No office rate
61458 is for suboccipital exploration or decompression of cranial nerves. Choose 61460 when the operative report documents nerve section.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
61460 in Merced
Office / nonfacility
Not available in this setting
Base rate per service
Facility setting
$1933.92
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.
Neurosurgery
About 61460: Suboccipital cranial nerve section
Reports a suboccipital craniectomy performed to section one or more cranial nerves, rather than to explore or decompress them.
A neurosurgeon uses a suboccipital approach to reach and intentionally divide one or more cranial nerves inside the skull. The operation is distinct from opening the area only to inspect or decompress a nerve. A posterior fossa nerve section for selected cases of severe, otherwise difficult-to-control cranial neuralgia is a representative clinical context. This service is generally performed in a hospital operating room.
Choose the code from the operative objective and documented work: cranial nerve section through a suboccipital craniectomy. The operative report should identify the nerve or nerves treated and document that sectioning was performed, rather than decompression alone. CMS assigns a 90-day global period, including the day-before preoperative visit and related postoperative care during the following 90 days. When multiple procedures occur in the same session, the highest-valued is paid in full and the others at 50%. An assistant at surgery may be paid, and co-surgeons are permitted; team-surgery payment is not permitted. Modifier 50 is inappropriate for this descriptor.
CMS billing rules for 61460
- 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 permitted.
- Team surgery
- Team surgery not permitted.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU29.48 · 48%
- Practice expense (office) RVU19.38 · 32%
- Malpractice RVU12.46 · 20%
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Medicare services in 2024 · #6045 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.
61460 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Merced, from the same CMS release.
No office rate
61450 is directed to decompression of the medulla and spinal cord. It does not describe sectioning cranial nerves.
The same code, a different location
How does Merced compare?
61460 across payment areas
Same release and payment basis · bars start at $0
Merced · This locality
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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
Madera
California · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1933.92
No comparable office rate is available.
Modesto
California · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1933.92
No comparable office rate is available.
Napa
California · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2111.26
No comparable office rate is available.
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
California · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2036.63
No comparable office rate is available.
Redding
California · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1933.92
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of California
California · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1933.92
No comparable office rate is available.
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
California · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2066.83
No comparable office rate is available.
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom
California · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1996.00
No comparable office rate is available.
Salinas
California · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1988.48
No comparable office rate is available.
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad
California · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2013.95
No comparable office rate is available.
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (Marin Cnty)
California · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2181.93
No comparable office rate is available.
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (San Francisco/San Mateo/Alameda/Contra Costa Cnty)
California · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2167.78
No comparable office rate is available.
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (San Benito Cnty)
California · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2249.46
No comparable office rate is available.
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (Santa Clara Cnty)
California · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2191.61
No comparable office rate is available.
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles
California · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1961.75
No comparable office rate is available.
Santa Cruz-Watsonville
California · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2014.89
No comparable office rate is available.
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara
California · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1990.06
No comparable office rate is available.
Santa Rosa-Petaluma
California · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2032.16
No comparable office rate is available.
Stockton
California · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1933.92
No comparable office rate is available.
Vallejo
California · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2090.87
No comparable office rate is available.
Visalia
California · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1933.92
No comparable office rate is available.
Yuba City
California · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1933.92
No comparable office rate is available.
Dc + Md/Va Suburbs
District of Columbia · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2263.56
No comparable office rate is available.
Miami
Florida · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2711.01
No comparable office rate is available.
Chicago
Illinois · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2597.22
No comparable office rate is available.
Manhattan
New York · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2459.90
No comparable office rate is available.
Alaska*
Alaska · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2395.68
No comparable office rate is available.
Alabama
Alabama · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1786.61
No comparable office rate is available.
Arkansas
Arkansas · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1755.03
No comparable office rate is available.
Arizona
Arizona · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1968.15
No comparable office rate is available.
Colorado
Colorado · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2010.24
No comparable office rate is available.
Connecticut
Connecticut · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2205.08
No comparable office rate is available.
Delaware
Delaware · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2003.27
No comparable office rate is available.
Fort Lauderdale
Florida · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2392.83
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Florida
Florida · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2229.00
No comparable office rate is available.
Atlanta
Georgia · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2145.11
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Georgia
Georgia · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2058.14
No comparable office rate is available.
Hawaii, Guam
Hawaii · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1961.61
No comparable office rate is available.
Iowa
Iowa · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1742.17
No comparable office rate is available.
Idaho
Idaho · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1777.03
No comparable office rate is available.
