Both describe spinal meningocele repair; 63700 is for a newborn, while 63702 is for a patient who is not a newborn.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
63702 in Salinas
Office / nonfacility
Not available in this setting
Base rate per service
Facility setting
$1416.11
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 63702: Nonnewborn spinal meningocele repair
Surgical repair of a spinal meningocele in a patient who is not a newborn, closing the meningeal defect associated with the spinal lesion.
A spinal meningocele is a sac of meninges and cerebrospinal fluid that protrudes through a spinal defect. A neurosurgeon, often a pediatric neurosurgeon, operates to address the sac and close the defect while protecting the spinal cord and nerve roots. This code is for repair in a patient who is not a newborn; the newborn repair is a separate code in the family. These procedures are generally performed in a hospital operating room for congenital spinal lesions.
Select the code based on the lesion being repaired and the patient’s newborn status, not simply the spinal level or size of the defect. The operative report should identify the meningocele, describe the repair and document the patient’s status relevant to code selection. Medicare assigns a 90-day global period, including the day before surgery and 90 days of related postoperative care. When multiple procedures are performed in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard 50% reduction. Modifier 50 is not appropriate for this midline repair. An assistant at surgery may be paid; co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation, and team surgery is not permitted.
CMS billing rules for 63702
- 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 RVU18.92 · 44%
- Practice expense (office) RVU16.06 · 37%
- Malpractice RVU7.98 · 19%
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.
63702 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Salinas, from the same CMS release.
This code is for newborn myelomeningocele repair. Use 63702 for a nonnewborn patient when the lesion is a meningocele, not a myelomeningocele.
This code is for nonnewborn myelomeningocele repair. The lesion type, rather than age alone, separates it from 63702.
63707 addresses repair of a spinal cerebrospinal fluid leak. It is not the code for repairing a spinal meningocele.
The same code, a different location
How does Salinas compare?
63702 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
Madera
California · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1373.47
No comparable office rate is available.
Merced
California · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1373.47
No comparable office rate is available.
Modesto
California · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1373.47
No comparable office rate is available.
Napa
California · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1514.16
No comparable office rate is available.
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
California · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1449.74
No comparable office rate is available.
Redding
California · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1373.47
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of California
California · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1373.47
No comparable office rate is available.
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
California · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1458.59
No comparable office rate is available.
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom
California · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1421.41
No comparable office rate is available.
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad
California · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1436.92
No comparable office rate is available.
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (Marin Cnty)
California · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1570.67
No comparable office rate is available.
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (San Francisco/San Mateo/Alameda/Contra Costa Cnty)
California · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1561.61
No comparable office rate is available.
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (San Benito Cnty)
California · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1617.84
No comparable office rate is available.
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (Santa Clara Cnty)
California · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1580.79
No comparable office rate is available.
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles
California · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1396.53
No comparable office rate is available.
Santa Cruz-Watsonville
California · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1439.83
No comparable office rate is available.
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara
California · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1417.97
No comparable office rate is available.
Santa Rosa-Petaluma
California · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1452.49
No comparable office rate is available.
Stockton
California · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1373.47
No comparable office rate is available.
Vallejo
California · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1501.10
No comparable office rate is available.
Visalia
California · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1373.47
No comparable office rate is available.
Yuba City
California · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1373.47
No comparable office rate is available.
Dc + Md/Va Suburbs
District of Columbia · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1594.63
No comparable office rate is available.
Miami
Florida · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1864.43
No comparable office rate is available.
Chicago
Illinois · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1787.18
No comparable office rate is available.
Manhattan
New York · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1718.44
No comparable office rate is available.
Alaska*
Alaska · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1666.07
No comparable office rate is available.
Alabama
Alabama · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1252.17
No comparable office rate is available.
Arkansas
Arkansas · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1230.00
No comparable office rate is available.
Arizona
Arizona · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1379.89
No comparable office rate is available.
Colorado
Colorado · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1418.44
No comparable office rate is available.
Connecticut
Connecticut · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1544.82
No comparable office rate is available.
Delaware
Delaware · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1404.70
No comparable office rate is available.
Fort Lauderdale
Florida · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1657.24
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Florida
Florida · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1545.37
No comparable office rate is available.
Atlanta
Georgia · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1498.96
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Georgia
Georgia · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1428.14
No comparable office rate is available.
Hawaii, Guam
Hawaii · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1396.18
No comparable office rate is available.
Iowa
Iowa · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1228.58
No comparable office rate is available.
Idaho
Idaho · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1251.52
No comparable office rate is available.
East St. Louis
Illinois · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1662.26
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Illinois
Illinois · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1538.30
No comparable office rate is available.
Suburban Chicago
Illinois · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1659.58
No comparable office rate is available.
Indiana
Indiana · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1258.74
No comparable office rate is available.
Kansas
Kansas · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1251.20
No comparable office rate is available.
Kentucky
Kentucky · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1352.70
No comparable office rate is available.
New Orleans
Louisiana · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1439.50
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Louisiana
Louisiana · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1362.02
No comparable office rate is available.
Metropolitan Boston
Massachusetts · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1535.56
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Massachusetts
Massachusetts · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1419.34
No comparable office rate is available.
Baltimore/Surr. Cntys
Maryland · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1547.34
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Maryland
Maryland · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1425.80
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Maine
Maine · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1291.24
No comparable office rate is available.
Southern Maine
Maine · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1331.72
No comparable office rate is available.
Detroit
Michigan · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1598.97
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Michigan
Michigan · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1422.62
No comparable office rate is available.
Minnesota
Minnesota · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1262.82
No comparable office rate is available.
Metropolitan Kansas City
Missouri · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1396.05
No comparable office rate is available.
