CPT code 62292: Chemonucleolysis, lumbar intervertebral disc2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Montana

In Montana, Medicare pays $509.97 for 62292 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 62292 covers

This procedure delivers an enzymatic agent into a lumbar intervertebral disc to break down disc material, typically for treatment of a herniated lumbar disc. A physician performs it in a procedural or surgical setting. Discography associated with the chemonucleolysis is included in the service; this is not a code for diagnostic discography alone.

Choose the code when the documented treatment is lumbar intradiscal chemonucleolysis, rather than diagnostic discography or a mechanical percutaneous decompression technique. The record should identify the lumbar disc treated and support the therapeutic injection. CMS assigns a 90-day global period, including the day-before preoperative visit and related postoperative care during that period. For multiple procedures in one session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard 50% reduction. Modifier 50 is inappropriate. 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 Montana compares for 62292

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 62292 runs from $470.60 in Arkansas to $660.95 in Alaska. Montana pays $509.97. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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62292 rates by state

Office rate range in each state. Select a state to see its payment localities.

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How the 62292 rate is calculated

Each of 62292’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 62292

62292 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 62292

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

How 62292 has changed in Montana

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Where the Montana rate applies

Montana is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 497 cities and communities in Montana. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Absarokee
• Acton
• Alberton
• Alder
• Alzada
• Amsterdam
• Anaconda-Deer Lodge County
• Antelope

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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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