CPT code 64795: Nerve biopsy, diagnostic tissue sampling2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Virginia

In Virginia, Medicare pays $176.73 for 64795 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 64795 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 64795 covers

A surgeon obtains a sample of peripheral nerve tissue so it can be examined to help diagnose a neuropathy. A sural nerve biopsy is a familiar example in the evaluation of suspected vasculitic neuropathy. The service is generally performed by a surgeon, such as a neurosurgeon or peripheral nerve surgeon, in an operating or procedure setting when tissue sampling is clinically indicated.

Select this code for diagnostic nerve tissue sampling, not removal of a nerve lesion as the treatment itself. The operative report should identify the nerve sampled, the diagnostic reason, and the biopsy performed. CMS assigns a 0-day global period, so same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included. When multiple procedures are performed in one 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 service. Medicare does not pay an assistant at surgery, and 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 Virginia compares for 64795

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 64795 runs from $163.54 in Nebraska to $233.74 in Miami, FL. Virginia pays $176.73. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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64795 rates by state

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

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How the 64795 rate is calculated

Each of 64795’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 64795

The CMS indicators that decide how 64795 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 51

Codes related to 64795

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

How 64795 has changed in Virginia

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Where the Virginia rate applies

Virginia is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 628 cities and communities in Virginia. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Abbs Valley
• Abingdon
• Accomac
• Adwolf
• Afton
• Alberta
• Aldie
• Allison Gap

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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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