CPT code 63088: Vertebral resection, additional thoracolumbar segment2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in North Carolina

In North Carolina, Medicare pays $214.05 for 63088 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 63088 nationwide

Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

What 63088 covers

This add-on represents removal of an additional vertebral body segment in the thoracolumbar region through an anterior approach to decompress the spinal cord or a nerve root. It may be part of surgery for a compressive lesion involving more than one vertebral segment. A spine surgeon, such as an orthopedic spine surgeon or neurosurgeon, typically performs the work in a hospital operating room.

Report 63088 only with the primary thoracolumbar vertebral body resection code, 63087. Use it for each additional segment beyond the primary segment, and document the operative levels and the additional vertebral body resection performed. The operative report should make clear which segment was primary and which additional segment or segments were treated. Under the CMS add-on rule, 63088 is paid within the global period of the primary procedure and is not reported by itself.

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 North Carolina compares for 63088

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 63088 runs from $199.27 in Wisconsin to $309.89 in Miami, FL. North Carolina pays $214.05. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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63088 rates by state

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

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How the 63088 rate is calculated

Each of 63088’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 63088

The CMS indicators that decide how 63088 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 80

Codes related to 63088

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

How 63088 has changed in North Carolina

Price 63088 for an earlier date of service

Where the North Carolina rate applies

North Carolina is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 785 cities and communities in North Carolina. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Aberdeen
• Advance
• Ahoskie
• Alamance
• Albemarle
• Alexis
• Alliance
• Altamahaw

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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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