No office rate
65101 is enucleation without an implant. Choose 65105 when an orbital implant is placed and the extraocular muscles are attached to it.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
65105 Eye removal Medicare reimbursement rates in Maine
Reports removal of an entire eye with placement of an orbital implant to which the extraocular muscles are attached during the same operation. Compare 65105 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 65105 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
$797.90–$833.50
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.
Ophthalmic surgery
About 65105: Eye removal with muscle-attached implant
Reports removal of an entire eye with placement of an orbital implant to which the extraocular muscles are attached during the same operation.
An ophthalmic surgeon, often an oculoplastic surgeon, removes the entire globe and places an orbital implant, attaching the extraocular muscles to it. Enucleation may be selected for an intraocular malignancy, a severely damaged eye, or an irreversibly blind, painful eye. The implant replaces volume within the orbit; it is not the external ocular prosthesis worn later. These operations are commonly performed in a surgical facility.
Report 65105 when the operative record supports both removal of the globe and muscle attachment to the implant. Distinguish it from enucleation with an implant but no muscle attachment, and from removal without an implant. The note should identify the operative method, implant placement, and muscle attachment. Medicare assigns a 90-day global period, including the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care. In a same-session multiple-procedure situation, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures receive the standard reduction. Modifier 50 for bilateral surgery is paid at 150%. Assistant-at-surgery payment may be available; co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation, and team surgery is not permitted.
CMS billing rules for 65105
- 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 may be paid.
- Co-surgeons
- Co-surgeons paid only with supporting documentation.
- Team surgery
- Team surgery not permitted.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU9.68 · 38%
- Practice expense (office) RVU14.91 · 59%
- Malpractice RVU0.79 · 3%
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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.
65105 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Maine, from the same CMS release.
No office rate
65103 includes an implant but not attachment of the extraocular muscles to it. That muscle attachment distinguishes 65105.
No office rate
65112 uses evisceration, removing ocular contents while retaining the scleral shell, rather than removing the entire globe as in 65105.
Compare 65105 by payment locality
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2 of 2 payment localities
Rest Of Maine →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$797.90
Southern Maine →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$833.50
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65105 billing questions
How is 65105 different from 65103?
Both include enucleation and an implant. Use 65105 when the extraocular muscles are attached to the implant; 65103 describes an implant without that muscle attachment.
When is 65101 a better fit?
65101 describes enucleation without placement of an implant. Report 65105 when an implant is placed and the extraocular muscles are attached to it.
Does 65105 include the external eye prosthesis?
No. The implant is placed within the orbit during surgery; an external ocular prosthesis is a separate device fitted after healing.
What documentation supports reporting 65105?
The operative report should document removal of the globe, placement of the implant, and attachment of the extraocular muscles to that implant.
How does Medicare handle bilateral 65105?
CMS lists modifier 50 for bilateral reporting and pays the bilateral procedure at 150%. The code also has a 90-day global period.
Can an assistant or co-surgeon be reported?
Assistant-at-surgery payment may be available. Co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation; team surgery is not permitted under the listed CMS rules.
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.
7,28965093,,Revise eye with implant,A,,6.86,12.34,NA,12.34,,0.55,19.75,19.75,0,090,0.10,0.70,0.20,2,1,1,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
7,29065101,,Removal of eye,A,,8.09,14.01,NA,14.01,,0.64,22.74,22.74,0,090,0.10,0.70,0.20,2,1,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
7,29165103,,Remove eye/insert implant,A,,8.62,14.07,NA,14.07,,0.68,23.37,23.37,0,090,0.10,0.70,0.20,2,1,1,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
7,29265105,,Remove eye/attach implant,A,,9.68,14.91,NA,14.91,,0.79,25.38,25.38,0,090,0.10,0.70,0.20,2,1,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
7,29365110,,Removal of eye,A,,15.31,17.77,NA,17.77,,1.23,34.31,34.31,0,090,0.10,0.70,0.20,2,1,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
7,29465112,,Remove eye/revise socket,A,,18.05,19.63,NA,19.63,,1.44,39.12,39.12,0,090,0.10,0.70,0.20,2,1,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
7,29565114,,Remove eye/revise socket,A,,19.16,20.02,NA,20.02,,1.51,40.69,40.69,0,090,0.10,0.70,0.20,2,1,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00