No office rate
Both address external nasal lesions. Choose 30125 when the documented procedure meets its criteria for a more complicated excision; use 30124 for the less complicated service.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
30124 in Delaware
Office / nonfacility
Not available in this setting
Base rate per service
Facility setting
$276.64
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.
Nasal surgery
About 30124: External nasal lesion excision
Removal of a lesion on the external nose through an operative approach, reported for excision rather than intranasal treatment or biopsy alone.
This service removes a lesion arising on the external nose, such as one on the nasal dorsum or ala. Otolaryngologists and facial plastic surgeons commonly perform it in an office procedure room or operating room, depending on the lesion and planned anesthesia. It is distinct from treatment directed into the nasal cavity, including removal of intranasal lesions or nasal polyps.
Select this code when the operative record supports excision of an external nasal lesion rather than biopsy alone or intranasal treatment. Document the lesion’s location, the approach, and the work performed to distinguish it from a more involved external-lesion procedure. CMS assigns a 90-day global period, including the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care. For multiple procedures in one session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and the others at 50%. Modifier 50 is inappropriate. Assistant-at-surgery payment is barred by statutory restriction; co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted.
CMS billing rules for 30124
- 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 RVU3.12 · 37%
- Practice expense (office) RVU4.80 · 57%
- Malpractice RVU0.45 · 5%
12
Medicare services in 2024 · #6144 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.
30124 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Delaware, from the same CMS release.
$940.70
30117 addresses an intranasal lesion approached internally. Use 30124 for a lesion on the external nose.
No office rate
30118 treats a lesion located within the nasal cavity through an external approach. In 30124, the lesion itself is external.
$139.73
30100 is for biopsy of an intranasal lesion. Use 30124 when an external nasal lesion is excised rather than sampled for diagnosis.
The same code, a different location
How does Delaware compare?
30124 across payment areas
Same release and payment basis · bars start at $0
Delaware · This locality
Unavailable
No comparable rate is available in this setting.
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No comparable rate is available in this setting.
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No comparable rate is available in this setting.
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No comparable rate is available in this setting.
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No comparable rate is available in this setting.
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No comparable rate is available in this setting.
Other payment areas listed in Delaware 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
Alabama
Alabama · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$253.00
No comparable office rate is available.
Arkansas
Arkansas · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$249.67
No comparable office rate is available.
Arizona
Arizona · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$272.43
No comparable office rate is available.
Bakersfield
California · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$291.06
No comparable office rate is available.
Chico
California · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$289.75
No comparable office rate is available.
El Centro
California · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$289.83
No comparable office rate is available.
Fresno
California · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$289.75
No comparable office rate is available.
Hanford-Corcoran
California · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$289.75
No comparable office rate is available.
Madera
California · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$289.75
No comparable office rate is available.
Merced
California · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$289.75
No comparable office rate is available.
Modesto
California · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$289.75
No comparable office rate is available.
Napa
California · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$329.72
No comparable office rate is available.
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
California · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$306.00
No comparable office rate is available.
Redding
California · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$289.75
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of California
California · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$289.75
No comparable office rate is available.
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
California · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$294.62
No comparable office rate is available.
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom
California · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$302.48
No comparable office rate is available.
Salinas
California · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$301.31
No comparable office rate is available.
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad
California · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$307.23
No comparable office rate is available.
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (Marin Cnty)
California · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$347.07
No comparable office rate is available.
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (San Francisco/San Mateo/Alameda/Contra Costa Cnty)
California · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$346.56
No comparable office rate is available.
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (San Benito Cnty)
California · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$354.92
No comparable office rate is available.
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (Santa Clara Cnty)
California · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$352.83
No comparable office rate is available.
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles
California · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$296.65
No comparable office rate is available.
Santa Cruz-Watsonville
California · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$309.25
No comparable office rate is available.
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara
California · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$302.12
No comparable office rate is available.
Santa Rosa-Petaluma
California · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$312.27
No comparable office rate is available.
Stockton
California · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$289.75
No comparable office rate is available.
Vallejo
California · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$328.98
No comparable office rate is available.
Visalia
California · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$289.75
No comparable office rate is available.
Yuba City
California · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$289.75
No comparable office rate is available.
Colorado
Colorado · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$287.79
No comparable office rate is available.
Connecticut
Connecticut · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$297.15
No comparable office rate is available.
Fort Lauderdale
Florida · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$293.79
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Florida
Florida · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$280.07
No comparable office rate is available.
Atlanta
Georgia · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$285.46
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Georgia
Georgia · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$265.14
No comparable office rate is available.
