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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01

23146 in Wyoming**

Office / nonfacility

Not available in this setting

Base rate per service

Facility setting

$581.62

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.

Orthopedic surgery

About 23146: Scapular bone lesion curettage with allograft

Reports surgical curettage or excision of a benign bone lesion in the scapula when the resulting defect is filled with donor bone graft.

An orthopedic surgeon removes or curettes a benign bone cyst or tumor in the scapula and fills the resulting bone defect with allograft. The service is performed in an operative setting when the lesion requires surgical treatment; it is distinct from removing a lesion in the clavicle or humerus. The allograft is the differentiating feature of this scapular lesion procedure.

Select the code when the operative report supports the scapular site, removal or curettage of a benign lesion, and placement of allograft. 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 the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and the others are subject to the standard multiple-procedure reduction. Bilateral reporting with modifier 50 is paid at 150%. Assistant-at-surgery payment requires documentation of medical necessity; co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted.

CMS billing rules for 23146

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 procedure with modifier 50 is paid at 150%.
Assistant at surgery
Assistant at surgery is paid only with documentation of medical necessity.
Co-surgeons
Co-surgeons not permitted.
Team surgery
Team surgery not permitted.

Where the value comes from

  • Work RVU7.88 · 44%
  • Practice expense (office) RVU8.29 · 46%
  • Malpractice RVU1.68 · 9%

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.

23146 compared with similar codes

Office rates for Wyoming**, from the same CMS release.

23145

Bone lesion removal

Scapula with autograft

No office rate

Both address a benign lesion in the scapula, but 23146 is distinguished by use of allograft. Select the code that matches the graft approach documented in the operative report.

23150

Bone lesion removal

Proximal humerus, no graft

No office rate

This code applies to a lesion in the proximal humerus, not the scapula.

23155

Bone lesion excision

Humerus with autograft

No office rate

This is a humeral lesion procedure; 23146 is for a scapular lesion treated with allograft.

The same code, a different location

How does Wyoming** compare?

23146 across payment areas

Same release and payment basis · bars start at $0

  1. Wyoming** · This locality

    Unavailable

  2. No comparable rate is available in this setting.

  3. No comparable rate is available in this setting.

  4. Miami

    Unavailable

    No comparable rate is available in this setting.

  5. Chicago

    Unavailable

    No comparable rate is available in this setting.

  6. Manhattan

    Unavailable

    No comparable rate is available in this setting.

  7. Alaska*

    Unavailable

    No comparable rate is available in this setting.

Other payment areas listed in Wyoming 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.

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  • Alabama

    Alabama · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $537.24

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Arkansas

    Arkansas · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $529.95

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Arizona

    Arizona · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $579.54

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Bakersfield

    California · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $605.85

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Chico

    California · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $601.23

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • El Centro

    California · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $601.51

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Fresno

    California · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $601.23

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Hanford-Corcoran

    California · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $601.23

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Madera

    California · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $601.23

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Merced

    California · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $601.23

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Modesto

    California · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $601.23

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Napa

    California · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $673.23

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura

    California · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $632.82

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Redding

    California · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $601.23

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Rest Of California

    California · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $601.23

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario

    California · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $619.28

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom

    California · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $624.78

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Salinas

    California · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $622.35

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad

    California · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $632.67

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (Marin Cnty)

    California · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $704.38

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (San Francisco/San Mateo/Alameda/Contra Costa Cnty)

    California · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $702.47

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (San Benito Cnty)

    California · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $721.51

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (Santa Clara Cnty)

