CPT code 62328: Lumbar puncture, diagnostic, with imaging2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in New Mexico

In New Mexico, Medicare pays $203.95 for 62328 in the office and $73.78 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 62328 covers

This service is a diagnostic lumbar puncture in which fluoroscopy or CT guides needle placement into the lumbar thecal sac to collect cerebrospinal fluid. Radiologists, including neuroradiologists, commonly perform it in a hospital imaging department or an outpatient imaging setting. A typical indication is obtaining CSF for laboratory evaluation when image guidance is needed, such as after a difficult or unsuccessful bedside attempt or when patient anatomy makes landmark-based access challenging.

Report the code when the purpose is diagnostic CSF collection and fluoroscopy or CT is used to guide the puncture. The record should identify the diagnostic purpose, imaging guidance, CSF collection, and relevant procedural details. Guidance is part of this service; distinguish it from a therapeutic puncture for CSF drainage and from lumbar access for myelography. CMS assigns a 0-day global period, so same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included. When multiple procedures occur 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 is statutorily restricted, and co-surgeon and team-surgery payment 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 New Mexico compares for 62328

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for 62328 runs from $190.95 in Arkansas to $286.47 in San Benito County, CA. New Mexico pays $203.95. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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62328 rates by state

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How the 62328 rate is calculated

Each of 62328’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 62328

The CMS indicators that decide how 62328 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 51

Codes related to 62328

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

How 62328 has changed in New Mexico

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Where the New Mexico rate applies

New Mexico is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 528 cities and communities in New Mexico. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Abeytas
• Abiquiu
• Acomita Lake
• Adelino
• Agua Fria
• Alamillo
• Alamo
• Alamogordo

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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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