$141.06
Use 10030 when image-guided catheter placement is performed for drainage. Use 10160 for needle aspiration of a soft-tissue collection without catheter placement.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
10030 Fluid drainage Medicare reimbursement rates in Guam
Reports percutaneous, image-guided catheter drainage of a soft-tissue fluid collection, such as an abscess or seroma, when catheter drainage is performed. Compare 10030 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Guam.
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 10030 in Guam?
Guam 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
$687.20
1 of 1 localities have a supported rate.
Payment area: Hawaii, Guam
One mapped payment locality.
Facility setting
$115.65
1 of 1 localities have a supported rate.
Payment area: Hawaii, Guam
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 10030: Percutaneous soft-tissue catheter drainage
Reports percutaneous, image-guided catheter drainage of a soft-tissue fluid collection, such as an abscess or seroma, when catheter drainage is performed.
The service places a drainage catheter through the skin into a fluid collection in soft tissue, using imaging to guide placement. Typical targets include an abscess, hematoma, seroma, lymphocele, or cyst in sites such as an extremity, abdominal wall, or neck. Interventional radiologists commonly perform the procedure in a hospital or outpatient imaging setting; other physicians with the appropriate procedural role may also perform it. The catheter permits ongoing drainage rather than a one-time needle aspiration. Image guidance is part of the catheter-placement service.
Report this code for a percutaneous catheter placed to drain a soft-tissue collection, not for a collection in a visceral, retroperitoneal, or peritoneal site. Documentation should identify the collection and its location, the percutaneous approach, image guidance, and catheter placement. The code has 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 other procedures are subject to the standard 50% reduction. Assistant-at-surgery payment requires documentation of medical necessity; co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted.
CMS billing rules for 10030
- 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.
- 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 RVU2.68 · 14%
- Practice expense (office) RVU15.56 · 84%
- Malpractice RVU0.35 · 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.
10030 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Guam, from the same CMS release.
$138.34
10060 describes simple incision and drainage of an abscess. This code describes image-guided percutaneous catheter drainage of a soft-tissue collection.
$926.78
Use 10030 for a soft-tissue collection, such as one in an extremity or abdominal wall. Use 49405 for a visceral collection.
$809.32
Use 10030 for a soft-tissue collection. Use 49407 when the collection is peritoneal.
Compare 10030 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
Hawaii, Guam →
Office / nonfacility
$687.20
Facility
$115.65
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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 10030 in Hawaii, Guam.
PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv
1,077
- Code
- 10030
- Physician work
- 2.68
- Practice expense
- 15.56
- Malpractice
- 0.35
GPCI2026.csv
46
- Locality
- Hawaii, Guam
- Physician work
- 1.000
- Practice expense
- 1.137
- Malpractice
- 0.579
| Component | RVU | Locality factor | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physician work | 2.68 | × 1.000 | 2.6800 |
| Practice expense | 15.56 | × 1.137 | 17.6917 |
| Malpractice | 0.35 | × 0.579 | 0.2026 |
| Total RVUs | 20.5744 | ||
| Conversion factor | × 33.4009 | ||
Office / nonfacility rate, Hawaii, Guam$687.20
Explore RVUs, geographic factors and the full formula
Office / nonfacility
| Component | RVU | Local GPCI |
|---|---|---|
| Work | 2.68 | 1 |
| Practice expense | 15.56 | 1.137 |
| Malpractice | 0.35 | 0.579 |
(2.68 × 1 + 15.56 × 1.137 + 0.35 × 0.579) × $33.4009 = $687.20
Facility
| Component | RVU | Local GPCI |
|---|---|---|
| Work | 2.68 | 1 |
| Practice expense | 0.51 | 1.137 |
| Malpractice | 0.35 | 0.579 |
(2.68 × 1 + 0.51 × 1.137 + 0.35 × 0.579) × $33.4009 = $115.65
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.
10030 billing questions
How is this different from needle aspiration?
This code describes image-guided placement of a catheter for drainage of a soft-tissue collection. Needle aspiration without catheter placement is a different service, such as the service represented by 10160.
Is imaging guidance separately reported?
Imaging guidance is part of this catheter-placement service. The documentation should show that imaging guided the placement.
Does this code apply to a collection inside an organ or body cavity?
No. This code is for soft tissue, such as an extremity, abdominal wall, or neck. Codes 49405, 49406, and 49407 address other collection locations.
What is included in the 0-day global period?
Same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included. The code has a 0-day global period.
How are multiple procedures in the same session paid?
The highest-valued procedure is paid in full, and other procedures in that session are subject to the standard multiple-procedure reduction.
Can an assistant, co-surgeon, or surgical team be reported?
Assistant-at-surgery payment requires documentation of medical necessity. Co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted for this code.
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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