This code is for a proximal Whipple-type operation with duodenectomy and pancreatic-to-jejunal reconstruction; 48140 describes a distal partial pancreatectomy.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
48150 in Madera
Office / nonfacility
Not available in this setting
Base rate per service
Facility setting
$2769.16
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.
Pancreatic surgery
About 48150: Proximal pancreaticoduodenectomy with reconstruction
Reports a Whipple-type operation removing the proximal pancreas and duodenum, with pancreatic drainage reconstructed to the jejunum, often for pancreatic head or periampullary disease.
This code describes a major Whipple-type resection in which the proximal pancreas and duodenum are removed and pancreatic drainage is connected to the jejunum. It is commonly performed by a pancreatic or hepatopancreatobiliary surgeon for pancreatic head cancer, ampullary tumors, or other disease requiring this extent of resection. The operation takes place in a surgical facility and includes the reconstruction specified by the code; it is more extensive than removing a pancreatic lesion alone.
Select the code from the operative report’s resection extent and reconstruction, not simply the diagnosis. Documentation should identify the portions of pancreas and duodenum removed and the pancreatic-to-jejunal reconstruction. Medicare assigns a 90-day global period, including the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care. When multiple procedures occur in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard 50% reduction. Assistant-at-surgery payment may be available; co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation, and team surgery billing is not permitted. Modifier 50 is inappropriate for this procedure.
CMS billing rules for 48150
- 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
- Assistant at surgery may be paid.
- Co-surgeons
- Co-surgeons paid only with supporting documentation.
- Team surgery
- Team surgery not permitted.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU51.52 · 60%
- Practice expense (office) RVU21.52 · 25%
- Malpractice RVU12.92 · 15%
3.1K
Medicare services in 2024 · #2141 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.
48150 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Madera, from the same CMS release.
Both involve partial pancreatic resection, but 48145 is a distal resection. Use this code for the proximal Whipple-type operation described in the operative report.
48146 describes total pancreatectomy. This code is for a proximal resection that preserves pancreatic tissue outside the resected portion.
48120 describes removal of a pancreatic lesion; this code represents the broader proximal pancreatic and duodenal resection with reconstruction.
The same code, a different location
How does Madera compare?
48150 across payment areas
Same release and payment basis · bars start at $0
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Other payment areas listed in California 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
Merced
California · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2769.16
No comparable office rate is available.
Modesto
California · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2769.16
No comparable office rate is available.
Napa
California · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2995.81
No comparable office rate is available.
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
California · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2887.45
No comparable office rate is available.
Redding
California · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2769.16
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of California
California · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2769.16
No comparable office rate is available.
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
California · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2907.68
No comparable office rate is available.
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom
California · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2850.02
No comparable office rate is available.
Salinas
California · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2838.54
No comparable office rate is available.
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad
California · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2866.00
No comparable office rate is available.
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (Marin Cnty)
California · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$3095.86
No comparable office rate is available.
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (San Francisco/San Mateo/Alameda/Contra Costa Cnty)
California · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$3081.19
No comparable office rate is available.
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (San Benito Cnty)
California · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$3177.90
No comparable office rate is available.
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (Santa Clara Cnty)
California · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$3117.92
No comparable office rate is available.
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles
California · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2800.07
No comparable office rate is available.
Santa Cruz-Watsonville
California · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2861.58
No comparable office rate is available.
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara
California · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2838.41
No comparable office rate is available.
Santa Rosa-Petaluma
California · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2886.41
No comparable office rate is available.
Stockton
California · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2769.16
No comparable office rate is available.
Vallejo
California · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2974.66
No comparable office rate is available.
Visalia
California · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2769.16
No comparable office rate is available.
Yuba City
California · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2769.16
No comparable office rate is available.
Dc + Md/Va Suburbs
District of Columbia · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$3140.77
No comparable office rate is available.
Miami
Florida · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$3560.44
No comparable office rate is available.
Chicago
Illinois · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$3445.62
No comparable office rate is available.
Manhattan
New York · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$3350.60
No comparable office rate is available.
