CPT code 62267: Disc aspiration, diagnostic lumbar sampling2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Tennessee

In Tennessee, Medicare pays $240.11 for 62267 in the office and $127.47 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 62267 covers

A physician obtains material from a lumbar intervertebral disc by percutaneous needle access for diagnostic testing. Interventional radiologists, neuroradiologists, and spine specialists may perform the procedure, commonly when imaging and clinical findings raise concern for disc-space infection and a specimen is needed for laboratory analysis. The aspirate may be submitted for culture and other indicated testing. This is sampling of the disc itself, not a lumbar puncture to collect cerebrospinal fluid or a procedure to decompress a herniated disc.

Report the service when the documented procedure is diagnostic aspiration of lumbar disc material. The record should identify the indication, level or levels treated, needle approach, and specimen obtained. The code covers single or multiple lumbar levels; document the levels rather than reporting a separate unit for each level. It has a 0-day global period, so same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included. When other procedures are performed in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and additional procedures are subject to the standard multiple-procedure reduction. Assistant-at-surgery payment requires documented medical necessity; 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 Tennessee compares for 62267

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for 62267 runs from $232.37 in Arkansas to $330.79 in San Benito County, CA. Tennessee pays $240.11. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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62267 rates by state

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How the 62267 rate is calculated

Each of 62267’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 62267

The CMS indicators that decide how 62267 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 51

Codes related to 62267

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

How 62267 has changed in Tennessee

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Where the Tennessee rate applies

Tennessee is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 504 cities and communities in Tennessee. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Adams
• Adamsville
• Alamo
• Alcoa
• Alexandria
• Algood
• Allardt
• Altamont

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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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