CPT code 95977: Stimulator programming, cranial nerve, complex2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Fort Worth, TX

In Fort Worth, TX, Medicare pays $50.48 for 95977 in the office and $42.25 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 95977 covers

This service covers analysis and programming of an implanted cranial nerve neurostimulator, most commonly a vagus nerve stimulator used in epilepsy care. During a device-management visit, a neurologist, epileptologist, neurosurgeon, or other qualified clinician may interrogate the system, assess its function, and adjust stimulation settings using the device programmer. The service is performed in settings where the patient’s implanted system can be evaluated and programmed, including an outpatient clinic.

Choose this code when the clinician programs more than three parameters; the parameter count, not a subjective impression of difficulty, distinguishes complex from simple cranial nerve programming. The record should identify the device and document its evaluation, the programmed parameters and changes, and the clinical reason for adjustment. CMS assigns physician-work and practice-expense values to the service, with distinct office and facility practice-expense inputs.

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 Fort Worth, TX compares for 95977

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for 95977 runs from $47.17 in Arkansas to $66.50 in Alaska. Fort Worth, TX pays $50.48. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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How the 95977 rate is calculated

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Payment rules and modifiers for 95977

95977 has no global surgery period, no multiple-procedure, bilateral or assistant-at-surgery adjustment, and no professional/technical split. What changes the payment is where the service happens: the place of service on the claim decides whether Medicare pays the office or the facility rate.

Codes related to 95977

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How 95977 has changed in Fort Worth, TX

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Where the Fort Worth, TX rate applies

Fort Worth, TX is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 45 cities and communities in Texas. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• 95977 in Fort Worth · multiple payment areas
• Arlington
• 95977 in Azle · multiple payment areas
• Bedford
• Benbrook
• Blue Mound
• 95977 in Briar · multiple payment areas
• 95977 in Burleson · multiple payment areas

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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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