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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01

Q4264 Wound membrane Medicare reimbursement rates in Massachusetts

Reports Cocoon membrane by square centimeter when furnished for wound coverage with a separately coded primary application procedure. Compare Q4264 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Massachusetts.

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 Q4264 in Massachusetts?

Massachusetts 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

$134.00–$151.95

2 of 2 localities have a supported rate.

Lowest: Rest Of Massachusetts

Highest: Metropolitan Boston

A spread of $17.95 per service.

Facility setting

No 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.

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Wound care supply

About Q4264: Cocoon membrane wound coverage

Reports Cocoon membrane by square centimeter when furnished for wound coverage with a separately coded primary application procedure.

Q4264 identifies Cocoon membrane supplied for wound coverage, with the quantity measured in square centimeters. It represents the product, not the clinician’s wound preparation or placement service. Wound-care clinicians may use the membrane in outpatient treatment of wounds; the application procedure is coded separately according to wound location and treated area.

CMS classifies Q4264 as an add-on, so report it only with a primary procedure; payment is handled within that procedure’s global period. Base the quantity on the Cocoon membrane furnished and keep documentation linking the product and amount to the treated wound. CMS identifies this as a technical-component-only code, with interpretation covered by a separate code. The CMS work RVU is zero, so the application service must be represented separately when performed.

CMS billing rules for Q4264

Global period
Add-on code: billed only together with a primary procedure and paid within that procedure's global period.
Professional and technical components
Technical-component-only code: a separate code covers interpretation.

Where the value comes from

  • Work RVU0.00 · 0%
  • Practice expense (office) RVU3.81 · 100%
  • Malpractice RVU0.00 · 0%

8.5K

Medicare services in 2024 · #1564 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.

Q4264 compared with similar codes

Office rates for Massachusetts, from the same CMS release.

Q4253

Amniotic membrane

Zenith, per square centimeter

$134.00–$151.95

Q4253 identifies Zenith amniotic membrane, while Q4264 identifies Cocoon membrane. Select the code matching the product furnished.

Q4263

Surgraft TL

Per square centimeter

$134.00–$151.95

Q4263 identifies Surgraft TL rather than Cocoon membrane. These product-specific supply codes are not interchangeable based only on the wound site.

15271

Skin substitute graft

First 25 cm², trunk/limbs

$162.76–$179.04

15271 reports the application service for the specified body regions and area range; Q4264 reports the Cocoon membrane product by square centimeter.

Compare Q4264 by payment locality

Find the payment area for your service address, then open its rate page for calculation inputs, release history and the percentage-of-Medicare tool. A city may cross payment-area boundaries; the ZIP lookup above helps resolve the location.

2 of 2 payment localities

Office and facility base rates · shared scale starting at $0

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Q4264 billing questions

How is Q4264 different from the wound application procedure?

Q4264 reports the Cocoon membrane product by square centimeter. Report the applicable wound application procedure separately for the clinician’s placement service.

Can Q4264 be reported by itself?

No. CMS classifies it as an add-on code that must be reported with a primary procedure.

How should the quantity be determined?

Use the square centimeters of Cocoon membrane furnished for the wound, supported by the product and amount documented for the service.

Does this code include interpretation?

No. CMS identifies Q4264 as technical-component-only; a separate code covers interpretation.

Why does the primary procedure matter for payment?

CMS places payment for Q4264 within the primary procedure’s global period, so it is reported with that procedure rather than as a stand-alone service.

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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