Alaska*
Alaska · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$3584.51
No comparable office rate is available.
Alabama
Alabama · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2594.00
No comparable office rate is available.
Arkansas
Arkansas · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2560.50
No comparable office rate is available.
Arizona
Arizona · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2786.72
No comparable office rate is available.
Colorado
Colorado · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2843.29
No comparable office rate is available.
Connecticut
Connecticut · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$3051.53
No comparable office rate is available.
Delaware
Delaware · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2827.53
No comparable office rate is available.
Fort Lauderdale
Florida · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$3229.17
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Florida
Florida · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$3056.58
No comparable office rate is available.
Atlanta
Georgia · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2974.54
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Georgia
Georgia · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2876.37
No comparable office rate is available.
Hawaii, Guam
Hawaii · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2787.94
No comparable office rate is available.
Iowa
Iowa · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2549.83
No comparable office rate is available.
Idaho
Idaho · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2586.22
No comparable office rate is available.
East St. Louis
Illinois · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$3251.22
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Illinois
Illinois · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$3051.56
No comparable office rate is available.
Suburban Chicago
Illinois · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$3235.74
No comparable office rate is available.
Indiana
Indiana · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2596.86
No comparable office rate is available.
Kansas
Kansas · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2588.09
No comparable office rate is available.
Kentucky
Kentucky · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2754.68
No comparable office rate is available.
New Orleans
Louisiana · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2887.42
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Louisiana
Louisiana · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2770.36
No comparable office rate is available.
Metropolitan Boston
Massachusetts · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$3033.67
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Massachusetts
Massachusetts · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2849.17
No comparable office rate is available.
Baltimore/Surr. Cntys
Maryland · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$3053.42
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Maryland
Maryland · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2861.59
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Maine
Maine · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2650.52
No comparable office rate is available.
Southern Maine
Maine · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2705.43
No comparable office rate is available.
Detroit
Michigan · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$3142.02
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Michigan
Michigan · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2864.28
No comparable office rate is available.
Minnesota
Minnesota · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2588.18
No comparable office rate is available.
Metropolitan Kansas City
Missouri · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2817.37
No comparable office rate is available.
Metropolitan St. Louis
Missouri · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2837.50
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Missouri
Missouri · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2760.73
No comparable office rate is available.
Mississippi
Mississippi · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2658.60
No comparable office rate is available.
Montana**
Montana · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2870.28
No comparable office rate is available.
North Carolina
North Carolina · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2667.20
No comparable office rate is available.
North Dakota**
North Dakota · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2614.81
No comparable office rate is available.
Nebraska
Nebraska · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2547.38
No comparable office rate is available.
New Hampshire
New Hampshire · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2846.67
No comparable office rate is available.
Northern Nj
New Jersey · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$3123.90
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of New Jersey
New Jersey · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$3047.96
No comparable office rate is available.
New Mexico
New Mexico · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2898.22
No comparable office rate is available.
Nevada**
Nevada · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2799.79
No comparable office rate is available.
Nyc Suburbs/Long Island
New York · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$3486.95
No comparable office rate is available.
Poughkpsie/N Nyc Suburbs
New York · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$3107.49
No comparable office rate is available.
Queens
New York · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$3302.83
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of New York
New York · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2707.03
No comparable office rate is available.
Ohio
Ohio · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2812.06
No comparable office rate is available.
Oklahoma
Oklahoma · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2698.00
No comparable office rate is available.
Portland
Oregon · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2867.99
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Oregon
Oregon · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2740.10
No comparable office rate is available.
Metropolitan Philadelphia
Pennsylvania · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$3014.87
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2788.47
No comparable office rate is available.
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2872.57
No comparable office rate is available.
Rhode Island
Rhode Island · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2880.95
No comparable office rate is available.
South Carolina
South Carolina · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2751.78
No comparable office rate is available.
South Dakota**
South Dakota · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2584.60
No comparable office rate is available.
Tennessee
Tennessee · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2605.93
No comparable office rate is available.
Austin
Texas · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2867.08
No comparable office rate is available.