East St. Louis
Illinois · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2418.36
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Illinois
Illinois · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2226.13
No comparable office rate is available.
Suburban Chicago
Illinois · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2393.80
No comparable office rate is available.
Indiana
Indiana · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1786.98
No comparable office rate is available.
Kansas
Kansas · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1779.58
No comparable office rate is available.
Kentucky
Kentucky · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1940.92
No comparable office rate is available.
New Orleans
Louisiana · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2066.55
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Louisiana
Louisiana · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1956.22
No comparable office rate is available.
Metropolitan Boston
Massachusetts · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2168.31
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Massachusetts
Massachusetts · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2013.72
No comparable office rate is available.
Baltimore/Surr. Cntys
Maryland · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2209.78
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Maryland
Maryland · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2031.63
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Maine
Maine · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1839.04
No comparable office rate is available.
Southern Maine
Maine · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1888.75
No comparable office rate is available.
Detroit
Michigan · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2310.98
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Michigan
Michigan · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2045.51
No comparable office rate is available.
Minnesota
Minnesota · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1773.93
No comparable office rate is available.
Metropolitan Kansas City
Missouri · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1999.09
No comparable office rate is available.
Metropolitan St. Louis
Missouri · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2017.90
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Missouri
Missouri · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1947.99
No comparable office rate is available.
Mississippi
Mississippi · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1849.55
No comparable office rate is available.
Montana**
Montana · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2047.31
No comparable office rate is available.
North Carolina
North Carolina · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1854.53
No comparable office rate is available.
North Dakota**
North Dakota · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1800.94
No comparable office rate is available.
Nebraska
Nebraska · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1739.44
No comparable office rate is available.
New Hampshire
New Hampshire · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2022.66
No comparable office rate is available.
Northern Nj
New Jersey · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2242.05
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of New Jersey
New Jersey · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2187.45
No comparable office rate is available.
New Mexico
New Mexico · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2078.07
No comparable office rate is available.
Nevada**
Nevada · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1979.29
No comparable office rate is available.
Nyc Suburbs/Long Island
New York · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2590.16
No comparable office rate is available.
Poughkpsie/N Nyc Suburbs
New York · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2241.34
No comparable office rate is available.
Queens
New York · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2412.92
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of New York
New York · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1892.17
No comparable office rate is available.
Ohio
Ohio · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1995.16
No comparable office rate is available.
Oklahoma
Oklahoma · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1886.07
No comparable office rate is available.
Portland
Oregon · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2029.21
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Oregon
Oregon · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1921.95
No comparable office rate is available.
Metropolitan Philadelphia
Pennsylvania · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2172.73
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1972.17
No comparable office rate is available.
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2049.02
No comparable office rate is available.
Rhode Island
Rhode Island · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2043.27
No comparable office rate is available.
South Carolina
South Carolina · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1936.52
No comparable office rate is available.
South Dakota**
South Dakota · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1771.80
No comparable office rate is available.
Tennessee
Tennessee · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1796.55
No comparable office rate is available.
Austin
Texas · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2040.21
No comparable office rate is available.
Beaumont
Texas · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1960.34
No comparable office rate is available.
Brazoria
Texas · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1958.64
No comparable office rate is available.
Dallas
Texas · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1995.32
No comparable office rate is available.
Fort Worth
Texas · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1994.26
No comparable office rate is available.
Galveston
Texas · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1979.91
No comparable office rate is available.
Houston
Texas · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2207.97
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Texas
Texas · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1974.76
No comparable office rate is available.
Utah
Utah · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1966.85
No comparable office rate is available.
Virginia
Virginia · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1914.78
No comparable office rate is available.
Virgin Islands
United States Virgin Islands · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2049.02
No comparable office rate is available.
Vermont
Vermont · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1836.08
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Washington
Washington · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1995.79
No comparable office rate is available.
Seattle (King Cnty)
Washington · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2168.16
No comparable office rate is available.
Wisconsin
Wisconsin · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1732.96
No comparable office rate is available.
West Virginia
West Virginia · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2142.72
No comparable office rate is available.
Wyoming**
Wyoming · 61460
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1939.94
No comparable office rate is available.
See how rates vary across the country
61460 · 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?
Merced is a Medicare payment area. Our Census mapping connects it to 24 cities and communities in California, including the examples shown here.
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Turn a percentage into dollars for 61460 in Merced. This uses the base rate on this page, so the locality and release stay consistent.
