No office rate
Choose 53502 for an uncomplicated injury repair in a female patient; 53505 identifies the corresponding male-patient service.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
53502 in Austin
Office / nonfacility
Not available in this setting
Base rate per service
Facility setting
$451.74
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.
Urology surgery
About 53502: Uncomplicated female urethral injury repair
Reports operative repair of an uncomplicated urethral injury in a female patient, rather than reconstruction of a urethral defect.
This service covers surgical repair of an uncomplicated urethral injury in a female patient. A urologist or another surgeon with appropriate expertise may perform it in a hospital or other surgical facility. Examples include an injury identified during pelvic surgery or a traumatic injury that requires operative repair. The code is distinct from procedures that release urethral scarring or repair a urethral defect such as a fistula.
Select this code when the operative record supports a female patient and an uncomplicated injury repair; use the complicated-injury code when the documented repair meets that description. Documentation should identify the injury, its location and extent, the repair performed, and the basis for classifying it as uncomplicated. CMS assigns a 90-day global period, including the day-before preoperative visit and related postoperative care. For multiple procedures in one session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to a 50% reduction. Modifier 50 is inappropriate. Assistant-at-surgery payment is restricted, and co-surgeon and team-surgery billing are not permitted.
CMS billing rules for 53502
- Global period
- Major surgery with a 90-day global period: the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care are included.
- Multiple procedures
- Standard multiple procedure reduction: the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and others at 50% when performed in the same session.
- Bilateral procedures
- Bilateral adjustment does not apply; the descriptor or anatomy makes modifier 50 inappropriate.
- Assistant at surgery
- Statutory restriction: assistant at surgery is not paid.
- Co-surgeons
- Co-surgeons not permitted.
- Team surgery
- Team surgery not permitted.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU8.05 · 60%
- Practice expense (office) RVU4.28 · 32%
- Malpractice RVU1.05 · 8%
14
Medicare services in 2024 · #6111 by national volume
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.
53502 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Austin, from the same CMS release.
No office rate
Both concern urethral injury repair in a female patient. The distinction is whether the repair is documented as uncomplicated or complicated.
No office rate
53502 addresses an injury; 53520 is used for repair of a urethral defect, such as a fistula.
No office rate
53500 releases urethral tethering through a transvaginal approach; 53502 repairs an injured urethra.
The same code, a different location
How does Austin compare?
53502 across payment areas
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.
Compare all 108 other payment areas
Rest Of Texas
Texas · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$436.21
No comparable office rate is available.
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim (Los Angeles/Orange Cnty)
California · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$472.31
No comparable office rate is available.
Dc + Md/Va Suburbs
District of Columbia · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$490.83
No comparable office rate is available.
Miami
Florida · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$506.39
No comparable office rate is available.
Chicago
Illinois · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$494.92
No comparable office rate is available.
Manhattan
New York · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$507.82
No comparable office rate is available.
Alaska*
Alaska · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$574.89
No comparable office rate is available.
Alabama
Alabama · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$413.81
No comparable office rate is available.
Arkansas
Arkansas · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$409.74
No comparable office rate is available.
Arizona
Arizona · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$437.42
No comparable office rate is available.
Bakersfield
California · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$452.02
No comparable office rate is available.
Chico
California · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$448.93
No comparable office rate is available.
El Centro
California · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$449.10
No comparable office rate is available.
Fresno
California · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$448.93
No comparable office rate is available.
Hanford-Corcoran
California · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$448.93
No comparable office rate is available.
Madera
California · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$448.93
No comparable office rate is available.
Merced
California · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$448.93
No comparable office rate is available.
Modesto
California · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$448.93
No comparable office rate is available.
Napa
California · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$492.05
No comparable office rate is available.
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
California · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$467.23
No comparable office rate is available.
Redding
California · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$448.93
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of California
California · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$448.93
No comparable office rate is available.
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
California · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$460.31
No comparable office rate is available.
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom
California · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$463.61
No comparable office rate is available.
Salinas
California · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$461.70
No comparable office rate is available.
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad
California · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$466.93
No comparable office rate is available.
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (Marin Cnty)
California · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$512.09
No comparable office rate is available.
