Billing code 49321: Laparoscopic biopsyMedicare rate & RVUs in Minooka, Illinois
Compare Medicare physician payments in Minooka, IL. Census city boundaries cover Grundy County, Kendall County, Will County. Use the service ZIP to confirm the payment locality for a specific address.
CMS doesn’t publish an office rate for 49321 in Minooka, Illinois.
Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.
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Where 49321 pays more and less in Minooka, Illinois
Minooka, Illinois maps to 2 Medicare payment localities in our Census-to-CMS crosswalk. A city name alone doesn’t confirm an address’s payment area.
| Payment locality | Office | Facility |
|---|---|---|
| Rest Of Illinois | Unavailable | $343.44 |
| Suburban Chicago | Unavailable | $366.04 |
How payment areas work in Minooka
City limits and Medicare payment areas are different maps. These are the payment areas that cover the city’s counties; the service ZIP decides which one applies.
- Rest of Illinois · Grundy County, Kendall County
- Suburban Chicago · Will County
City boundaries: 2026 Census geography · Census source · CMS county-to-locality definitions
How the 49321 rate is calculated
Each of 49321’s three RVUs is multiplied by a geographic index (GPCI) for the payment locality, added up, and multiplied by the conversion factor. Drag the indexes or enter a ZIP to see what moves the rate.
How the rate is built · 49321
RVUs × geographic indexes × conversion factor
Work5.30
5.30 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI
Practice expense3.30
3.30 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI
Malpractice1.26
1.26 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI
Adjusted RVUs
9.8600
Conversion factor
$33.4009
Medicare rate
$329.33
Every GPCI starts at 1.000, the national rate. Enter a ZIP or drag a slider.
Payment rules and modifiers for 49321
49321 has a 10-day global period: related visits in that window are included in the surgery payment.
CMS payment indicators · 49321
Laparoscopic biopsy
| Rule | CMS value | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Global period | 010 | Minor procedure: the day of the procedure plus 10 days after are included. |
| Multiple procedures | 3 | Endoscopy family rules apply. |
| Bilateral (modifier 50) | 0 | The 150% bilateral adjustment doesn’t apply. |
| Assistant at surgery (80/81/82/AS) | 2 | Paid. |
| Co-surgeons (62) | 2 | Permitted. |
| Team surgery (66) | 0 | Not permitted. |
| Professional/technical | 0 | Physician service: no professional/technical split. |
| Split (54/55/56) | 0.10/0.80/0.10 | Share of the payment for pre-op, the procedure itself, and post-op care. |
Global surgery period · 49321
Laparoscopic biopsy
10-day global period ends
Oct 11, 2026
Covers Oct 1, 2026 through Oct 11, 2026 (11 days).
Visit on Oct 31, 2026
After the global period ends: visits and procedures are billed normally.
What modifiers do to the payment
Modifier 51 · payment effect
With and without the modifier
49321 without 51 · national facility
$329.33
Laparoscopic biopsy
49321-51 · Second procedure: 50%
$164.67
When this isn’t the highest-valued procedure in the session, Medicare pays 50% of its fee schedule amount (the highest is paid at 100%).
Where these rates come from
FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indexes and the conversion factor. Services without a published rate are labeled, never given a made-up amount. Amounts are Medicare allowed amounts before claim adjustments: not a patient’s bill or a commercial rate.
CMS RVU26D · effective Oct 1, 2026 through the day before Jan 1, 2027
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