CPT code 63301: Vertebral resection, thoracic, extradural lesion2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in New Mexico

In New Mexico, Medicare pays $2,179.81 for 63301 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 63301 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 63301 covers

This service involves removing part or all of a thoracic vertebral body to reach and excise an extradural lesion within the spinal canal. A spine surgeon or neurosurgeon typically performs it in an operating room when a lesion, such as an extradural spinal tumor, requires this bony exposure and resection. The code describes one vertebral segment; the lesion is extradural, rather than within the dura.

Select the code based on the operative report’s documented lesion location, extradural status, thoracic level, and vertebral segment resected. Code 63308 may be reported for each additional segment when the work extends beyond the primary segment. The 90-day global period includes the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care. 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 multiple procedure reduction. Bilateral adjustment is inappropriate for this code. Assistant-at-surgery payment may be made; co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation, and 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 New Mexico compares for 63301

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 63301 runs from $1,820.55 in Wisconsin to $2,841.28 in Miami, FL. New Mexico pays $2,179.81. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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63301 rates by state

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

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How the 63301 rate is calculated

Each of 63301’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 63301

63301 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 63301

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

How 63301 has changed in New Mexico

Price 63301 for an earlier date of service

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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