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (San Francisco/San Mateo/Alameda/Contra Costa Cnty)
California · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$510.89
No comparable office rate is available.
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (San Benito Cnty)
California · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$523.39
No comparable office rate is available.
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (Santa Clara Cnty)
California · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$518.52
No comparable office rate is available.
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles
California · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$455.07
No comparable office rate is available.
Santa Cruz-Watsonville
California · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$467.01
No comparable office rate is available.
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara
California · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$461.89
No comparable office rate is available.
Santa Rosa-Petaluma
California · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$471.29
No comparable office rate is available.
Stockton
California · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$448.93
No comparable office rate is available.
Vallejo
California · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$490.33
No comparable office rate is available.
Visalia
California · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$448.93
No comparable office rate is available.
Yuba City
California · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$448.93
No comparable office rate is available.
Colorado
Colorado · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$451.60
No comparable office rate is available.
Connecticut
Connecticut · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$470.65
No comparable office rate is available.
Delaware
Delaware · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$442.99
No comparable office rate is available.
Fort Lauderdale
Florida · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$477.10
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Florida
Florida · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$458.25
No comparable office rate is available.
Atlanta
Georgia · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$457.05
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Georgia
Georgia · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$438.20
No comparable office rate is available.
Hawaii, Guam
Hawaii · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$451.72
No comparable office rate is available.
Iowa
Iowa · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$413.61
No comparable office rate is available.
Idaho
Idaho · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$416.99
No comparable office rate is available.
East St. Louis
Illinois · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$471.03
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Illinois
Illinois · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$454.21
No comparable office rate is available.
Suburban Chicago
Illinois · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$479.72
No comparable office rate is available.
Indiana
Indiana · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$418.44
No comparable office rate is available.
Kansas
Kansas · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$415.79
No comparable office rate is available.
Kentucky
Kentucky · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$428.05
No comparable office rate is available.
New Orleans
Louisiana · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$443.24
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Louisiana
Louisiana · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$428.99
No comparable office rate is available.
Metropolitan Boston
Massachusetts · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$481.80
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Massachusetts
Massachusetts · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$451.66
No comparable office rate is available.
Baltimore/Surr. Cntys
Maryland · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$469.95
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Maryland
Maryland · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$448.43
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Maine
Maine · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$422.21
No comparable office rate is available.
Southern Maine
Maine · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$432.68
No comparable office rate is available.
Detroit
Michigan · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$465.96
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Michigan
Michigan · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$438.99
No comparable office rate is available.
Minnesota
Minnesota · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$426.36
No comparable office rate is available.
Metropolitan Kansas City
Missouri · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$437.38
No comparable office rate is available.
Metropolitan St. Louis
Missouri · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$440.11
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Missouri
Missouri · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$426.26
No comparable office rate is available.
Mississippi
Mississippi · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$417.88
No comparable office rate is available.
Montana**
Montana · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$446.83
No comparable office rate is available.
North Carolina
North Carolina · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$424.67
No comparable office rate is available.
North Dakota**
North Dakota · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$426.07
No comparable office rate is available.
Nebraska
Nebraska · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$414.08
No comparable office rate is available.
New Hampshire
New Hampshire · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$448.38
No comparable office rate is available.
Northern Nj
New Jersey · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$489.10
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of New Jersey
New Jersey · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$474.21
No comparable office rate is available.
New Mexico
New Mexico · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$442.09
No comparable office rate is available.
Nevada**
Nevada · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$441.19
No comparable office rate is available.
Nyc Suburbs/Long Island
New York · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$521.19
No comparable office rate is available.
Poughkpsie/N Nyc Suburbs
New York · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$479.95
No comparable office rate is available.
Queens
New York · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$505.63
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of New York
New York · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$429.34
No comparable office rate is available.
Ohio
Ohio · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$434.75
No comparable office rate is available.
Oklahoma
Oklahoma · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$423.79
No comparable office rate is available.
Portland
Oregon · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$458.10
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Oregon
Oregon · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$435.92
No comparable office rate is available.
Metropolitan Philadelphia
Pennsylvania · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$464.37
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$433.25
No comparable office rate is available.
