CPT code 59618: Attempted VBAC, complete care, cesarean outcome2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Connecticut

In Connecticut, Medicare pays $2,673.13 for 59618 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

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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 59618 covers

Code 59618 represents the complete maternity-care package when a patient with a prior cesarean undertakes labor for a vaginal birth, but delivery is by cesarean. It encompasses the practitioner’s antepartum management, cesarean delivery, and postpartum care. It is generally reported by the obstetrician or group responsible for the full course of care, rather than as a delivery-only service when that practitioner provided the package.

Documentation should support the prior cesarean, attempted vaginal labor, cesarean outcome, and practitioner responsibility for antepartum and postpartum care. Choose this code instead of the complete-care code for a successful VBAC when the trial ends in cesarean; use a delivery-only or postpartum-only sibling when only that portion is furnished. CMS identifies this as a maternity code, so the usual global surgery rules do not apply. When multiple procedures are performed in the same session, CMS’s standard reduction pays the highest-valued procedure in full and other procedures at 50%.

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 Connecticut compares for 59618

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 59618 runs from $2,163.64 in Wisconsin to $3,209.98 in Miami, FL. Connecticut pays $2,673.13. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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59618 rates by state

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How the 59618 rate is calculated

Each of 59618’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 59618

The CMS indicators that decide how 59618 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 51

Codes related to 59618

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

How 59618 has changed in Connecticut

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Where the Connecticut rate applies

Connecticut is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 215 cities and communities in Connecticut. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Ansonia
• Ball Pond
• Baltic
• Bantam
• Bethel
• Bethlehem Village
• Bigelow Corners
• Blue Hills

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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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