CPT code 69641: Tympanoplasty, mastoidectomy, no ossicular reconstruction2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Nebraska

Reports tympanic membrane reconstruction performed with mastoidectomy and middle-ear surgery when the surgeon does not reconstruct the ossicular chain.

CMS RVU26DEffective Oct 1, 2026One payment locality368 Medicare services in 2024

In Nebraska, Medicare pays $855.39 for 69641 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Not available in this settingOffice (non-facility)
$855.39Hospital or facility

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 69641 nationwide

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

We’ll open 69641 for the payment locality that covers the ZIP.

On this page 11 sections
  1. Rate in Nebraska
  2. What 69641 covers
  3. Compared with other areas
  4. Rate map
  5. How it’s calculated
  6. Payment rules
  7. Related codes
  8. Rate history
  9. Where it applies
  10. Billing questions
  11. Sources

What 69641 covers

An otolaryngologist, often a neurotologist, performs this operation to repair the tympanic membrane while operating on the mastoid and middle ear. It may be used for chronic ear disease, including cholesteatoma, when the surgical plan requires mastoidectomy along with tympanic membrane reconstruction. Canalplasty and related middle-ear work are included when performed as part of the service. The procedure is typically done in an operating room, such as a hospital or ambulatory surgery center.

Select the code from the operative work: tympanoplasty with mastoidectomy, with no ossicular chain reconstruction. The operative report should describe the tympanic membrane repair, mastoid work, middle-ear procedures, and whether the ossicular chain was reconstructed. The day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care are included in the global period. For multiple procedures in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures at 50%. For bilateral reporting with modifier 50, CMS pays 150%. Assistant-at-surgery services are not paid; 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 Nebraska compares for 69641

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 69641 runs from $835.28 in Arkansas to $1,143.11 in San Benito County, CA. Nebraska pays $855.39. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

69641 in Nebraska vs other payment areas
  1. Nebraska · this page$855.39
  2. Los Angeles, CA · California$1,006.39+$151.00
  3. Washington, DC area · District of Columbia$1,037.35+$181.96
  4. Miami, FL · Florida$1,041.00+$185.61
  5. Chicago, IL · Illinois$1,013.40+$158.01
  6. Manhattan, NY · New York$1,063.64+$208.25
  7. Alaska · Alaska$1,139.42+$284.03

Other areas in Nebraska first, then benchmark localities. Bars start at $0.

Every other payment area

69641 in every other Medicare payment locality
Payment localityOfficeFacility
AlabamaAlabama—$845.57
ArkansasArkansas—$835.28
ArizonaArizona—$905.47
Bakersfield, CACalifornia—$954.90
Chico, CACalifornia—$949.55
El Centro, CACalifornia—$949.86
Fresno, CACalifornia—$949.55
Hanford, CACalifornia—$949.55

69641 rates by state

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69641 office rate range by state
State / territoryOffice rate rangeLocalities
AKNo published base rate1
ALNo published base rate1
ARNo published base rate1
AZNo published base rate1
CANo published base rate29
CONo published base rate1
CTNo published base rate1
DCNo published base rate1
DENo published base rate1
FLNo published base rate3
GANo published base rate2
GUNo published base rate1
HINo published base rate1
IANo published base rate1
IDNo published base rate1
ILNo published base rate4
INNo published base rate1
KSNo published base rate1
KYNo published base rate1
LANo published base rate2
MANo published base rate2
MDNo published base rate3
MENo published base rate2
MINo published base rate2
MNNo published base rate1
MONo published base rate3
MSNo published base rate1
MTNo published base rate1
NCNo published base rate1
NDNo published base rate1
NENo published base rate1
NHNo published base rate1
NJNo published base rate2
NMNo published base rate1
NVNo published base rate1
NYNo published base rate5
OHNo published base rate1
OKNo published base rate1
ORNo published base rate2
PANo published base rate2
PRNo published base rate1
RINo published base rate1
SCNo published base rate1
SDNo published base rate1
TNNo published base rate1
TXNo published base rate8
UTNo published base rate1
VANo published base rate2
VINo published base rate1
VTNo published base rate1
WANo published base rate2
WINo published base rate1
WVNo published base rate1
WYNo published base rate1

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How the 69641 rate is calculated

Each of 69641’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.

