CPT code 61320: Abscess drainage2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Redding

In Redding, Medicare pays $1,734.51 for 61320 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

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Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

What 61320 covers

This service involves opening the skull to reach and drain an intracranial abscess in the supratentorial compartment. A neurosurgeon typically performs it in an operating room when the collection requires open surgical access; material may be collected for culture as part of treating the infection. The anatomic distinction is whether the abscess lies above the tentorium, not its size or the side of the head.

Select this code when the operative report supports both open cranial access and drainage of a supratentorial abscess. Document the abscess location, approach, and drainage performed. The 90-day global period includes the day-before preoperative visit and related postoperative care during the following 90 days. If multiple procedures are performed in one session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard 50% reduction. Modifier 50 is inappropriate for this service. An assistant at surgery may be paid; co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation, and team-surgery payment is not permitted.

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.

How Redding compares for 61320

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 61320 runs from $1,555.54 in Wisconsin to $2,429.43 in Miami. Redding pays $1,734.51. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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How the 61320 rate is calculated

Each of 61320’s three RVUs is multiplied by a geographic index (GPCI) for the payment locality, added up, and multiplied by the conversion factor. Drag the indexes or enter a ZIP to see what moves the rate.

Payment rules and modifiers for 61320

61320 has a 90-day global period: related visits in that window are included in the surgery payment.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 51

Codes related to 61320

Related codes aren’t interchangeable: bill the code that matches the service performed.

How 61320 has changed in Redding

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Where the Redding rate applies

Redding is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 32 cities and communities in California. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

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Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indexes and the conversion factor. Services without a published rate are labeled, never given a made-up amount. Amounts are Medicare allowed amounts before claim adjustments: not a patient’s bill or a commercial rate.

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