No office rate
Choose 29915 for therapeutic reshaping of the acetabular rim; choose 29914 for femoral-side reshaping. Both may be performed when each side is treated.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
29915 Hip arthroscopy Medicare reimbursement rates in Maine
Arthroscopic reshaping of the acetabular rim is reported when a surgeon removes excess rim bone to address pincer-type hip impingement. Compare 29915 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 29915 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
$867.77–$893.24
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 29915: Arthroscopic acetabular rim reshaping
Arthroscopic reshaping of the acetabular rim is reported when a surgeon removes excess rim bone to address pincer-type hip impingement.
During hip arthroscopy, the surgeon uses a camera and instruments inserted through small portals to remove or reshape excess bone along the acetabular rim. The goal is to reduce abnormal contact between the rim and the femoral head or neck, commonly in a hip with pincer-type femoroacetabular impingement. Orthopedic surgeons typically perform the procedure in a hospital outpatient department or ambulatory surgery center, sometimes alongside other hip arthroscopic work.
Report the code when the operative note supports therapeutic reshaping of the acetabular rim; an imaging finding alone does not establish that this work was performed. Document the treated anatomy and the specific bone-removal work, distinguishing it from femoral reshaping or labral repair. The service has a 90-day global period, including the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care. CMS applies endoscopy-family pricing when related endoscopies are performed together. For bilateral work, modifier 50 is paid at 150%. An assistant at surgery may be paid; co-surgeons are paid only with supporting documentation, and team surgery is not permitted.
CMS billing rules for 29915
- 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
- Endoscopy family pricing applies when related endoscopies are performed together.
- Bilateral procedures
- Bilateral procedure with modifier 50 is paid at 150%.
- 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 RVU14.63 · 52%
- Practice expense (office) RVU10.37 · 37%
- Malpractice RVU2.91 · 10%
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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.
29915 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Maine, from the same CMS release.
No office rate
Code 29916 represents labral repair, not acetabular rim reshaping. A distinct rim procedure may occur in the same hip arthroscopy.
No office rate
Code 29862 represents hip arthroscopic debridement, such as removal of damaged tissue. It does not describe reshaping excess acetabular rim bone.
Compare 29915 by payment locality
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2 of 2 payment localities
Rest Of Maine →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$867.77
Southern Maine →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$893.24
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29915 billing questions
How is this code different from 29914?
This code represents reshaping the acetabular rim, often for pincer-type impingement. Code 29914 represents reshaping on the femoral side, commonly for cam-type impingement.
Can it be reported with hip labral repair?
It may be performed during the same encounter as labral repair, reported with 29916. The operative note should identify the acetabular rim work separately from the labral repair.
What documentation supports reporting it?
Document the acetabular anatomy treated and the therapeutic rim-bone reshaping performed. A diagnosis or imaging description of pincer morphology by itself does not show that the procedure was done.
How is bilateral surgery reported?
For bilateral procedures, report modifier 50; CMS pays the bilateral procedure at 150%.
What postoperative care is included?
The 90-day global period includes the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care.
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.
3,38429906,,Subtalar arthro w/deb,A,,9.41,7.74,NA,7.74,,1.59,18.74,18.74,0,090,0.10,0.69,0.21,2,1,2,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,38529907,,Subtalar arthro w/fusion,A,,11.88,10.14,NA,10.14,,2.53,24.55,24.55,0,090,0.10,0.69,0.21,2,1,2,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,38629914,,Hip arthro w/femoroplasty,A,,14.30,10.27,NA,10.27,,2.83,27.40,27.40,0,090,0.10,0.69,0.21,3,1,2,1,0,9,29860,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,38729915,,Hip arthro acetabuloplasty,A,,14.63,10.37,NA,10.37,,2.91,27.91,27.91,0,090,0.10,0.69,0.21,3,1,2,1,0,9,29860,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,38829916,,Hip arthro w/labral repair,A,,14.63,10.33,NA,10.33,,2.90,27.86,27.86,0,090,0.10,0.69,0.21,3,1,2,1,0,9,29860,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,38929999,,Unlisted px arthroscopy,C,,0.00,0.00,,0.00,,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,YYY,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,1,0,1,1,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,39030000,,Drainage of nose lesion,A,,1.44,6.18,,1.66,,0.21,7.83,3.31,0,010,0.10,0.80,0.10,2,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00