How the rate is built · 69641

RVUs × geographic indexes × conversion factor

Office or facility?

Work12.57

12.57 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI

Practice expense13.37

13.37 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI

Malpractice1.85

1.85 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI

Adjusted RVUs

27.7900

Conversion factor

$33.4009

Medicare rate

$928.21

Every GPCI starts at 1.000, the national rate. Enter a ZIP or drag a slider.

The exact Nebraska inputs and CMS source lines

PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv

7,631

Code
69641
Physician work
12.57
Practice expense
13.37
Malpractice
1.85

GPCI2026.csv

72

Locality
Nebraska
Physician work
1.000
Practice expense
0.923
Malpractice
0.378
Facility calculation for 69641 in Nebraska
ComponentRVULocality factorAdjusted
Physician work12.57× 1.00012.5700
Practice expense13.37× 0.92312.3405
Malpractice1.85× 0.3780.6993
Total RVUs25.6098
Conversion factor× 33.4009

Facility rate, Nebraska$855.39

Facility: (12.57 × 1 + 13.37 × 0.923 + 1.85 × 0.378) × $33.4009 = $855.39

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Payment rules and modifiers for 69641

69641 has a 90-day global period: related visits in that window are included in the surgery payment.

CMS payment indicators · 69641

Tympanoplasty, mastoidectomy, no ossicular reconstruction

RuleCMS valueWhat it means
Global period090Major surgery: the day before, the day of, and 90 days after are included.
Multiple procedures2Standard reduction: highest-valued procedure at 100%, others at 50%.
Bilateral (modifier 50)1Bilateral with modifier 50 pays 150% of the fee schedule amount.
Assistant at surgery (80/81/82/AS)1Not paid (statutory restriction).
Co-surgeons (62)0Not permitted.
Team surgery (66)0Not permitted.
Professional/technical0Physician service: no professional/technical split.
Split (54/55/56)0.07/0.79/0.14Share of the payment for pre-op, the procedure itself, and post-op care.

Global surgery period · 69641

Tympanoplasty, mastoidectomy, no ossicular reconstruction

90-day global period ends

Dec 30, 2026

Covers Sep 30, 2026 through Dec 30, 2026 (92 days, including the day before surgery).

Visit on Oct 31, 2026

Day 30 of the 90-day post-op period: related follow-up care is included in the surgical payment.

  • 24Unrelated E/M visit by the same physician
  • 79Unrelated procedure (starts its own global period)
  • 58Staged, more extensive, or therapy procedure that was planned
  • 78Unplanned return to the operating room for a related complication
SurgeryVisit
Sep 23, 2026Jan 10, 2027

Pre-op dayGlobal period

What modifiers do to the payment

Modifier 50 · payment effect

With and without the modifier

69641 without 50 · national facility

$928.21

Tympanoplasty, mastoidectomy, no ossicular reconstruction

69641-50 · Bilateral: 150%

$1,392.32

Both sides on one line with modifier 50 are paid at 150% of the fee schedule amount (subject to multiple-procedure rules with other procedures).

When to use modifier 50

How 69641 has changed in Nebraska

69641 · Office / nonfacility

Rate unavailable

Effective 2026-10-01

A rate is unavailable in one of these releases, so a change cannot be calculated.

Base rate by release · bars start at $0 · select a bar to compare

One bar per available release, ordered by effective date. Missing rates remain gaps. These comparisons hold the code, setting and locality identifiers constant; they do not isolate which policy or input caused a change.

