$733.12
49405 addresses drainage of a visceral collection. This code is selected for a pelvic collection accessed transvaginally or transrectally.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
49407 Pelvic drainage Medicare reimbursement rates in Arkansas
Reports image-guided catheter drainage of a pelvic fluid collection through a transvaginal or transrectal route, such as drainage of a deep pelvic abscess. Compare 49407 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Arkansas.
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 49407 in Arkansas?
Arkansas 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
$646.57
1 of 1 localities have a supported rate.
Payment area: Arkansas
One mapped payment locality.
Facility setting
$168.28
1 of 1 localities have a supported rate.
Payment area: Arkansas
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.
Image-guided drainage
About 49407: Image-guided transvaginal fluid drainage
Reports image-guided catheter drainage of a pelvic fluid collection through a transvaginal or transrectal route, such as drainage of a deep pelvic abscess.
This service places a drainage catheter into a pelvic fluid collection using a transvaginal or transrectal approach and image guidance. Interventional radiologists commonly perform it in a hospital or other facility for collections that can be accessed through the vagina or rectum, including selected postoperative pelvic abscesses. The catheter provides ongoing drainage; needle aspiration alone is not the defining service.
Choose this code when the documented access route is transvaginal or transrectal, rather than selecting a code for a visceral, peritoneal, or retroperitoneal collection. The report should identify the collection, its location, the access route, image guidance, and catheter placement. The code includes the image-guided drainage service. CMS assigns a 0-day global period, so same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included. When multiple procedures are performed in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and the others are subject to the standard 50% reduction. CMS restricts assistant-at-surgery payment and does not permit co-surgeon or team-surgery billing for this service.
CMS billing rules for 49407
- Global period
- Minor procedure with a 0-day global period: same-day preoperative and postoperative care is 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
- Statutory restriction: assistant at surgery is not paid.
- Co-surgeons
- Co-surgeons not permitted.
- Team surgery
- Team surgery not permitted.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU4.14 · 19%
- Practice expense (office) RVU17.41 · 79%
- Malpractice RVU0.51 · 2%
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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.
49407 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Arkansas, from the same CMS release.
$732.55
49406 is for a peritoneal or retroperitoneal collection. Select this code when the documented access is transvaginal or transrectal.
No office rate
49020 describes open surgical drainage of a peritoneal abscess. This code describes image-guided catheter drainage through a transvaginal or transrectal route.
Compare 49407 by payment locality
Find the payment area for your service address, then open its rate page for calculation inputs, release history and the percentage-of-Medicare tool. A city may cross payment-area boundaries; the ZIP lookup above helps resolve the location.
1 of 1 payment localities
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Office / nonfacility
$646.57
Facility
$168.28
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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 49407 in Arkansas.
PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv
5,796
- Code
- 49407
- Physician work
- 4.14
- Practice expense
- 17.41
- Malpractice
- 0.51
GPCI2026.csv
7
- Locality
- Arkansas
- Physician work
- 1.000
- Practice expense
- 0.859
- Malpractice
- 0.515
| Component | RVU | Locality factor | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physician work | 4.14 | × 1.000 | 4.1400 |
| Practice expense | 17.41 | × 0.859 | 14.9552 |
| Malpractice | 0.51 | × 0.515 | 0.2626 |
| Total RVUs | 19.3578 | ||
| Conversion factor | × 33.4009 | ||
Office / nonfacility rate, Arkansas$646.57
Explore RVUs, geographic factors and the full formula
Office / nonfacility
| Component | RVU | Local GPCI |
|---|---|---|
| Work | 4.14 | 1 |
| Practice expense | 17.41 | 0.859 |
| Malpractice | 0.51 | 0.515 |
(4.14 × 1 + 17.41 × 0.859 + 0.51 × 0.515) × $33.4009 = $646.57
Facility
| Component | RVU | Local GPCI |
|---|---|---|
| Work | 4.14 | 1 |
| Practice expense | 0.74 | 0.859 |
| Malpractice | 0.51 | 0.515 |
(4.14 × 1 + 0.74 × 0.859 + 0.51 × 0.515) × $33.4009 = $168.28
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.
49407 billing questions
When should this code be selected instead of 49406?
Use this code when the catheter reaches the pelvic collection through a transvaginal or transrectal route. Code 49406 is for image-guided drainage of a peritoneal or retroperitoneal collection.
Does the code include image guidance?
Yes. Image guidance is part of this catheter drainage service; documentation should identify the guidance used and the catheter placement.
Can modifier 50 be used for drainage on both sides?
Modifier 50 is inappropriate for this service. Report the procedure based on the documented collection and transvaginal or transrectal access.
How are other procedures in the same session paid?
CMS pays the highest-valued procedure in full and applies the standard multiple-procedure reduction to the other procedures performed in that session.
Is same-day recovery care included?
Yes. The 0-day global period includes same-day preoperative and postoperative care.
Can an assistant or co-surgeon be billed?
CMS restricts assistant-at-surgery payment for this service and does not permit co-surgeon or team-surgery billing.
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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