CPT code 62287: Disc decompression, lumbar, needle-based2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Vermont

In Vermont, Medicare pays $516.39 for 62287 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 62287 covers

This service treats a symptomatic lumbar disc by using a needle-based percutaneous technique, under imaging guidance, to remove or reduce nucleus pulposus material. A spine surgeon or another physician trained in image-guided spine procedures may perform it in a hospital or ambulatory surgical setting. The code covers one or multiple lumbar disc levels; the technique and treated levels should be clear in the operative report.

Report the service when the physician performs percutaneous disc decompression, not merely a diagnostic disc aspiration or discography. Documentation should identify the lumbar level or levels, the percutaneous needle-based method, imaging guidance, and the clinical indication. The service has a 90-day global period, including the day-before preoperative visit and related postoperative care. 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. Modifier 50 is inappropriate. Medicare does not pay an assistant at surgery for this code; 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 Vermont compares for 62287

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 62287 runs from $490.33 in Arkansas to $683.67 in Alaska. Vermont pays $516.39. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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62287 rates by state

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How the 62287 rate is calculated

Each of 62287’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 62287

62287 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 62287

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

How 62287 has changed in Vermont

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Where the Vermont rate applies

Vermont is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 180 cities and communities in Vermont. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Albany
• Alburgh
• Algiers
• Arlington
• Ascutney
• Bakersfield
• Barnet
• Barre

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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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