44715
No office ratePrepare donor intestine
Choose 44715 for donor intestine backbench preparation without the venous anastomosis described by 44720.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
44720 in Delaware
Office / nonfacility
Not available in this setting
Base rate per service
Facility setting
$242.09
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
About 44720: Donor intestine preparation with venous anastomosis
Reports backbench preparation of a cadaver donor intestine for transplantation when the preparation includes a venous anastomosis.
A transplant surgeon prepares a cadaver donor intestine on the back table before implantation into the recipient. The work includes preparing the donor bowel and its mesenteric vessels, with a venous anastomosis as part of that preparation. This is an organ-preparation service, separate from the operation that implants the intestine in the recipient.
Select this code when the documented backbench preparation includes the venous anastomosis; preparation without that feature is represented by a different code in the family, and arterial anastomosis has its own sibling code. The operative report should identify the donor organ preparation and describe the venous work performed. When multiple procedures are performed in the same session, CMS pays the highest-valued procedure in full and applies the standard multiple procedure reduction to the others, which are paid at 50%.
CMS billing rules for 44720
- Multiple procedures
- Standard multiple procedure reduction: the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and others at 50% when performed in the same session.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU4.88 · 66%
- Practice expense (office) RVU1.18 · 16%
- Malpractice RVU1.31 · 18%
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.
44720 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Delaware, from the same CMS release.
No office rate
Choose 44721 when the backbench preparation includes an arterial anastomosis; 44720 identifies venous anastomosis.
44132
No office rateEnterectomy cadaver donor
44132 reports the intestinal allotransplantation in the recipient. 44720 reports preparation of the donor intestine before implantation.
The same code, a different location
How does Delaware compare?
44720 across payment areas
Same release and payment basis · bars start at $0
Delaware · This locality
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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 · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$222.25
No comparable office rate is available.
Arkansas
Arkansas · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$219.39
No comparable office rate is available.
Arizona
Arizona · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$238.64
No comparable office rate is available.
Bakersfield
California · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$235.94
No comparable office rate is available.
Chico
California · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$232.42
No comparable office rate is available.
El Centro
California · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$232.64
No comparable office rate is available.
Fresno
California · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$232.42
No comparable office rate is available.
Hanford-Corcoran
California · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$232.42
No comparable office rate is available.
Madera
California · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$232.42
No comparable office rate is available.
Merced
California · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$232.42
No comparable office rate is available.
Modesto
California · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$232.42
No comparable office rate is available.
Napa
California · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$247.44
No comparable office rate is available.
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
California · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$241.41
No comparable office rate is available.
Redding
California · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$232.42
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of California
California · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$232.42
No comparable office rate is available.
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
California · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$246.45
No comparable office rate is available.
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom
California · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$238.15
No comparable office rate is available.
Salinas
California · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$237.18
No comparable office rate is available.
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad
California · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$238.74
No comparable office rate is available.
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (Marin Cnty)
California · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$254.14
No comparable office rate is available.
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (San Francisco/San Mateo/Alameda/Contra Costa Cnty)
California · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$252.65
No comparable office rate is available.
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (San Benito Cnty)
California · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$261.21
No comparable office rate is available.
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (Santa Clara Cnty)
California · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$255.13
No comparable office rate is available.
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles
California · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$234.11
No comparable office rate is available.
Santa Cruz-Watsonville
California · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$237.76
No comparable office rate is available.
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara
California · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$236.97
No comparable office rate is available.
Santa Rosa-Petaluma
California · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$239.74
No comparable office rate is available.
Stockton
California · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$232.42
No comparable office rate is available.
Vallejo
California · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$245.30
No comparable office rate is available.
Visalia
California · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$232.42
No comparable office rate is available.
Yuba City
California · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$232.42
No comparable office rate is available.
Colorado
Colorado · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$241.06
No comparable office rate is available.
Connecticut
Connecticut · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$261.65
No comparable office rate is available.
Fort Lauderdale
Florida · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$282.03
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Florida
Florida · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$266.44
No comparable office rate is available.
Atlanta
Georgia · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$256.08
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Georgia
Georgia · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$250.31
No comparable office rate is available.
Hawaii, Guam
Hawaii · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$233.14
No comparable office rate is available.
Iowa
Iowa · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$216.43
No comparable office rate is available.
Idaho
Idaho · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$219.95
No comparable office rate is available.
East St. Louis
Illinois · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$287.38
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Illinois
Illinois · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$267.37
No comparable office rate is available.
Suburban Chicago
Illinois · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$282.15
No comparable office rate is available.
Indiana
Indiana · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$220.80
No comparable office rate is available.
Kansas
Kansas · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$220.68
No comparable office rate is available.
Kentucky
Kentucky · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$238.07
No comparable office rate is available.
New Orleans
Louisiana · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$249.79
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Louisiana
Louisiana · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$239.79
No comparable office rate is available.
Metropolitan Boston
Massachusetts · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$255.68
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Massachusetts
Massachusetts · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$241.98
No comparable office rate is available.
Baltimore/Surr. Cntys
Maryland · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$262.02
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Maryland
Maryland · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$244.68
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Maine
Maine · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$226.47
No comparable office rate is available.
Southern Maine
Maine · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$229.66
No comparable office rate is available.
Detroit
Michigan · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$274.80
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Michigan
Michigan · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$248.38
No comparable office rate is available.
Minnesota
Minnesota · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$216.50
No comparable office rate is available.
Metropolitan Kansas City
Missouri · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$242.75
No comparable office rate is available.