Hawaii, Guam
Hawaii · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$295.20
No comparable office rate is available.
Iowa
Iowa · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$256.87
No comparable office rate is available.
Idaho
Idaho · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$258.82
No comparable office rate is available.
East St. Louis
Illinois · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$281.98
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Illinois
Illinois · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$274.08
No comparable office rate is available.
Suburban Chicago
Illinois · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$296.23
No comparable office rate is available.
Indiana
Indiana · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$260.14
No comparable office rate is available.
Kansas
Kansas · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$256.72
No comparable office rate is available.
Kentucky
Kentucky · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$260.49
No comparable office rate is available.
New Orleans
Louisiana · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$272.15
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Louisiana
Louisiana · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$260.50
No comparable office rate is available.
Metropolitan Boston
Massachusetts · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$313.29
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Massachusetts
Massachusetts · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$286.68
No comparable office rate is available.
Baltimore/Surr. Cntys
Maryland · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$296.50
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Maryland
Maryland · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$281.30
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Maine
Maine · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$261.06
No comparable office rate is available.
Southern Maine
Maine · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$272.58
No comparable office rate is available.
Detroit
Michigan · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$284.27
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Michigan
Michigan · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$267.56
No comparable office rate is available.
Minnesota
Minnesota · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$273.63
No comparable office rate is available.
Metropolitan Kansas City
Missouri · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$269.44
No comparable office rate is available.
Metropolitan St. Louis
Missouri · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$271.90
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Missouri
Missouri · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$257.05
No comparable office rate is available.
Mississippi
Mississippi · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$253.36
No comparable office rate is available.
Montana**
Montana · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$279.54
No comparable office rate is available.
North Carolina
North Carolina · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$263.40
No comparable office rate is available.
North Dakota**
North Dakota · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$270.64
No comparable office rate is available.
Nebraska
Nebraska · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$257.87
No comparable office rate is available.
New Hampshire
New Hampshire · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$284.26
No comparable office rate is available.
Northern Nj
New Jersey · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$312.80
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of New Jersey
New Jersey · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$299.94
No comparable office rate is available.
New Mexico
New Mexico · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$269.28
No comparable office rate is available.
Nevada**
Nevada · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$277.22
No comparable office rate is available.
Nyc Suburbs/Long Island
New York · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$329.42
No comparable office rate is available.
Poughkpsie/N Nyc Suburbs
New York · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$302.64
No comparable office rate is available.
Queens
New York · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$322.06
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of New York
New York · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$267.09
No comparable office rate is available.
Ohio
Ohio · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$265.74
No comparable office rate is available.
Oklahoma
Oklahoma · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$259.06
No comparable office rate is available.
Portland
Oregon · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$295.18
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Oregon
Oregon · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$274.46
No comparable office rate is available.
Metropolitan Philadelphia
Pennsylvania · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$290.92
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$265.59
No comparable office rate is available.
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$281.10
No comparable office rate is available.
Rhode Island
Rhode Island · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$285.21
No comparable office rate is available.
South Carolina
South Carolina · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$265.13
No comparable office rate is available.
South Dakota**
South Dakota · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$269.59
No comparable office rate is available.
Tennessee
Tennessee · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$258.02
No comparable office rate is available.
Austin
Texas · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$287.36
No comparable office rate is available.
Beaumont
Texas · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$264.07
No comparable office rate is available.
Brazoria
Texas · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$275.65
No comparable office rate is available.
Dallas
Texas · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$277.73
No comparable office rate is available.
Fort Worth
Texas · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$276.32
No comparable office rate is available.
Galveston
Texas · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$276.69
No comparable office rate is available.
Houston
Texas · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$284.93
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Texas
Texas · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$269.93
No comparable office rate is available.
Utah
Utah · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$268.41
No comparable office rate is available.
Virginia
Virginia · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$272.42
No comparable office rate is available.
Virgin Islands
United States Virgin Islands · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$281.10
No comparable office rate is available.
Vermont
Vermont · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$270.54
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Washington
Washington · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$285.83
No comparable office rate is available.
Seattle (King Cnty)
Washington · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$318.42
No comparable office rate is available.
Wisconsin
Wisconsin · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$262.43
No comparable office rate is available.
West Virginia
West Virginia · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$265.04
No comparable office rate is available.
Wyoming**
Wyoming · 30124
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$275.66
No comparable office rate is available.
See how rates vary across the country
30124 · 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?