Beaumont
Texas · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2775.81
No comparable office rate is available.
Brazoria
Texas · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2783.50
No comparable office rate is available.
Dallas
Texas · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2822.47
No comparable office rate is available.
Fort Worth
Texas · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2820.90
No comparable office rate is available.
Galveston
Texas · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2805.65
No comparable office rate is available.
Houston
Texas · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$3042.14
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Texas
Texas · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2792.62
No comparable office rate is available.
Utah
Utah · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2784.00
No comparable office rate is available.
Virginia
Virginia · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2732.05
No comparable office rate is available.
Virgin Islands
United States Virgin Islands · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2872.57
No comparable office rate is available.
Vermont
Vermont · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2650.77
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Washington
Washington · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2828.47
No comparable office rate is available.
Seattle (King Cnty)
Washington · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$3041.38
No comparable office rate is available.
Wisconsin
Wisconsin · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2542.33
No comparable office rate is available.
West Virginia
West Virginia · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2962.97
No comparable office rate is available.
Wyoming**
Wyoming · 48150
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2758.94
No comparable office rate is available.
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Where does this rate apply?
Madera is a Medicare payment area. Our Census mapping connects it to 17 cities and communities in California, including the examples shown here.
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Turn a percentage into dollars for 48150 in Madera. This uses the base rate on this page, so the locality and release stay consistent.
Reference amount per service
$3046.08
$2769.16 × 110% = $3046.08
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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 48150 in Madera.
PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv
5,741
- Code
- 48150
- Physician work
- 51.52
- Practice expense
- 21.52
- Malpractice
- 12.92
GPCI2026.csv
14
- Locality
- Madera
- Physician work
- 1.017
- Practice expense
- 1.096
- Malpractice
- 0.536
| Component | RVU | Locality factor | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physician work | 51.52 | × 1.017 | 52.3958 |
| Practice expense | 21.52 | × 1.096 | 23.5859 |
| Malpractice | 12.92 | × 0.536 | 6.9251 |
| Total RVUs | 82.9069 | ||
| Conversion factor | × 33.4009 | ||
Facility rate, Madera$2769.16
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Facility
| Component | RVU | Local GPCI |
|---|---|---|
| Work | 51.52 | 1.017 |
| Practice expense | 21.52 | 1.096 |
| Malpractice | 12.92 | 0.536 |
(51.52 × 1.017 + 21.52 × 1.096 + 12.92 × 0.536) × $33.4009 = $2769.16
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
48150 · Office / nonfacility
Rate unavailable
Effective 2026-10-01
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| Effective from | Office / nonfacility | Facility | CMS release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 | Not available in this setting | $2769.16 | RVU26D |
| 2026-07-01 | Not available in this setting | $2769.16 | RVU26C |
| 2026-04-01 | Not available in this setting | $2769.16 | RVU26B |
| 2026-01-01 | Not available in this setting | $2769.16 | RVU26A |
| 2025-10-01 | Not available in this setting | $2947.95 | RVU25D |
| 2025-07-01 | Not available in this setting | $2947.95 | RVU25C |
| 2025-04-01 | Not available in this setting | $2947.95 | RVU25B |
| 2025-01-01 | Not available in this setting | $2947.95 | RVU25A |
48150 billing questions
How is this different from a distal pancreatectomy?
This code describes a proximal Whipple-type resection that includes duodenectomy and pancreatic-to-jejunal reconstruction. Distal pancreatectomy codes describe removal from the body or tail rather than this proximal operation.
Is the pancreatic-to-jejunal reconstruction included?
Yes. The reconstruction is part of the Whipple-type service described by this code; it is not reported separately as a separate service merely because it is documented in the operative report.
Should modifier 50 be appended for a bilateral procedure?
No. Modifier 50 is inappropriate for this procedure because its descriptor and anatomy do not support bilateral reporting.
Can an assistant or co-surgeon be reported?
Assistant-at-surgery payment may be available. Co-surgeon payment requires documentation supporting the co-surgeon roles; team surgery billing is not permitted.
What postoperative care is included in the global period?
The 90-day global period includes the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care.
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.
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.
