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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01

52441 Prostate implant Medicare reimbursement rates in Idaho

A urologist places the first implant to hold enlarged prostate tissue away from the urethra when treating urinary symptoms from benign prostatic enlargement. Compare 52441 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Idaho.

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 52441 in Idaho?

Idaho 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

$1148.83

1 of 1 localities have a supported rate.

Payment area: Idaho

One mapped payment locality.

Facility setting

$172.57

1 of 1 localities have a supported rate.

Payment area: Idaho

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.

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Urology procedure

About 52441: Transprostatic implant placement, first implant

A urologist places the first implant to hold enlarged prostate tissue away from the urethra when treating urinary symptoms from benign prostatic enlargement.

This endoscopic treatment places an implant that retracts obstructing prostate tissue and helps open the urinary channel. Urologists use it for lower urinary tract symptoms associated with benign prostatic enlargement. The procedure is commonly performed in an outpatient clinic or facility, with a cystoscope passed through the urethra to position the implant in the prostate.

Report 52441 for the first implant placed; report 52442 for each additional implant. The operative record should support the indication, endoscopic approach, and number of implants placed. CMS assigns a 0-day global period, so same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included. When related endoscopies are performed together, endoscopy-family pricing applies. Modifier 50 is inappropriate for this service. CMS does not pay an assistant at surgery, and co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted.

CMS billing rules for 52441

Global period
Minor procedure with a 0-day global period: same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included.
Multiple procedures
Endoscopy family pricing applies when related endoscopies are performed together.
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 RVU3.90 · 10%
  • Practice expense (office) RVU32.90 · 88%
  • Malpractice RVU0.48 · 1%

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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.

52441 compared with similar codes

Office rates for Idaho, from the same CMS release.

52442

Prostatic implant

Each implant after the first

$795.94

52441 represents the first implant. Use 52442 for each additional implant placed in the same treatment session.

52450

Prostate incision

Outlet incision without tissue resection

No office rate

52450 describes transurethral incision of the prostate; 52441 places an implant to retract obstructing tissue.

52601

TURP

Electrosurgical resection

No office rate

52601 is transurethral resection of prostate tissue. Use 52441 when the treatment is implant placement rather than tissue resection.

53854

Prostate ablation

Radiofrequency water vapor

$3,128.14

53854 treats prostate tissue with water-vapor thermal therapy. 52441 is selected when the procedure places a transprostatic implant.

Compare 52441 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

Office and facility base rates · shared scale starting at $0
  • Idaho →

    Office / nonfacility

    $1148.83

    Facility

    $172.57

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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 52441 in Idaho.

PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv

6,158

Code
52441
Physician work
3.90
Practice expense
32.90
Malpractice
0.48

GPCI2026.csv

47

Locality
Idaho
Physician work
1.000
Practice expense
0.920
Malpractice
0.473
Office / nonfacility calculation for 52441 in Idaho
ComponentRVULocality factorAdjusted
Physician work3.90× 1.0003.9000
Practice expense32.90× 0.92030.2680
Malpractice0.48× 0.4730.2270
Total RVUs34.3950
Conversion factor× 33.4009

Office / nonfacility rate, Idaho$1148.83

Explore RVUs, geographic factors and the full formula

Office / nonfacility

Office / nonfacility calculation inputs
ComponentRVULocal GPCI
Work3.91
Practice expense32.90.92
Malpractice0.480.473

(3.9 × 1 + 32.9 × 0.92 + 0.48 × 0.473) × $33.4009 = $1148.83

Facility

Facility calculation inputs
ComponentRVULocal GPCI
Work3.91
Practice expense1.130.92
Malpractice0.480.473

(3.9 × 1 + 1.13 × 0.92 + 0.48 × 0.473) × $33.4009 = $172.57

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.

52441 billing questions

When should 52442 be reported with 52441?

Report 52441 for the first implant and 52442 for each additional implant placed during the procedure. Document the total number placed.

How does this differ from transurethral incision of the prostate?

52441 places an implant to retract prostate tissue. Transurethral incision opens the obstructed channel by cutting prostate tissue rather than placing an implant.

Is same-day postoperative care separately reported?

No. The 0-day global period includes same-day preoperative and postoperative care.

Can modifier 50 be used?

No. CMS identifies bilateral adjustment as inapplicable because the descriptor or anatomy makes modifier 50 inappropriate.

Can an assistant surgeon or co-surgeon be billed?

CMS does not pay an assistant at surgery for this code. Co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted.

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.

RVUs for 52441PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv, line 6,158 (RVU26D)
Geographic factors for IdahoGPCI2026.csv, line 47 (RVU26D)