Metropolitan St. Louis
Missouri · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1409.69
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Missouri
Missouri · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1353.95
No comparable office rate is available.
Mississippi
Mississippi · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1290.77
No comparable office rate is available.
Montana**
Montana · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1434.37
No comparable office rate is available.
North Carolina
North Carolina · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1302.74
No comparable office rate is available.
North Dakota**
North Dakota · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1276.58
No comparable office rate is available.
Nebraska
Nebraska · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1227.81
No comparable office rate is available.
New Hampshire
New Hampshire · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1423.58
No comparable office rate is available.
Northern Nj
New Jersey · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1578.67
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of New Jersey
New Jersey · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1535.39
No comparable office rate is available.
New Mexico
New Mexico · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1443.95
No comparable office rate is available.
Nevada**
Nevada · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1390.93
No comparable office rate is available.
Nyc Suburbs/Long Island
New York · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1805.15
No comparable office rate is available.
Poughkpsie/N Nyc Suburbs
New York · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1570.27
No comparable office rate is available.
Queens
New York · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1690.79
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of New York
New York · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1328.92
No comparable office rate is available.
Ohio
Ohio · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1390.37
No comparable office rate is available.
Oklahoma
Oklahoma · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1318.07
No comparable office rate is available.
Portland
Oregon · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1436.32
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Oregon
Oregon · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1353.59
No comparable office rate is available.
Metropolitan Philadelphia
Pennsylvania · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1519.71
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1376.26
No comparable office rate is available.
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1436.81
No comparable office rate is available.
Rhode Island
Rhode Island · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1435.83
No comparable office rate is available.
South Carolina
South Carolina · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1354.15
No comparable office rate is available.
South Dakota**
South Dakota · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1257.92
No comparable office rate is available.
Tennessee
Tennessee · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1262.68
No comparable office rate is available.
Austin
Texas · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1436.89
No comparable office rate is available.
Beaumont
Texas · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1367.70
No comparable office rate is available.
Brazoria
Texas · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1376.49
No comparable office rate is available.
Dallas
Texas · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1400.60
No comparable office rate is available.
Fort Worth
Texas · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1398.70
No comparable office rate is available.
Galveston
Texas · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1390.36
No comparable office rate is available.
Houston
Texas · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1536.42
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Texas
Texas · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1381.69
No comparable office rate is available.
Utah
Utah · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1375.53
No comparable office rate is available.
Virginia
Virginia · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1347.42
No comparable office rate is available.
Virgin Islands
United States Virgin Islands · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1436.81
No comparable office rate is available.
Vermont
Vermont · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1297.87
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Washington
Washington · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1407.85
No comparable office rate is available.
Seattle (King Cnty)
Washington · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1539.49
No comparable office rate is available.
Wisconsin
Wisconsin · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1227.93
No comparable office rate is available.
West Virginia
West Virginia · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1479.51
No comparable office rate is available.
Wyoming**
Wyoming · 63702
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1365.60
No comparable office rate is available.
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| AR | No published base rate | 1 |
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| CA | No published base rate | 29 |
| CO | No published base rate | 1 |
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| 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?
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Turn a percentage into dollars for 63702 in Salinas. This uses the base rate on this page, so the locality and release stay consistent.
Reference amount per service
$1557.72
$1416.11 × 110% = $1557.72
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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 63702 in Salinas.
PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv
7,086
- Code
- 63702
- Physician work
- 18.92
- Practice expense
- 16.06
- Malpractice
- 7.98
GPCI2026.csv
22
- Locality
- Salinas
- Physician work
- 1.031
- Practice expense
- 1.159
- Malpractice
- 0.536
| Component | RVU | Locality factor | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physician work | 18.92 | × 1.031 | 19.5065 |
| Practice expense | 16.06 | × 1.159 | 18.6135 |
| Malpractice | 7.98 | × 0.536 | 4.2773 |
| Total RVUs | 42.3973 | ||
| Conversion factor | × 33.4009 | ||
Facility rate, Salinas$1416.11
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Facility
| Component | RVU | Local GPCI |
|---|---|---|
| Work | 18.92 | 1.031 |
| Practice expense | 16.06 | 1.159 |
| Malpractice | 7.98 | 0.536 |
(18.92 × 1.031 + 16.06 × 1.159 + 7.98 × 0.536) × $33.4009 = $1416.11
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
63702 · 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 | $1416.11 | RVU26D |
| 2026-07-01 | Not available in this setting | $1416.11 | RVU26C |
| 2026-04-01 | Not available in this setting | $1416.11 | RVU26B |
| 2026-01-01 | Not available in this setting | $1416.11 | RVU26A |
| 2025-10-01 | Not available in this setting | $1424.80 | RVU25D |
| 2025-07-01 | Not available in this setting | $1424.80 | RVU25C |
| 2025-04-01 | Not available in this setting | $1424.80 | RVU25B |
| 2025-01-01 | Not available in this setting | $1424.80 | RVU25A |
63702 billing questions
How is this code distinguished from 63700?
Both codes describe spinal meningocele repair, but 63700 is the newborn repair. Use 63702 for a patient who is not a newborn.
How does this differ from repair of a myelomeningocele?
A myelomeningocele involves neural tissue in the protruding sac, unlike a meningocele. The 63704 and 63706 family is used for myelomeningocele repair, with the code choice also distinguishing newborn status.
Can modifier 50 be used for a repair on one side of the spine?
No. The spinal defect is treated as a midline repair, so modifier 50 is not appropriate.
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 or co-surgeon be reported?
An assistant at surgery may be paid. Co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation, while team surgery is not permitted for this code.
How are other procedures in the same session paid?
The highest-valued procedure is paid in full, and other procedures performed in that session are subject to the standard multiple-procedure 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.