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$447.95
No comparable office rate is available.
Rhode Island
Rhode Island · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$452.94
No comparable office rate is available.
South Carolina
South Carolina · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$430.78
No comparable office rate is available.
South Dakota**
South Dakota · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$423.62
No comparable office rate is available.
Tennessee
Tennessee · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$417.66
No comparable office rate is available.
Utah
Utah · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$434.75
No comparable office rate is available.
Virginia
Virginia · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$434.16
No comparable office rate is available.
Virgin Islands
United States Virgin Islands · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$447.95
No comparable office rate is available.
Vermont
Vermont · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$428.15
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Washington
Washington · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$449.59
No comparable office rate is available.
Seattle (King Cnty)
Washington · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$486.38
No comparable office rate is available.
Wisconsin
Wisconsin · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$416.63
No comparable office rate is available.
West Virginia
West Virginia · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$443.29
No comparable office rate is available.
Wyoming**
Wyoming · 53502
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$437.79
No comparable office rate is available.
See how rates vary across the country
53502 · Office / nonfacility · Non-QP. Choose a state to explore its payment localities. A range means the amount varies within that state.
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| State / territory | Rate range | Localities |
|---|---|---|
| AK | No published base rate | 1 |
| AL | No published base rate | 1 |
| AR | No published base rate | 1 |
| AZ | No published base rate | 1 |
| CA | No published base rate | 29 |
| CO | No published base rate | 1 |
| CT | No published base rate | 1 |
| DC | No published base rate | 1 |
| DE | No published base rate | 1 |
| FL | No published base rate | 3 |
| GA | No published base rate | 2 |
| GU | No published base rate | 1 |
| HI | No published base rate | 1 |
| IA | No published base rate | 1 |
| ID | No published base rate | 1 |
| IL | No published base rate | 4 |
| IN | No published base rate | 1 |
| KS | No published base rate | 1 |
| KY | No published base rate | 1 |
| LA | No published base rate | 2 |
| MA | No published base rate | 2 |
| MD | No published base rate | 3 |
| ME | No published base rate | 2 |
| MI | No published base rate | 2 |
| MN | No published base rate | 1 |
| MO | No published base rate | 3 |
| MS | No published base rate | 1 |
| MT | No published base rate | 1 |
| NC | No published base rate | 1 |
| ND | No published base rate | 1 |
| NE | No published base rate | 1 |
| NH | No published base rate | 1 |
| NJ | No published base rate | 2 |
| NM | No published base rate | 1 |
| NV | No published base rate | 1 |
| NY | No published base rate | 5 |
| OH | No published base rate | 1 |
| OK | No published base rate | 1 |
| OR | No published base rate | 2 |
| PA | No published base rate | 2 |
| PR | No published base rate | 1 |
| RI | No published base rate | 1 |
| SC | No published base rate | 1 |
| SD | No published base rate | 1 |
| TN | No published base rate | 1 |
| TX | No published base rate | 8 |
| UT | No published base rate | 1 |
| VA | No published base rate | 2 |
| VI | No published base rate | 1 |
| VT | No published base rate | 1 |
| WA | No published base rate | 2 |
| WI | No published base rate | 1 |
| WV | No published base rate | 1 |
| WY | No published base rate | 1 |
Where does this rate apply?
Austin is a Medicare payment area. Our Census mapping connects it to 31 cities and communities in Texas, including the examples shown here.
Some communities span more than one payment area. Follow a city link to compare all of its mapped areas, or check the service-location ZIP above for an address-level starting point.
- 53502 in Austin
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- 53502 in Barton Creek
- 53502 in Bee Cave
- 53502 in Briarcliff
- 53502 in Cedar Park
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- 53502 in Creedmoor
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- 53502 in Elgin
Multiple payment areas
- 53502 in Garfield
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What is a percentage of Medicare worth?
Turn a percentage into dollars for 53502 in Austin. This uses the base rate on this page, so the locality and release stay consistent.
Reference amount per service
$496.91
$451.74 × 110% = $496.91
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How this local rate is calculated
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 53502 in Austin.
PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv
6,214
- Code
- 53502
- Physician work
- 8.05
- Practice expense
- 4.28
- Malpractice
- 1.05
GPCI2026.csv
96
- Locality
- Austin
- Physician work
- 1.002
- Practice expense
- 1.058
- Malpractice
- 0.886
| Component | RVU | Locality factor | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physician work | 8.05 | × 1.002 | 8.0661 |
| Practice expense | 4.28 | × 1.058 | 4.5282 |
| Malpractice | 1.05 | × 0.886 | 0.9303 |
| Total RVUs | 13.5246 | ||
| Conversion factor | × 33.4009 | ||
Facility rate, Austin$451.74
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Facility
| Component | RVU | Local GPCI |
|---|---|---|
| Work | 8.05 | 1.002 |
| Practice expense | 4.28 | 1.058 |
| Malpractice | 1.05 | 0.886 |
(8.05 × 1.002 + 4.28 × 1.058 + 1.05 × 0.886) × $33.4009 = $451.74
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.
How this rate has changed
53502 · Office / nonfacility
Rate unavailable
Effective 2026-10-01
A rate is unavailable in one of these releases, so a change cannot be calculated.
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| Effective from | Office / nonfacility | Facility | CMS release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 | Not available in this setting | $451.74 | RVU26D |
| 2026-07-01 | Not available in this setting | $451.74 | RVU26C |
| 2026-04-01 | Not available in this setting | $451.74 | RVU26B |
| 2026-01-01 | Not available in this setting | $451.74 | RVU26A |
| 2025-10-01 | Not available in this setting | $481.10 | RVU25D |
| 2025-07-01 | Not available in this setting | $481.10 | RVU25C |
| 2025-04-01 | Not available in this setting | $481.10 | RVU25B |
| 2025-01-01 | Not available in this setting | $481.10 | RVU25A |
53502 billing questions
How does 53502 differ from 53505?
53502 is for repair of an uncomplicated urethral injury in a female patient; 53505 is the corresponding code for a male patient.
When should the complicated-injury code be considered?
Use the complicated repair code when the operative documentation supports a complicated urethral injury repair. The record should explain the injury and the nature of the repair.
Does the 90-day global period include postoperative care?
Yes. CMS includes the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care in the global period.
Can modifier 50 be appended for a bilateral repair?
No. CMS identifies bilateral adjustment as inappropriate for this code.
How are other procedures in the same session paid?
Under the standard multiple procedure reduction, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to a 50% reduction.
Can an assistant or co-surgeon be reported?
CMS restricts assistant-at-surgery payment for this code and does not permit co-surgeon or team-surgery billing.
Where these rates come from
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.
6,21153454,,Tprnl balo cntnc dev adjmt,C,,0.00,0.00,,0.00,,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
6,21253460,,Revision of urethra,A,,7.56,4.07,NA,4.07,,0.99,12.62,12.62,0,090,0.08,0.83,0.09,2,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
6,21353500,,Urethrlys transvag w/ scope,A,,12.68,5.53,NA,5.53,,1.93,20.14,20.14,0,090,0.12,0.74,0.14,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
6,21453502,,Repair of urethra injury,A,,8.05,4.28,NA,4.28,,1.05,13.38,13.38,0,090,0.08,0.83,0.09,2,0,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
6,21553505,,Repair of urethra injury,A,,8.05,4.27,NA,4.27,,1.05,13.37,13.37,0,090,0.08,0.83,0.09,2,0,2,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
6,21653510,,Repair of urethra injury,A,,10.69,5.20,NA,5.20,,1.36,17.25,17.25,0,090,0.08,0.83,0.09,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
6,21753515,,Repair of urethra injury,A,,13.86,5.86,NA,5.86,,1.77,21.49,21.49,0,090,0.08,0.83,0.09,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
9311202,SC,01,SOUTH CAROLINA,1.000,0.924,0.850
9403402,SD,02,SOUTH DAKOTA**,1.000,1.000,0.336
9510312,TN,35,TENNESSEE,1.000,0.909,0.537
9604412,TX,31,AUSTIN,1.002,1.058,0.886
9704412,TX,20,BEAUMONT,1.000,0.910,0.929
9804412,TX,09,BRAZORIA,1.008,0.991,0.780
9904412,TX,11,DALLAS,1.009,0.996,0.858