$309.96–$342.53
51728 includes complex cystometry and voiding pressure studies. Choose 51729 when a urethral pressure profile is also performed.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
51729 Urodynamic study Medicare reimbursement rates in Georgia
Reports complex bladder pressure testing that includes voiding pressure measurements and a urethral pressure profile during evaluation of lower urinary tract dysfunction. Compare 51729 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Georgia.
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 51729 in Georgia?
Georgia has 2 payment localities in this comparison. Use the service location to choose the applicable amount. These are the supported base rates for the 2 payment areas shown below, using the same CMS release.
Office / nonfacility
$327.76–$360.57
2 of 2 localities have a supported rate.
Facility setting
No 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.
Urology diagnostics
About 51729: Complex urodynamic study with voiding and urethral pressures
Reports complex bladder pressure testing that includes voiding pressure measurements and a urethral pressure profile during evaluation of lower urinary tract dysfunction.
This complex urodynamic study records bladder pressure during filling, pressure during voiding, and a urethral pressure profile. Urologists and urogynecologists commonly use it when assessing conditions such as urinary incontinence, retention, suspected outlet obstruction, or neurogenic bladder. Testing is generally performed in an office or facility with urodynamic equipment and trained staff; the clinician interprets the pressure data alongside the patient’s symptoms and other findings.
Report 51729 when documentation supports all three parts of the service, rather than a complex cystometrogram with only voiding pressure or only urethral pressure testing. The claim may represent the global service or the professional interpretation with modifier 26 or technical work with modifier TC. Same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included in its 0-day global period. When other procedures are performed in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and the others at 50%. Assistant-at-surgery payment requires documented medical necessity; co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted.
CMS billing rules for 51729
- Global period
- Minor procedure with a 0-day global period: same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included.
- Professional and technical components
- Diagnostic test with a professional component (modifier 26, interpretation) and a technical component (modifier TC, equipment and staff); billing without a modifier is the global service.
- 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 RVU2.45 · 23%
- Practice expense (office) RVU7.84 · 74%
- Malpractice RVU0.31 · 3%
50.2K
Medicare services in 2024 · #780 by national volume
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.
51729 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Georgia, from the same CMS release.
$305.29–$337.01
51727 includes complex cystometry and urethral pressure profiling. Choose 51729 when voiding pressure studies are performed as well.
$249.35–$275.54
51726 reports complex cystometry alone. It does not represent the combination of voiding pressure studies and urethral pressure profiling included in 51729.
$184.28–$202.17
51725 is a simple cystometrogram. It is not the complex study with both voiding pressure and urethral pressure profile testing represented by 51729.
Compare 51729 by payment locality
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2 of 2 payment localities
Atlanta →
Office / nonfacility
$360.57
Facility
Unavailable
Rest Of Georgia →
Office / nonfacility
$327.76
Facility
Unavailable
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51729 billing questions
How does 51729 differ from 51728?
51729 includes complex cystometry, voiding pressure measurement, and a urethral pressure profile. 51728 includes the complex cystometrogram and voiding pressure studies without the urethral pressure profile component.
When should 51727 be reported instead?
Use 51727 for complex cystometry with a urethral pressure profile when voiding pressure studies are not part of the service. Report 51729 when both the voiding pressure studies and urethral pressure profile are performed.
Can 51729 be split between professional and technical claims?
Yes. Modifier 26 identifies the professional interpretation, and modifier TC identifies the technical service, including equipment and staff. Without either modifier, the claim represents the global service.
What documentation supports 51729?
Document the complex cystometric testing, the voiding pressure measurements, and the urethral pressure profile, along with the recorded findings and interpretation. The record should support that all components represented by this code were performed.
Can 51797 be reported with 51729?
51797 is an add-on for intra-abdominal pressure studies and may be reported with 51729 when those studies are performed and documented.
How are other same-session procedures paid?
When multiple procedures are performed in the same session, Medicare pays the highest-valued procedure in full and the others at 50%. The 0-day global period includes same-day preoperative and 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.
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6,06451728,26,Cystometrogram w/vp,A,,2.06,0.86,,0.86,,0.20,3.12,3.12,1,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
6,06551728,TC,Cystometrogram w/vp,A,,0.00,6.94,,6.94,NA,0.02,6.96,6.96,1,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,02,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
6,06651729,,Cystometrogram w/vp&up,A,,2.45,7.84,,7.84,NA,0.31,10.60,10.60,1,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
6,06751729,26,Cystometrogram w/vp&up,A,,2.45,1.04,,1.04,,0.28,3.77,3.77,1,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
6,06851729,TC,Cystometrogram w/vp&up,A,,0.00,6.80,,6.80,NA,0.03,6.83,6.83,1,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,02,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
6,06951736,,Urine flow measurement,A,,0.17,0.24,,0.24,NA,0.03,0.44,0.44,1,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00