CPT code 61736: Laser ablation, single trajectory, simple lesion2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Mississippi

In Mississippi, Medicare pays $1,037.23 for 61736 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 61736 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 61736 covers

Code 61736 represents intracranial laser interstitial thermal therapy for one simple lesion reached along a single trajectory. A neurosurgeon places a laser probe stereotactically, when needed, and uses MRI guidance and thermometry to heat and ablate the target tissue. It is used in selected cases such as focal epilepsy or an intracranial tumor when LITT is the chosen treatment, typically in a hospital operating room with MRI-capable equipment.

Choose the code based on the documented lesion characteristics and trajectory, not simply the diagnosis: multiple trajectories or multiple or complex lesions point to 61737. Record the target, lesion details, number of trajectories, probe placement, and MRI-guided treatment. CMS assigns a 0-day global period, so same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included. An assistant at surgery is not paid; 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 61736

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 61736 runs from $949.33 in Wisconsin to $1,553.16 in Miami, FL. Mississippi pays $1,037.23. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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61736 rates by state

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How the 61736 rate is calculated

Each of 61736’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 61736

The CMS indicators that decide how 61736 is paid alongside other services.

Codes related to 61736

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

How 61736 has changed in Mississippi

Price 61736 for an earlier date of service

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.

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

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