$424.31
Use 24600 for closed treatment of an elbow dislocation without anesthesia; 24615 describes open operative treatment.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
24615 Elbow dislocation Medicare reimbursement rates in Alabama
Open operative treatment of an acute or chronic elbow dislocation, reported when the surgeon exposes the joint to manage the dislocation. Compare 24615 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Alabama.
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.
What does Medicare pay for 24615 in Alabama?
Alabama has 1 payment locality in this comparison. Use the service location to choose the applicable amount. These are the supported base rates for the payment area shown below, using the same CMS release.
Office / nonfacility
No supported rate
Facility setting
$601.36
1 of 1 localities have a supported rate.
Payment area: Alabama
One mapped payment locality.
These are locality ranges, not averages or address-specific quotes. A facility-setting amount covers the physician service; it does not include a hospital’s separate bill. Choose a locality below to inspect its calculation, compare other payment areas, or price a percentage of Medicare.
Orthopedic surgery
About 24615: Open elbow dislocation treatment
Open operative treatment of an acute or chronic elbow dislocation, reported when the surgeon exposes the joint to manage the dislocation.
CPT 24615 represents operative treatment of an acute or chronic elbow dislocation through surgical exposure of the joint. An orthopedic surgeon typically performs the procedure in a hospital or ambulatory surgery setting when open treatment is chosen; the operative report should identify the dislocation and describe the approach and work performed to reduce or manage it. This code concerns the dislocation itself, rather than a Monteggia fracture-dislocation, which has separate treatment codes.
Report 24615 for open treatment, not for closed reduction alone. Document the affected elbow, whether the dislocation is acute or chronic, and the operative steps. The code has 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 is paid in full and others at 50%. Bilateral reporting with modifier 50 is paid at 150%. Assistant-at-surgery payment may be made; co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation, and team surgery is not permitted.
CMS billing rules for 24615
- 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 may be paid.
- Co-surgeons
- Co-surgeons paid only with supporting documentation.
- Team surgery
- Team surgery not permitted.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU9.58 · 48%
- Practice expense (office) RVU8.36 · 42%
- Malpractice RVU1.96 · 10%
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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.
24615 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Alabama, from the same CMS release.
No office rate
Use 24605 for closed treatment requiring anesthesia. Choose 24615 when the surgeon treats the dislocation through open exposure.
No office rate
24635 is for open treatment of a Monteggia fracture-dislocation, which includes a fracture component; 24615 is for an elbow dislocation without that fracture-dislocation classification.
Compare 24615 by payment locality
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1 of 1 payment localities
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Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$601.36
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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 24615 in Alabama.
PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv
2,347
- Code
- 24615
- Physician work
- 9.58
- Practice expense
- 8.36
- Malpractice
- 1.96
GPCI2026.csv
4
- Locality
- Alabama
- Physician work
- 1.000
- Practice expense
- 0.875
- Malpractice
- 0.566
| Component | RVU | Locality factor | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physician work | 9.58 | × 1.000 | 9.5800 |
| Practice expense | 8.36 | × 0.875 | 7.3150 |
| Malpractice | 1.96 | × 0.566 | 1.1094 |
| Total RVUs | 18.0044 | ||
| Conversion factor | × 33.4009 | ||
Facility rate, Alabama$601.36
Explore RVUs, geographic factors and the full formula
Facility
| Component | RVU | Local GPCI |
|---|---|---|
| Work | 9.58 | 1 |
| Practice expense | 8.36 | 0.875 |
| Malpractice | 1.96 | 0.566 |
(9.58 × 1 + 8.36 × 0.875 + 1.96 × 0.566) × $33.4009 = $601.36
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.
24615 billing questions
How is 24615 different from 24600 or 24605?
24615 is for open operative treatment. Codes 24600 and 24605 describe closed treatment, distinguished by whether anesthesia is required.
Is routine postoperative care separately reported?
Related postoperative care during the 90-day global period is included. The global period also includes the day-before preoperative visit.
How should bilateral elbow treatment be reported?
For bilateral treatment, report modifier 50; CMS pays the bilateral procedure at 150%.
Can an assistant or co-surgeon be reported?
Assistant-at-surgery payment may be made. Co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation; team surgery is not permitted.
How are other same-session procedures paid?
The highest-valued procedure is paid in full, and other procedures in the same session are paid at 50% under 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.
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2,34524600,,Tx clsd elbow dislc w/o anes,A,,4.26,8.99,,6.76,,1.02,14.27,12.04,0,090,0.10,0.69,0.21,2,1,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
2,34624605,,Tx clsd elbow dislc req anes,A,,5.50,7.65,NA,7.65,,1.20,14.35,14.35,0,090,0.10,0.69,0.21,2,1,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
2,34724615,,Optx aqt/chrnc elbow dislc,A,,9.58,8.36,NA,8.36,,1.96,19.90,19.90,0,090,0.10,0.69,0.21,2,1,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
2,34824620,,Cltx monteggia fx dislc elbw,A,,7.04,8.47,NA,8.47,,1.49,17.00,17.00,0,090,0.10,0.69,0.21,2,1,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
2,34924635,,Optx monteggia fx dislc elbw,A,,8.58,8.84,NA,8.84,,1.74,19.16,19.16,0,090,0.10,0.69,0.21,2,1,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
2,35024640,,Cltx rdl head sublxtj nrsemd,A,,1.22,1.83,,0.85,,0.07,3.12,2.14,0,010,0.10,0.80,0.10,2,1,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
1ADDENDUM E. FINAL CY 2026 GEOGRAPHIC PRACTICE COST INDICES (GPCIs) BY STATE AND MEDICARE LOCALITY,,,,,,
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3Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC),State,Locality Number,Locality Name,2026 PW GPCI (with 1.0 Floor)***,2026 PE GPCI,2026 MP GPCI
410112,AL,00,ALABAMA,1.000,0.875,0.566
502102,AK,01,ALASKA*,1.500,1.065,0.551
603102,AZ,00,ARIZONA,1.000,0.969,0.856
707102,AR,13,ARKANSAS,1.000,0.859,0.515