
• Akron
• Alabaster
• Albertville
• Alexander City

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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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