    California · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $713.71

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles

    California · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $613.13

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Santa Cruz-Watsonville

    California · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $635.23

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Santa Maria-Santa Barbara

    California · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $623.50

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Santa Rosa-Petaluma

    California · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $641.20

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Stockton

    California · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $601.23

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Vallejo

    California · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $670.48

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Visalia

    California · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $601.23

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Yuba City

    California · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $601.23

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Colorado

    Colorado · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $604.80

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Connecticut

    Connecticut · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $634.57

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Delaware

    Delaware · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $588.53

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Fort Lauderdale

    Florida · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $645.15

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Rest Of Florida

    Florida · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $612.25

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Atlanta

    Georgia · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $612.70

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Rest Of Georgia

    Georgia · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $577.08

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Hawaii, Guam

    Hawaii · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $610.52

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Iowa

    Iowa · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $538.83

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Idaho

    Idaho · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $544.48

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • East St. Louis

    Illinois · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $630.95

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Rest Of Illinois

    Illinois · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $603.71

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Suburban Chicago

    Illinois · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $648.84

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Indiana

    Indiana · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $547.15

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Kansas

    Kansas · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $541.79

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Kentucky

    Kentucky · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $560.70

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • New Orleans

    Louisiana · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $587.50

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Rest Of Louisiana

    Louisiana · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $562.01

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Metropolitan Boston

    Massachusetts · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $654.54

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Rest Of Massachusetts

    Massachusetts · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $603.70

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Baltimore/Surr. Cntys

    Maryland · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $633.93

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Rest Of Maryland

    Maryland · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $597.56

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Rest Of Maine

    Maine · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $552.84

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Southern Maine

    Maine · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $573.01

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Detroit

    Michigan · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $625.01

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Rest Of Michigan

    Michigan · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $579.35

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Minnesota

    Minnesota · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $564.73

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Metropolitan Kansas City

    Missouri · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $578.02

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Metropolitan St. Louis

    Missouri · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $583.03

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Rest Of Missouri

    Missouri · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $556.54

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Mississippi

    Mississippi · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $543.07

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Montana**

    Montana · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $596.09

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • North Carolina

    North Carolina · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $557.40

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • North Dakota**

    North Dakota · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $562.87

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Nebraska

    Nebraska · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $539.98

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • New Hampshire

    New Hampshire · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $600.54

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Northern Nj

    New Jersey · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $660.91

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Rest Of New Jersey

    New Jersey · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $637.65

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • New Mexico

    New Mexico · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $584.50

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Nevada**

    Nevada · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $587.11

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Nyc Suburbs/Long Island

    New York · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $713.47

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Poughkpsie/N Nyc Suburbs

    New York · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $646.14

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Queens

    New York · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $688.25

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Rest Of New York

    New York · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $565.70

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Ohio

    Ohio · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $572.57

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Oklahoma

    Oklahoma · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $554.07

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Portland

    Oregon · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $616.79

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Rest Of Oregon

    Oregon · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $578.43

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Metropolitan Philadelphia

    Pennsylvania · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $623.13

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Rest Of Pennsylvania

    Pennsylvania · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $570.41

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Puerto Rico

    Puerto Rico · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $598.41

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Rhode Island

    Rhode Island · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $604.28

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • South Carolina

    South Carolina · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $566.75

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • South Dakota**

    South Dakota · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $558.95

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Tennessee

    Tennessee · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $545.03

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Austin

    Texas · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $606.40

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Beaumont

    Texas · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $567.30

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Brazoria

    Texas · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $583.47

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Dallas

    Texas · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $589.50

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Fort Worth

    Texas · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $587.46

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Galveston

    Texas · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $586.72

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Houston

    Texas · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $617.47

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Rest Of Texas

    Texas · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $576.64

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Utah

    Utah · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $573.87

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Virginia

    Virginia · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $575.00

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Virgin Islands

    United States Virgin Islands · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $598.41

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Vermont

    Vermont · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $565.72

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Rest Of Washington

    Washington · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $600.89

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Seattle (King Cnty)

    Washington · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $661.95

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • Wisconsin

    Wisconsin · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $545.75

    No comparable office rate is available.

  • West Virginia

    West Virginia · 23146

    Office

    Unavailable

    Facility

    $584.12

    No comparable office rate is available.

