No office rate
Use 24305 for tendon lengthening. Use 24301 when a muscle or tendon is relocated to a new attachment to redirect its action.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
24301 Tendon transfer Medicare reimbursement rates in Kansas
Reports one muscle or tendon transfer in the upper arm or at the elbow to redirect its pull and restore or change limb function. Compare 24301 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Kansas.
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 24301 in Kansas?
Kansas 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
No supported rate
Facility setting
$637.74
1 of 1 localities have a supported rate.
Payment area: Kansas
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.
Orthopedic surgery
About 24301: Single upper arm or elbow tendon transfer
Reports one muscle or tendon transfer in the upper arm or at the elbow to redirect its pull and restore or change limb function.
This operation relocates a muscle or tendon to a new attachment in the upper arm or around the elbow so its force can perform a different action. An orthopedic surgeon commonly performs it to address lost muscle function or an imbalance affecting arm or elbow movement. A familiar example is moving the deltoid to provide triceps function. The procedure is generally performed in an operating room, with the operative report identifying the transferred structure and its new attachment.
Report 24301 for one transfer, not for lengthening, cutting, or repairing a tendon in its existing functional path. Documentation should establish the indication, donor muscle or tendon, recipient site, and the transfer performed. The code has a 90-day global period, including the day-before preoperative visit and related postoperative care during that period. When multiple procedures subject to the standard reduction occur in one session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and the others at 50%. A bilateral adjustment is not appropriate. Assistant-at-surgery payment may be made; co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation, and team surgery is not permitted.
CMS billing rules for 24301
- 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 may be paid.
- Co-surgeons
- Co-surgeons paid only with supporting documentation.
- Team surgery
- Team surgery not permitted.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU10.12 · 48%
- Practice expense (office) RVU8.75 · 42%
- Malpractice RVU2.11 · 10%
1.9K
Medicare services in 2024 · #2520 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.
24301 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Kansas, from the same CMS release.
No office rate
Code 24310 describes an open tenotomy, or tendon division, in the elbow-to-shoulder region. It does not represent transfer to a new attachment.
No office rate
Code 24341 is for tendon or muscle repair in the upper arm. Choose 24301 when the procedure reroutes a structure rather than repairing it in place.
No office rate
Code 24340 describes biceps tendon fixation at the elbow. It is not the code for transferring a muscle or tendon to change its functional pull.
Compare 24301 by payment locality
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Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$637.74
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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 24301 in Kansas.
PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv
2,293
- Code
- 24301
- Physician work
- 10.12
- Practice expense
- 8.75
- Malpractice
- 2.11
GPCI2026.csv
54
- Locality
- Kansas
- Physician work
- 1.000
- Practice expense
- 0.904
- Malpractice
- 0.504
| Component | RVU | Locality factor | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physician work | 10.12 | × 1.000 | 10.1200 |
| Practice expense | 8.75 | × 0.904 | 7.9100 |
| Malpractice | 2.11 | × 0.504 | 1.0634 |
| Total RVUs | 19.0934 | ||
| Conversion factor | × 33.4009 | ||
Facility rate, Kansas$637.74
Explore RVUs, geographic factors and the full formula
Facility
| Component | RVU | Local GPCI |
|---|---|---|
| Work | 10.12 | 1 |
| Practice expense | 8.75 | 0.904 |
| Malpractice | 2.11 | 0.504 |
(10.12 × 1 + 8.75 × 0.904 + 2.11 × 0.504) × $33.4009 = $637.74
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.
24301 billing questions
How is a tendon transfer different from tendon lengthening?
A transfer moves a muscle or tendon to a new attachment to redirect its action. Code 24305 describes lengthening a tendon rather than relocating it.
Can 24301 be reported for more than one transfer?
This code describes a single transfer. The operative report should identify the structure moved and the new attachment; do not infer additional reportable transfers from the number of tendons exposed.
Should modifier 50 be appended for a transfer on both sides?
No bilateral adjustment applies to 24301, and modifier 50 is inappropriate under the CMS rule for this code.
What postoperative care is included?
The 90-day global period includes the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care.
How is 24301 paid when another procedure is performed in the same session?
Under the standard multiple procedure reduction, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and the other procedures are paid at 50%. An assistant at surgery may be paid; co-surgeon payment needs supporting documentation.
What documentation supports reporting 24301?
The operative report should describe the functional indication, the muscle or tendon transferred, its donor and recipient attachments, and the work establishing a new line of pull.
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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2,29124220,,Injection px for elbow arthg,A,,1.28,4.17,,0.27,,0.13,5.58,1.68,0,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,1,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
2,29224300,,Mnpj elbow under anes,A,,3.94,8.66,NA,8.66,,0.76,13.36,13.36,0,090,0.10,0.69,0.21,2,1,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
2,29324301,,Musc/tdn transfer upr a/e 1,A,,10.12,8.75,NA,8.75,,2.11,20.98,20.98,0,090,0.10,0.69,0.21,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
2,29424305,,Tendon lngth upr a/e ea tdn,A,,7.43,7.35,NA,7.35,,1.41,16.19,16.19,0,090,0.10,0.69,0.21,2,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
2,29524310,,Tnot opn elbw to sho ea tdn,A,,5.97,6.12,NA,6.12,,1.15,13.24,13.24,0,090,0.10,0.69,0.21,2,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
2,29624320,,Tenoplasty elbow to sho 1,A,,10.59,9.00,NA,9.00,,2.25,21.84,21.84,0,090,0.10,0.69,0.21,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
5106102,IL,99,REST OF ILLINOIS,1.000,0.913,1.563
5208102,IN,00,INDIANA,1.000,0.927,0.486
5305102,IA,00,IOWA,1.000,0.915,0.397
5405202,KS,00,KANSAS,1.000,0.904,0.504
5515102,KY,00,KENTUCKY,1.000,0.889,0.915
5607202,LA,01,NEW ORLEANS,1.000,0.941,1.136
5707202,LA,99,REST OF LOUISIANA,1.000,0.885,0.958