CPT code 66988: Cataract surgery, with ECP, noncomplex2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Idaho

CMS doesn’t publish a rate for 66988 in Idaho.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 66988 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 66988 covers

The surgeon removes the cataractous natural lens, implants an intraocular lens during the same operation, and performs endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation (ECP) to treat glaucoma. ECP uses an endoscope to visualize the ciliary processes while laser energy is applied. This is the noncomplex cataract-surgery pathway. Ophthalmologists typically perform the combined procedure in an ambulatory surgery center or hospital outpatient operating room.

Medicare assigns this CPT code status C: CMS publishes no national payment, and the Medicare Administrative Contractor sets payment for each claim. The procedure has a 90-day global period, including 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 the others are subject to the standard multiple procedure reduction. Modifier 50 applies to bilateral procedures. Assistant-at-surgery payment requires documentation of medical necessity; co-surgeon and team-surgery payment require supporting documentation.

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 Idaho compares for 66988

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How the 66988 rate is calculated

Each of 66988’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 66988

66988 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 50

Codes related to 66988

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

How 66988 has changed in Idaho

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Where the Idaho rate applies

Idaho is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 235 cities and communities in Idaho. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Aberdeen
• Acequia
• Albion
• American Falls
• Ammon
• Arbon Valley
• Arco
• Arimo

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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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