Transpl allograft pancreas
Use 48556 for removing an existing transplanted pancreas; use 48554 for implanting a pancreas allograft.
CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
Office / nonfacility
Not available in this setting
Base rate per service
Facility setting
$1253.90
Base rate per service
Amounts below use the non-QP conversion factor for participating physicians. These are base physician payments before claim-level adjustments, not patient costs or total hospital charges.
Transplant surgery
Reports surgical removal of a previously transplanted pancreas allograft, such as when graft failure, rejection, or infection requires explantation.
This code covers an operation to remove a pancreas allograft from a transplant recipient. A transplant surgeon typically performs the procedure in a hospital operating room when the graft must be removed, for example, because of graft failure, rejection, or infection. It describes removal of the transplanted organ, not recovery of a pancreas from a donor or preparation of a donor graft for implantation.
Report the service when the operative record supports removal of the transplanted pancreas; document the indication, operative work, and structures addressed. CMS assigns a 90-day global period, including the day-before preoperative visit and related postoperative care during that period. When multiple procedures occur in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and the others are subject to the standard 50% reduction. Modifier 50 is inappropriate for this service. CMS permits assistant-at-surgery payment, co-surgeons, and team surgery.
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Office rates for Austin, from the same CMS release.
Transpl allograft pancreas
Use 48556 for removing an existing transplanted pancreas; use 48554 for implanting a pancreas allograft.
Donor pancreatectomy
Use 48550 for removing a pancreas from a donor for transplantation. Use 48556 for removing the transplanted graft from its recipient.
Prep donor pancreas
Use 48551 for backbench preparation of a donor pancreas before implantation; it does not describe removal of a recipient's graft.
Use 48552 for donor pancreas preparation that includes venous reconstruction, not for explanting a transplanted pancreas.
The same code, a different location
Same release and payment basis · bars start at $0
Austin · This locality
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Other payment areas listed in Texas appear first, followed by selected cross-country examples. The chart compares amounts, not distance.
The code’s RVUs stay the same in these comparisons. Geographic adjustments to work, practice expense and malpractice change the dollar amount. A city name alone may not identify the payment area for a service address.
Texas · 48556
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$1207.19
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California · 48556
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$1296.50
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District of Columbia · 48556
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Facility
$1378.41
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Florida · 48556
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$1522.77
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Illinois · 48556
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$1471.71
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New York · 48556
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$1457.60
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Alaska · 48556
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$1516.09
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Alabama · 48556
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$1117.43
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Arkansas · 48556
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$1101.72
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Arizona · 48556
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$1208.11
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California · 48556
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$1234.70
No comparable office rate is available.
California · 48556
Office
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Facility
$1221.09
No comparable office rate is available.
California · 48556
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$1221.94
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California · 48556
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$1221.09
No comparable office rate is available.
California · 48556
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$1221.09
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California · 48556
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$1221.09
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California · 48556
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$1221.09
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California · 48556
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$1221.09
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California · 48556
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$1343.92
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California · 48556
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$1280.89
No comparable office rate is available.
California · 48556
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$1221.09
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California · 48556
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$1221.09
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California · 48556
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$1275.30
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California · 48556
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$1262.84
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California · 48556
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$1257.89
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California · 48556
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$1274.67
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California · 48556
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$1396.70
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California · 48556
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$1390.96
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California · 48556
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$1433.41
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California · 48556
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$1409.92
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California · 48556
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$1240.15
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California · 48556
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$1276.37
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California · 48556
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$1259.09
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California · 48556
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$1287.84
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California · 48556
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$1221.09
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California · 48556
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$1335.64
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California · 48556
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$1221.09
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California · 48556
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$1221.09
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Colorado · 48556
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$1245.15
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Connecticut · 48556
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$1328.49
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Delaware · 48556
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$1226.97
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Florida · 48556
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$1388.51
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Florida · 48556
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$1311.70
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Georgia · 48556
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$1289.15
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Georgia · 48556
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$1230.77
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Hawaii · 48556
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$1235.76
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Iowa · 48556
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$1106.60
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Idaho · 48556
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$1121.66
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Illinois · 48556
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$1382.10
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Illinois · 48556
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$1302.78
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Illinois · 48556
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$1393.07
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Indiana · 48556
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$1126.96
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Kansas · 48556
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$1119.81
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Kentucky · 48556
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$1182.62
