CPT code 62302: Myelography, cervical region2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Washington, DC area

In Washington, DC area, Medicare pays $278.69 for 62302 in the office and $110.69 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 62302 covers

A physician or other qualified practitioner accesses the thecal sac through a lumbar puncture and injects contrast for imaging of the cervical spinal canal. The contrast is followed as it moves toward the neck, where imaging can help evaluate conditions such as cervical stenosis, nerve-root compression, or anatomy obscured by prior spinal hardware. The code covers the myelographic procedure and its radiological supervision and interpretation; it is not a therapeutic cervical epidural injection.

Select this code when the myelogram evaluates the cervical region, even though the needle entry is lumbar. The report should identify the lumbar access and contrast injection, the cervical region examined, and the imaging and interpretation performed. This code has a 0-day global period, so same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included. When multiple procedures are performed in one session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard multiple procedure reduction. Modifier 50 is inappropriate for this regional service. Medicare does not pay an assistant at surgery for it, and co-surgeon and team-surgery billing 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 Washington, DC area compares for 62302

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for 62302 runs from $218.28 in Arkansas to $321.66 in San Benito County, CA. Washington, DC area pays $278.69. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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62302 rates by state

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How the 62302 rate is calculated

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Payment rules and modifiers for 62302

The CMS indicators that decide how 62302 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 51

Codes related to 62302

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

How 62302 has changed in Washington, DC area

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Where the Washington, DC area rate applies

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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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