CPT code 61720: Brain electrode placement, long-term seizure monitoring2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Mississippi

In Mississippi, Medicare pays $1,137.57 for 61720 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 61720 covers

A neurosurgeon places electrodes within the brain through burr holes, using stereotactic guidance to position them for prolonged recording. The procedure is used in epilepsy surgery evaluations when noninvasive testing has not adequately localized seizure onset, allowing an epilepsy team to record brain activity during monitoring. It is typically performed in a hospital operating room, followed by monitoring in an epilepsy unit.

Report 61720 for electrode placement specifically for long-term seizure monitoring, not for electrodes placed for functional neurosurgery or tissue sampling. The operative report should support the stereotactic approach and monitoring purpose. The 90-day global period includes the day-before preoperative visit and related postoperative care. 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. Medicare does not pay an assistant at surgery for this service; 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 Mississippi compares for 61720

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 61720 runs from $1,076.55 in Wisconsin to $1,651.47 in Miami, FL. Mississippi pays $1,137.57. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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61720 rates by state

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How the 61720 rate is calculated

Each of 61720’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 61720

61720 has a 90-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

Codes related to 61720

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

How 61720 has changed in Mississippi

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Where the Mississippi rate applies

Mississippi is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 427 cities and communities in Mississippi. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Abbeville
• Aberdeen
• Ackerman
• Agricola
• Alcorn State University
• Algoma
• Alligator
• Amory

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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.

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