Metropolitan St. Louis
Missouri · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$244.36
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Missouri
Missouri · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$239.59
No comparable office rate is available.
Mississippi
Mississippi · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$229.27
No comparable office rate is available.
Montana**
Montana · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$246.08
No comparable office rate is available.
North Carolina
North Carolina · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$227.73
No comparable office rate is available.
North Dakota**
North Dakota · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$220.17
No comparable office rate is available.
Nebraska
Nebraska · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$215.91
No comparable office rate is available.
New Hampshire
New Hampshire · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$242.31
No comparable office rate is available.
Northern Nj
New Jersey · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$265.71
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of New Jersey
New Jersey · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$260.55
No comparable office rate is available.
New Mexico
New Mexico · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$251.69
No comparable office rate is available.
Nevada**
Nevada · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$238.90
No comparable office rate is available.
Nyc Suburbs/Long Island
New York · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$301.54
No comparable office rate is available.
Poughkpsie/N Nyc Suburbs
New York · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$266.43
No comparable office rate is available.
Queens
New York · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$283.11
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of New York
New York · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$231.20
No comparable office rate is available.
Ohio
Ohio · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$243.09
No comparable office rate is available.
Oklahoma
Oklahoma · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$232.19
No comparable office rate is available.
Portland
Oregon · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$241.95
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Oregon
Oregon · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$233.01
No comparable office rate is available.
Metropolitan Philadelphia
Pennsylvania · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$259.16
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$240.53
No comparable office rate is available.
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$245.94
No comparable office rate is available.
Rhode Island
Rhode Island · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$245.84
No comparable office rate is available.
South Carolina
South Carolina · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$236.61
No comparable office rate is available.
South Dakota**
South Dakota · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$217.11
No comparable office rate is available.
Tennessee
Tennessee · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$222.32
No comparable office rate is available.
Austin
Texas · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$243.79
No comparable office rate is available.
Beaumont
Texas · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$239.51
No comparable office rate is available.
Brazoria
Texas · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$237.49
No comparable office rate is available.
Dallas
Texas · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$241.26
No comparable office rate is available.
Fort Worth
Texas · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$241.44
No comparable office rate is available.
Galveston
Texas · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$239.67
No comparable office rate is available.
Houston
Texas · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$263.64
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Texas
Texas · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$239.91
No comparable office rate is available.
Utah
Utah · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$239.34
No comparable office rate is available.
Virginia
Virginia · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$232.63
No comparable office rate is available.
Virgin Islands
United States Virgin Islands · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$245.94
No comparable office rate is available.
Vermont
Vermont · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$224.16
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Washington
Washington · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$239.91
No comparable office rate is available.
Seattle (King Cnty)
Washington · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$255.25
No comparable office rate is available.
Wisconsin
Wisconsin · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$214.23
No comparable office rate is available.
West Virginia
West Virginia · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$259.86
No comparable office rate is available.
Wyoming**
Wyoming · 44720
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$234.79
No comparable office rate is available.
See how rates vary across the country
44720 · 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.
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What is a percentage of Medicare worth?
Turn a percentage into dollars for 44720 in Delaware. This uses the base rate on this page, so the locality and release stay consistent.
Reference amount per service
$266.30
$242.09 × 110% = $266.30
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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 44720 in Delaware.
PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv
5,444
- Code
- 44720
- Physician work
- 4.88
- Practice expense
- 1.18
- Malpractice
- 1.31
GPCI2026.csv
40
- Locality
- Delaware
- Physician work
- 1.005
- Practice expense
- 0.988
- Malpractice
- 0.899
| Component | RVU | Locality factor | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physician work | 4.88 | × 1.005 | 4.9044 |
| Practice expense | 1.18 | × 0.988 | 1.1658 |
| Malpractice | 1.31 | × 0.899 | 1.1777 |
| Total RVUs | 7.2479 | ||
| Conversion factor | × 33.4009 | ||
Facility rate, Delaware$242.09
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Facility
| Component | RVU | Local GPCI |
|---|---|---|
| Work | 4.88 | 1.005 |
| Practice expense | 1.18 | 0.988 |
| Malpractice | 1.31 | 0.899 |
(4.88 × 1.005 + 1.18 × 0.988 + 1.31 × 0.899) × $33.4009 = $242.09
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
44720 · 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.
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| Effective from | Office / nonfacility | Facility | CMS release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 | Not available in this setting | $242.09 | RVU26D |
| 2026-07-01 | Not available in this setting | $242.09 | RVU26C |
| 2026-04-01 | Not available in this setting | $242.09 | RVU26B |
| 2026-01-01 | Not available in this setting | $242.09 | RVU26A |
| 2025-10-01 | Not available in this setting | $262.48 | RVU25D |
| 2025-07-01 | Not available in this setting | $262.48 | RVU25C |
| 2025-04-01 | Not available in this setting | $262.48 | RVU25B |
| 2025-01-01 | Not available in this setting | $262.48 | RVU25A |
44720 billing questions
How does 44720 differ from 44715?
44720 is for backbench preparation that includes a venous anastomosis. 44715 represents donor intestine preparation without that venous feature.
When is 44721 used instead?
Use 44721 when the donor intestine preparation includes an arterial anastomosis. The distinction from 44720 is the vessel addressed during backbench preparation.
Is 44720 the recipient's intestinal transplant operation?
No. It reports preparation of the donor intestine before implantation; the recipient transplant operation is a separate service.
What documentation supports reporting 44720?
The operative report should identify backbench preparation of the cadaver donor intestine and describe the venous anastomosis performed.
How does the multiple procedure rule affect payment?
For multiple procedures in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and the others are paid at 50%.
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.
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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
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