CPT code 63077: Thoracic disc surgery, single interspace, anterior approach2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Connecticut

In Connecticut, Medicare pays $1,391.28 for 63077 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 63077 covers

This code describes anterior surgery at one thoracic interspace to remove disc material and, as needed, osteophytes that compress the spinal cord or nerve roots. It is commonly performed by a neurosurgeon or orthopedic spine surgeon in a hospital operating room for a symptomatic thoracic disc herniation with neural compression. The code represents decompression through an anterior approach, rather than a posterior laminectomy-based procedure or removal of a vertebral body.

Select the code when the operative report supports anterior decompression at a single thoracic interspace; document the level, approach, disc removal, and neural structures decompressed. The day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care are included in the 90-day global period. When multiple procedures are performed in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard 50% multiple-procedure reduction. Modifier 50 is inappropriate for this code. CMS permits assistant-at-surgery and co-surgeon payment; team surgery is 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 Connecticut compares for 63077

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 63077 runs from $1,177.20 in Arkansas to $1,639.51 in Alaska. Connecticut pays $1,391.28. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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63077 rates by state

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How the 63077 rate is calculated

Each of 63077’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 63077

63077 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 63077

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

How 63077 has changed in Connecticut

Price 63077 for an earlier date of service

Where the Connecticut rate applies

Connecticut is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 215 cities and communities in Connecticut. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Ansonia
• Ball Pond
• Baltic
• Bantam
• Bethel
• Bethlehem Village
• Bigelow Corners
• Blue Hills

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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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