Reference amount per service
$2127.31
$1933.92 × 110% = $2127.31
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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 61460 in Merced.
PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv
6,775
- Code
- 61460
- Physician work
- 29.48
- Practice expense
- 19.38
- Malpractice
- 12.46
GPCI2026.csv
15
- Locality
- Merced
- Physician work
- 1.017
- Practice expense
- 1.096
- Malpractice
- 0.536
| Component | RVU | Locality factor | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physician work | 29.48 | × 1.017 | 29.9812 |
| Practice expense | 19.38 | × 1.096 | 21.2405 |
| Malpractice | 12.46 | × 0.536 | 6.6786 |
| Total RVUs | 57.9002 | ||
| Conversion factor | × 33.4009 | ||
Facility rate, Merced$1933.92
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Facility
| Component | RVU | Local GPCI |
|---|---|---|
| Work | 29.48 | 1.017 |
| Practice expense | 19.38 | 1.096 |
| Malpractice | 12.46 | 0.536 |
(29.48 × 1.017 + 19.38 × 1.096 + 12.46 × 0.536) × $33.4009 = $1933.92
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
61460 · 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 | $1933.92 | RVU26D |
| 2026-07-01 | Not available in this setting | $1933.92 | RVU26C |
| 2026-04-01 | Not available in this setting | $1933.92 | RVU26B |
| 2026-01-01 | Not available in this setting | $1933.92 | RVU26A |
| 2025-10-01 | Not available in this setting | $1985.27 | RVU25D |
| 2025-07-01 | Not available in this setting | $1985.27 | RVU25C |
| 2025-04-01 | Not available in this setting | $1985.27 | RVU25B |
| 2025-01-01 | Not available in this setting | $1985.27 | RVU25A |
61460 billing questions
How is this code distinguished from 61458?
Use 61460 when the suboccipital operation sections one or more cranial nerves. Code 61458 describes exploration or decompression of cranial nerves, not their section.
When is 61450 a better fit?
61450 concerns suboccipital decompression of the medulla and spinal cord. Select 61460 when the documented operative objective is cranial nerve section.
What documentation supports reporting 61460?
The operative report should establish the suboccipital approach and state that one or more cranial nerves were intentionally sectioned. A diagnosis or mention of neuralgia alone does not establish that operative work.
Can modifier 50 be reported?
No. The code’s descriptor and anatomy make modifier 50 inappropriate.
How does the 90-day global period affect follow-up billing?
The day-before preoperative visit and related postoperative care during the 90 days after surgery are included in the global period.
Can an assistant or co-surgeon be reported?
CMS permits payment for an assistant at surgery and permits co-surgeons for this code. Team-surgery payment is not permitted.
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.
6,77261345,,Oth cranial dcmprn pst fossa,A,,28.50,19.03,NA,19.03,,12.04,59.57,59.57,0,090,0.11,0.76,0.13,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
6,77361450,,Crnec stpl sctj cmprn/dcmprn,A,,27.00,17.45,NA,17.45,,11.41,55.86,55.86,0,090,0.11,0.76,0.13,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
6,77461458,,Crnec sopl xpl/dcmpr crl nrv,A,,28.12,18.84,NA,18.84,,11.83,58.79,58.79,0,090,0.11,0.76,0.13,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
6,77561460,,Crnec sopl sctj 1+crnl nrv,A,,29.48,19.38,NA,19.38,,12.46,61.32,61.32,0,090,0.11,0.76,0.13,2,0,2,2,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
6,77661500,,Crnec exc tum/bone les skull,A,,18.70,11.62,NA,11.62,,5.57,35.89,35.89,0,090,0.11,0.76,0.13,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
6,77761501,,Craniectomy f/osteomyelitis,A,,15.94,10.99,NA,10.99,,4.69,31.62,31.62,0,090,0.11,0.76,0.13,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
6,7786150F,,Pt notrcvng1st antitnf txmnt,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
1201112,CA,57,HANFORD-CORCORAN,1.017,1.096,0.536
1301182,CA,18,LOS ANGELES-LONG BEACH-ANAHEIM (LOS ANGELES/ORANGE CNTY),1.041,1.183,0.664
1401112,CA,58,MADERA,1.017,1.096,0.536
1501112,CA,59,MERCED,1.017,1.096,0.536
1601112,CA,60,MODESTO,1.017,1.096,0.536
1701112,CA,51,NAPA,1.063,1.318,0.508
1801182,CA,17,OXNARD-THOUSAND OAKS-VENTURA,1.028,1.182,0.623