What changed, release by release
Rates in every CMS release
Effective fromOfficeFacilityCMS release
2026-10-01Not available in this setting$855.39RVU26D
2026-07-01Not available in this setting$855.39RVU26C
2026-04-01Not available in this setting$855.39RVU26B
2026-01-01Not available in this setting$855.39RVU26A
2025-10-01Not available in this setting$922.87RVU25D
2025-07-01Not available in this setting$922.87RVU25C
2025-04-01Not available in this setting$922.87RVU25B
2025-01-01Not available in this setting$922.87RVU25A
2024-10-01Not available in this setting$956.84RVU24D
2024-07-01Not available in this setting$956.84RVU24C
2024-04-01Not available in this setting$956.84RVU24B
2024-03-09Not available in this setting$956.84RVU24AR
2024-01-01Not available in this setting$941.23RVU24A
2023-10-01Not available in this setting$973.45RVU23D
2023-07-01Not available in this setting$973.45RVU23C
2023-04-01Not available in this setting$973.45RVU23B
2023-01-01Not available in this setting$973.45RVU23A
2022-10-01Not available in this setting$981.08RVU22D
2022-07-01Not available in this setting$981.08RVU22C
2022-04-01Not available in this setting$981.08RVU22B
2022-01-01Not available in this setting$981.08RVU22A
2021-10-01Not available in this setting$983.57RVU21D
2021-07-01Not available in this setting$983.57RVU21C
2021-04-01Not available in this setting$983.57RVU21B
2021-01-01Not available in this setting$983.57RVU21A
2020-10-01Not available in this setting$971.59RVU20D
2020-07-01Not available in this setting$971.59RVU20C
2020-04-01Not available in this setting$971.59RVU20B
2020-01-01Not available in this setting$971.59RVU20A
2019-10-01Not available in this setting$973.74RVU19D
2019-07-01Not available in this setting$973.74RVU19C
2019-04-01Not available in this setting$973.74RVU19B
2019-01-01Not available in this setting$973.74RVU19A
2018-10-01Not available in this setting$965.24RVU18D
2018-07-01Not available in this setting$965.24RVU18C
2018-04-01Not available in this setting$965.24RVU18B
2018-01-01Not available in this setting$965.24RVU18AR1
2017-10-01Not available in this setting$975.30RVU17D
2017-07-01Not available in this setting$975.30RVU17C
2017-04-01Not available in this setting$975.30RVU17B
2017-01-01Not available in this setting$975.30RVU17A
2016-10-01Not available in this setting$984.66RVU16D
2016-07-01Not available in this setting$984.66RVU16C
2016-04-01Not available in this setting$984.66RVU16B
2016-01-01Not available in this setting$984.66RVU16A
2015-10-01Not available in this setting$983.71RVU15D
2015-07-01Not available in this setting$983.71RVU15C
2015-04-01Not available in this setting$978.81RVU15B
2015-01-01Not available in this setting$978.81RVU15A
2014-10-01Not available in this setting$985.72RVU14D
2014-07-01Not available in this setting$985.72RVU14C
2014-04-01Not available in this setting$985.72RVU14B
2014-01-01Not available in this setting$985.72RVU14A
2013-10-01Not available in this setting$983.41RVU13D
2013-07-01Not available in this setting$983.41RVU13C
2013-04-01Not available in this setting$983.41RVU13B
2013-01-01Not available in this setting$983.41RVU13AR

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Where the Nebraska rate applies

Nebraska is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 593 cities and communities in Nebraska. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

  • Abie
  • Adams
  • Agnew
  • Ainsworth
  • Albion
  • Alda
  • Alexandria
  • Allen

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69641 billing questions

How does this differ from 69631?

This code includes mastoidectomy with tympanoplasty. Code 69631 describes tympanoplasty without mastoidectomy.

When should 69642 be used instead?

Use 69642 when the surgeon also reconstructs the ossicular chain. Code 69641 applies when that reconstruction is not performed.

Are canalplasty and middle-ear work separately reported?

Canalplasty and middle-ear surgery performed as part of this tympanoplasty with mastoidectomy are included in the service.

How is bilateral surgery reported?

Report bilateral surgery with modifier 50 when applicable; CMS pays 150% of the single-side allowance.

What postoperative care is included?

The global period includes the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care.

Can an assistant or co-surgeon be reported?

CMS does not pay for an assistant at surgery for this code. Co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted.

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

Show the CMS file lines behind this rate
RVUs for 69641PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv, line 7,631 (RVU26D)
Geographic factors for NebraskaGPCI2026.csv, line 72 (RVU26D)

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