$207.88–$227.99
Use 30300 for office-type intranasal removal. Use 30320 when the extraction itself is complicated and requires more involved operative manipulation.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
30320 Nasal foreign body removal Medicare reimbursement rates in Florida
Reports operative removal of a nasal foreign body when the extraction is complicated, rather than a straightforward office removal or removal requiring general anesthesia. Compare 30320 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Florida.
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 30320 in Florida?
Florida has 3 payment localities in this comparison. Use the service location to choose the applicable amount. These are the supported base rates for the 3 payment areas shown below, using the same CMS release.
Office / nonfacility
No supported rate
Facility setting
$451.83–$497.95
3 of 3 localities have a supported rate.
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.
Where 30320 pays more and less in Florida
Otolaryngology procedure
About 30320: Complicated nasal foreign body removal
Reports operative removal of a nasal foreign body when the extraction is complicated, rather than a straightforward office removal or removal requiring general anesthesia.
This service covers removal of a foreign object from the nose when the extraction is complicated, such as when an object is impacted or requires more involved operative manipulation than a straightforward intranasal extraction. Objects may include beads, food, or other material lodged in a nasal passage. An otolaryngologist or other qualified surgeon typically performs the procedure in an operating room or another setting equipped for surgical removal.
Select this code based on the complexity of the removal, not simply the object’s presence or the time spent. The operative note should identify the site and object and describe the difficulty and techniques that made the extraction complicated. A 90-day global period includes the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care. When multiple procedures occur in one session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard 50% multiple-procedure reduction. Do not report modifier 50 for this nasal procedure. Assistant-at-surgery payment requires documented medical necessity; co-surgeon and team-surgery payment are not permitted.
CMS billing rules for 30320
- 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 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 RVU4.52 · 33%
- Practice expense (office) RVU8.40 · 62%
- Malpractice RVU0.65 · 5%
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.
30320 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Florida, from the same CMS release.
No office rate
30310 is for intranasal removal requiring general anesthesia. 30320 identifies a complicated removal; the operative circumstances determine which code describes the service.
$189.38–$207.81
31231 reports diagnostic nasal endoscopy, not foreign-body extraction. Endoscopic visualization alone does not make a removal a diagnostic endoscopy service.
Compare 30320 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.
3 of 3 payment localities
Fort Lauderdale →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$474.44
Miami →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$497.95
Rest Of Florida →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$451.83
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30320 billing questions
How is 30320 different from 30300?
30320 is for a complicated extraction. 30300 is the office-type removal for a less involved intranasal foreign body.
When should 30310 be considered instead?
30310 describes intranasal foreign-body removal requiring general anesthesia. Choose between these codes based on the applicable service and circumstances, not simply on whether the patient is a child.
What should the operative note document?
Document the foreign body's location, the nature of the extraction difficulty, and the operative manipulation or techniques used to remove it.
Can modifier 50 be reported?
No. Do not report modifier 50 for this nasal foreign-body removal.
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 surgeon or co-surgeon be paid?
Assistant-at-surgery payment requires documentation of medical necessity. Co-surgeon and team-surgery payment are not permitted for this service.
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.
3,4223028F,,O2 saturation doc rev,I,,0.00,0.00,,0.00,,0.00,0.00,0.00,9,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,9,9,9,9,9,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,42330300,,Remove nasal foreign body,A,,1.06,5.15,,2.24,,0.16,6.37,3.46,0,010,0.10,0.80,0.10,2,0,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,42430310,,Remove nasal foreign body,A,,1.96,3.46,NA,3.46,,0.28,5.70,5.70,0,010,0.10,0.80,0.10,2,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,42530320,,Remove nasal foreign body,A,,4.52,8.40,NA,8.40,,0.65,13.57,13.57,0,090,0.10,0.76,0.14,2,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,4263035F,,O2 saturation<=88%/pao<=55,I,,0.00,0.00,,0.00,,0.00,0.00,0.00,9,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,9,9,9,9,9,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,4273037F,,O2 saturation >88%/pao>55 hg,I,,0.00,0.00,,0.00,,0.00,0.00,0.00,9,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,9,9,9,9,9,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,4283038F,,Pulm fx w/in 12 mon b/4 surg,I,,0.00,0.00,,0.00,,0.00,0.00,0.00,9,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,9,9,9,9,9,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00