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Louisiana · 48556
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$1243.02
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Louisiana · 48556
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$1188.12
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Massachusetts · 48556
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$1339.58
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Massachusetts · 48556
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$1245.51
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Maryland · 48556
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$1328.74
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Maryland · 48556
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$1243.99
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Maine · 48556
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$1146.84
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Maine · 48556
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$1179.83
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Michigan · 48556
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$1346.61
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Michigan · 48556
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$1229.43
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Minnesota · 48556
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$1140.06
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Missouri · 48556
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$1215.26
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Missouri · 48556
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$1225.25
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Missouri · 48556
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$1180.63
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Mississippi · 48556
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$1140.47
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Montana · 48556
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$1245.85
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North Carolina · 48556
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$1155.48
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North Dakota · 48556
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$1145.80
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Nebraska · 48556
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$1106.94
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New Hampshire · 48556
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$1243.23
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New Jersey · 48556
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$1368.54
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New Jersey · 48556
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$1328.72
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New Mexico · 48556
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$1243.37
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Nevada · 48556
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$1218.41
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New York · 48556
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$1515.37
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New York · 48556
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$1352.31
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New York · 48556
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$1442.13
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New York · 48556
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$1173.83
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Ohio · 48556
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$1208.98
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Oklahoma · 48556
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$1161.07
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Oregon · 48556
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$1262.26
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Oregon · 48556
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$1194.22
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Pennsylvania · 48556
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$1308.39
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Pennsylvania · 48556
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$1200.55
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Puerto Rico · 48556
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$1248.53
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Rhode Island · 48556
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$1254.61
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South Carolina · 48556
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$1187.15
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South Dakota · 48556
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$1133.97
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Tennessee · 48556
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$1127.60
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Utah · 48556
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$1202.35
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Virginia · 48556
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$1188.96
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United States Virgin Islands · 48556
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$1248.53
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Vermont · 48556
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$1158.27
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Washington · 48556
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$1237.53
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Washington · 48556
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$1347.57
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Wisconsin · 48556
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$1110.62
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West Virginia · 48556
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$1260.97
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Wyoming · 48556
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$1202.25
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| WI | No published base rate | 1 |
| WV | No published base rate | 1 |
| WY | No published base rate | 1 |
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Reference amount per service
$1379.29
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Each RVU component is multiplied by its own geographic practice cost index (GPCI). The three adjusted components are added, then multiplied by the conversion factor. These are the inputs used for 48556 in Austin.
PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv
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GPCI2026.csv
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| Component | RVU | Locality factor | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physician work | 18.98 | × 1.002 | 19.0180 |
| Practice expense | 13.27 | × 1.058 | 14.0397 |
| Malpractice | 5.06 | × 0.886 | 4.4832 |
| Total RVUs | 37.5408 | ||
| Conversion factor | × 33.4009 | ||
Facility rate, Austin$1253.90
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| Component | RVU | Local GPCI |
|---|---|---|
| Work | 18.98 | 1.002 |
| Practice expense | 13.27 | 1.058 |
| Malpractice | 5.06 | 0.886 |
(18.98 × 1.002 + 13.27 × 1.058 + 5.06 × 0.886) × $33.4009 = $1253.90
The office and facility calculations use their respective practice-expense RVUs. The facility amount here is the physician fee, not a separate hospital or facility bill.
48556 · Office / nonfacility
Rate unavailable
Effective 2026-10-01
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| Effective from | Office / nonfacility | Facility | CMS release |
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| 2026-10-01 | Not available in this setting | $1253.90 | RVU26D |
| 2026-07-01 | Not available in this setting | $1253.90 | RVU26C |
| 2026-04-01 | Not available in this setting | $1253.90 | RVU26B |
| 2026-01-01 | Not available in this setting | $1253.90 | RVU26A |
| 2025-10-01 | Not available in this setting | $1276.16 | RVU25D |
| 2025-07-01 | Not available in this setting | $1276.16 | RVU25C |
| 2025-04-01 | Not available in this setting | $1276.16 | RVU25B |
| 2025-01-01 | Not available in this setting | $1276.16 | RVU25A |
Removal describes explanting a pancreas already transplanted into the recipient. Code 48554 describes implantation of a pancreas allograft.
When the operation includes both removal of the existing graft and implantation of a replacement, the services are distinct. CMS applies its standard multiple procedure reduction when procedures are performed in the same session.
No. CMS identifies bilateral adjustment as inappropriate for this service; modifier 50 does not describe removal of a transplanted pancreas.
The operative report should establish that the organ being removed is a transplanted pancreas allograft and describe the removal and its clinical indication, such as graft failure, rejection, or infection.
CMS permits assistant-at-surgery payment and permits co-surgeons for this code. The operative record should support each surgeon's role.
The 90-day global period includes the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care.
FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense, and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indices and the applicable conversion factor. Unavailable or separately priced services are labeled rather than assigned a made-up amount.
Source: RVU26D. Effective 2026-10-01 through the day before 2027-01-01.