Delaware is a Medicare payment area. Our Census mapping connects it to 79 cities and communities in Delaware, 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.
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What is a percentage of Medicare worth?
Turn a percentage into dollars for 30124 in Delaware. This uses the base rate on this page, so the locality and release stay consistent.
Reference amount per service
$304.30
$276.64 × 110% = $304.30
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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 30124 in Delaware.
PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv
3,401
- Code
- 30124
- Physician work
- 3.12
- Practice expense
- 4.80
- Malpractice
- 0.45
GPCI2026.csv
40
- Locality
- Delaware
- Physician work
- 1.005
- Practice expense
- 0.988
- Malpractice
- 0.899
| Component | RVU | Locality factor | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physician work | 3.12 | × 1.005 | 3.1356 |
| Practice expense | 4.80 | × 0.988 | 4.7424 |
| Malpractice | 0.45 | × 0.899 | 0.4046 |
| Total RVUs | 8.2826 | ||
| Conversion factor | × 33.4009 | ||
Facility rate, Delaware$276.64
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Facility
| Component | RVU | Local GPCI |
|---|---|---|
| Work | 3.12 | 1.005 |
| Practice expense | 4.8 | 0.988 |
| Malpractice | 0.45 | 0.899 |
(3.12 × 1.005 + 4.8 × 0.988 + 0.45 × 0.899) × $33.4009 = $276.64
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
30124 · Office / nonfacility
Rate unavailable
Effective 2026-10-01
A rate is unavailable in one of these releases, so a change cannot be calculated.
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
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| Effective from | Office / nonfacility | Facility | CMS release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 | Not available in this setting | $276.64 | RVU26D |
| 2026-07-01 | Not available in this setting | $276.64 | RVU26C |
| 2026-04-01 | Not available in this setting | $276.64 | RVU26B |
| 2026-01-01 | Not available in this setting | $276.64 | RVU26A |
| 2025-10-01 | Not available in this setting | $296.62 | RVU25D |
| 2025-07-01 | Not available in this setting | $296.62 | RVU25C |
| 2025-04-01 | Not available in this setting | $296.62 | RVU25B |
| 2025-01-01 | Not available in this setting | $296.62 | RVU25A |
30124 billing questions
How does this differ from 30125?
Both concern external nasal lesion removal. Use 30125 when the documented procedure meets that code’s criteria for a more complicated excision.
Can this code report removal of a lesion inside the nasal cavity?
No. It describes an external nasal lesion; codes such as 30117 or 30118 address intranasal lesions, with the approach helping distinguish those services.
Should modifier 50 be added when lesions are removed from both sides of the nose?
No. CMS identifies modifier 50 as inappropriate for this code.
How does the multiple-procedure reduction affect payment?
When multiple procedures are performed in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and the remaining procedures are paid at 50%.
What postoperative care is included?
The 90-day global period includes the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care.
Can an assistant surgeon or co-surgeon be reported?
Assistant-at-surgery payment is barred by statutory restriction. Co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted for this code.
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.
3,39830118,,Removal of intranasal lesion,A,,7.56,10.38,NA,10.38,,1.11,19.05,19.05,0,090,0.10,0.76,0.14,2,0,1,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,3993011F,,Lipid panel doc rev,I,,0.00,0.00,,0.00,,0.00,0.00,0.00,9,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,9,9,9,9,9,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,40030120,,Revision of nose,A,,5.26,9.52,,5.20,,0.75,15.53,11.21,0,090,0.10,0.76,0.14,2,0,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,40130124,,Removal of nose lesion,A,,3.12,4.80,NA,4.80,,0.45,8.37,8.37,0,090,0.10,0.76,0.14,2,0,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,40230125,,Removal of nose lesion,A,,7.12,9.52,NA,9.52,,1.05,17.69,17.69,0,090,0.10,0.76,0.14,2,0,2,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,40330130,,Excise inferior turbinate,A,,3.38,7.91,NA,7.91,,0.48,11.77,11.77,0,090,0.10,0.76,0.14,2,1,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,40430140,,Resect inferior turbinate,A,,2.93,5.44,,1.23,,0.43,8.80,4.59,0,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,1,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3704112,CO,01,COLORADO,1.012,1.064,0.781
3813102,CT,00,CONNECTICUT,1.020,1.077,1.210
3912202,DC,01,DC + MD/VA SUBURBS,1.054,1.178,1.113
4012102,DE,01,DELAWARE,1.005,0.988,0.899
4109102,FL,03,FORT LAUDERDALE,1.000,1.013,1.808
4209102,FL,04,MIAMI,1.000,1.041,2.529
4309102,FL,99,REST OF FLORIDA,1.000,0.956,1.503