CPT code 64488: TAP block, bilateral, injection technique2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Austin, TX

In Austin, TX, Medicare pays $152.94 for 64488 in the office and $56.82 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 64488 covers

A transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block places local anesthetic in the tissue plane between abdominal wall muscles to reduce sensation from the anterior abdominal wall. An anesthesiologist, pain physician, or other qualified clinician may perform the block, often with ultrasound guidance, for perioperative pain control around abdominal surgery. This code identifies a bilateral block delivered by injection rather than through a catheter for continuous infusion.

Report the code when the documented service is a bilateral TAP injection; the record should support the block’s purpose, bilateral performance, and injection technique. Medicare prices the code as bilateral, so modifier 50 does not increase payment. The procedure has a 0-day global period, which includes same-day preoperative and postoperative care. When performed in the same session as other procedures, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and the others at 50%. Medicare does not pay an assistant at surgery for this service; co-surgeons and team surgery 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 Austin, TX compares for 64488

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for 64488 runs from $131.89 in Arkansas to $194.06 in San Benito County, CA. Austin, TX pays $152.94. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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How the 64488 rate is calculated

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Payment rules and modifiers for 64488

The CMS indicators that decide how 64488 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 51

Codes related to 64488

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

How 64488 has changed in Austin, TX

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Where the Austin, TX rate applies

Austin, TX is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 31 cities and communities in Texas. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• 64488 in Austin · multiple payment areas
• Barton Creek
• Bee Cave
• Briarcliff
• 64488 in Cedar Park · multiple payment areas
• 64488 in Creedmoor · multiple payment areas
• 64488 in Elgin · multiple payment areas
• Garfield

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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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