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State / territoryRate rangeLocalities
AKNo published base rate1
ALNo published base rate1
ARNo published base rate1
AZNo published base rate1
CANo published base rate29
CONo published base rate1
CTNo published base rate1
DCNo published base rate1
DENo published base rate1
FLNo published base rate3
GANo published base rate2
GUNo published base rate1
HINo published base rate1
IANo published base rate1
IDNo published base rate1
ILNo published base rate4
INNo published base rate1
KSNo published base rate1
KYNo published base rate1
LANo published base rate2
MANo published base rate2
MDNo published base rate3
MENo published base rate2
MINo published base rate2
MNNo published base rate1
MONo published base rate3
MSNo published base rate1
MTNo published base rate1
NCNo published base rate1
NDNo published base rate1
NENo published base rate1
NHNo published base rate1
NJNo published base rate2
NMNo published base rate1
NVNo published base rate1
NYNo published base rate5
OHNo published base rate1
OKNo published base rate1
ORNo published base rate2
PANo published base rate2
PRNo published base rate1
RINo published base rate1
SCNo published base rate1
SDNo published base rate1
TNNo published base rate1
TXNo published base rate8
UTNo published base rate1
VANo published base rate2
VINo published base rate1
VTNo published base rate1
WANo published base rate2
WINo published base rate1
WVNo published base rate1
WYNo published base rate1

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Where does this rate apply?

Wyoming** is a Medicare payment area. Our Census mapping connects it to 205 cities and communities in Wyoming, including the examples shown here.

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What is a percentage of Medicare worth?

Turn a percentage into dollars for 23146 in Wyoming**. This uses the base rate on this page, so the locality and release stay consistent.

Reference amount per service

$639.78

$581.62 × 110% = $639.78

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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 23146 in Wyoming**.

PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv

2,173

Code
23146
Physician work
7.88
Practice expense
8.29
Malpractice
1.68

GPCI2026.csv

112

Locality
Wyoming**
Physician work
1.000
Practice expense
1.000
Malpractice
0.740
Facility calculation for 23146 in Wyoming**
ComponentRVULocality factorAdjusted
Physician work7.88× 1.0007.8800
Practice expense8.29× 1.0008.2900
Malpractice1.68× 0.7401.2432
Total RVUs17.4132
Conversion factor× 33.4009

Facility rate, Wyoming**$581.62

Values as parsed from CMS release RVU26D, effective 2026-10-01. The amount is rounded to the nearest cent only at the end.

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Facility

Facility calculation inputs
ComponentRVULocal GPCI
Work7.881
Practice expense8.291
Malpractice1.680.74

(7.88 × 1 + 8.29 × 1 + 1.68 × 0.74) × $33.4009 = $581.62

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

23146 · Office / nonfacility

Rate unavailable

Effective 2026-10-01

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Effective fromOffice / nonfacilityFacilityCMS release
2026-10-01Not available in this setting$581.62RVU26D
2026-07-01Not available in this setting$581.62RVU26C
2026-04-01Not available in this setting$581.62RVU26B
2026-01-01Not available in this setting$581.62RVU26A
2025-10-01Not available in this setting$608.74RVU25D
2025-07-01Not available in this setting$608.74RVU25C
2025-04-01Not available in this setting$608.74RVU25B
2025-01-01Not available in this setting$608.74RVU25A

23146 billing questions

When should this code be selected instead of 23145?

Use 23146 for a scapular lesion procedure that uses allograft. Code 23145 represents a different graft approach for a scapular lesion.

Does the code cover removal of a humeral lesion?

No. This code is for a lesion in the scapula; humeral lesion procedures are reported from the humerus code series, such as 23150 or 23155.

What documentation supports reporting this code?

The operative report should identify the scapular lesion, describe its removal or curettage, and document use of allograft to fill the bone defect.

How is bilateral reporting handled?

For a bilateral procedure, report modifier 50; CMS pays the bilateral procedure at 150%.

Can an assistant surgeon be reported?

Assistant-at-surgery payment is allowed only when the record documents medical necessity. Co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted for this code.

What postoperative care is included?

The 90-day global period includes the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care.

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.

RVUs for 23146PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv, line 2,173 (RVU26D)
Geographic factors for Wyoming**GPCI2026.csv, line 112 (RVU26D)