No office rate
Use 24110 for the comparable cyst or benign-tumor procedure on the humerus; use 24120 for the radius or ulna.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
24120 Bone lesion removal Medicare reimbursement rates in Maine
Reports curettage or excision of a bone cyst or benign tumor in the radius or ulna when the procedure does not include bone grafting. Compare 24120 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Maine.
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 24120 in Maine?
Maine 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
No supported rate
Facility setting
$471.20–$488.68
2 of 2 localities have a 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.
Orthopedic surgery
About 24120: Radius or ulna bone lesion curettage
Reports curettage or excision of a bone cyst or benign tumor in the radius or ulna when the procedure does not include bone grafting.
An orthopedic surgeon removes or curettes a bone cyst or benign tumor in the radius or ulna. The procedure is generally performed in an operating room, with the operative approach and extent guided by the lesion’s location and the bone involved. The removed tissue may be submitted for examination, but the defining service is treatment of the bone lesion rather than joint biopsy or removal of the radial head.
Choose this code when the operative report identifies a cyst or benign tumor in the radius or ulna and describes excision or curettage without grafting. Use the graft-specific sibling when autograft or allograft is placed. CMS assigns a 90-day global period, including the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care. For multiple procedures in one session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and others at 50%; bilateral reporting with modifier 50 is paid at 150%. An assistant is paid only when medical necessity is documented; co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted.
CMS billing rules for 24120
- 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 procedure with modifier 50 is paid at 150%.
- 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 RVU6.65 · 44%
- Practice expense (office) RVU7.20 · 47%
- Malpractice RVU1.34 · 9%
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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.
24120 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Maine, from the same CMS release.
No office rate
24125 includes autograft with radius or ulna lesion treatment. Choose 24120 when no graft is used.
No office rate
24126 identifies radius or ulna lesion treatment with allograft. Choose 24120 when the procedure does not include grafting.
Compare 24120 by payment locality
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2 of 2 payment localities
Rest Of Maine →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$471.20
Southern Maine →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$488.68
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24120 billing questions
When should this code be chosen instead of 24125 or 24126?
Use 24120 for radius or ulna cyst or benign-tumor curettage or excision without grafting. The sibling codes distinguish procedures that include autograft or allograft.
How does this differ from code 24110?
The lesion procedure is similar, but 24110 is for the humerus. Code 24120 applies to the radius or ulna.
What documentation supports reporting this code?
The operative report should identify the radius or ulna, characterize the treated lesion as a cyst or benign tumor, describe excision or curettage, and clarify whether grafting was performed.
How is the 90-day global period handled?
The day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care are included in the global period.
Can this procedure be reported bilaterally?
When the procedure is performed bilaterally, modifier 50 is associated with payment at 150% under the CMS rule supplied for this code.
When is an assistant at surgery payable?
CMS payment for an assistant at surgery requires documentation of medical necessity. 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.
2,27024110,,Exc/curtg b1 cst/b9 tum hum,A,,7.39,7.99,NA,7.99,,1.57,16.95,16.95,0,090,0.10,0.69,0.21,2,1,1,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
2,27124115,,Exc/crtg b1 cst/tum hum agrf,A,,9.87,8.78,NA,8.78,,2.10,20.75,20.75,0,090,0.10,0.69,0.21,2,1,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
2,27224116,,Exc/crtg b1 cst/tum hum algr,A,,11.92,9.43,NA,9.43,,2.54,23.89,23.89,0,090,0.10,0.69,0.21,2,1,2,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
2,27324120,,Exc/crtg b1 cst/b9 tum rds,A,,6.65,7.20,NA,7.20,,1.34,15.19,15.19,0,090,0.10,0.69,0.21,2,1,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
2,27424125,,Exc/crtg b1 cst/tum rds agrf,A,,7.94,8.17,NA,8.17,,1.69,17.80,17.80,0,090,0.10,0.69,0.21,2,1,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
2,27524126,,Exc/crtg b1 cst/tum rds algr,A,,8.40,8.31,NA,8.31,,1.78,18.49,18.49,0,090,0.10,0.69,0.21,2,1,2,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
2,27624130,,Excision radial head,A,,6.26,7.04,NA,7.04,,1.23,14.53,14.53,0,090,0.10,0.69,0.21,2,1,1,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00