No office rate
Both codes concern release of the ureter. Choose based on the specific operative indication and work documented for the code billed.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
50722 Ureteral release Medicare reimbursement rates in Michigan
Reports operative freeing of a ureter from surrounding tissue, with or without repositioning, when the work is release rather than ureteral reconstruction. Compare 50722 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Michigan.
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 50722 in Michigan?
Michigan 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
$898.05–$966.10
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.
Urologic surgery
About 50722: Ureteral release with or without repositioning
Reports operative freeing of a ureter from surrounding tissue, with or without repositioning, when the work is release rather than ureteral reconstruction.
This operation frees a ureter from tissue that is tethering, compressing, or encasing it; the surgeon may also reposition the mobilized ureter. A urologist commonly performs the work in an operating room, sometimes with a gynecologic or other pelvic surgeon when the ureter is involved in a broader pelvic operation. The operative note should identify the affected ureter, the surrounding attachments or tissue causing the need for release, and the dissection and any repositioning performed.
Report the code when the operative work is ureteral release, not a repair or reconstruction that changes the ureter’s structure. The note should make the extent of the release clear and distinguish it from separately described procedures. This major surgery code includes the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care. When multiple procedures are performed in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard 50% multiple-procedure reduction. Modifier 50 is inappropriate for this code. An assistant at surgery may be paid; co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation, and team surgery is not permitted.
CMS billing rules for 50722
- 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 RVU17.50 · 65%
- Practice expense (office) RVU6.51 · 24%
- Malpractice RVU3.05 · 11%
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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.
50722 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Michigan, from the same CMS release.
No office rate
This neighboring code includes release and revision in its short descriptor. Use it when the record supports revision work in addition to release.
No office rate
50700 describes ureteral revision or repair. This code is the better fit when the operation frees the ureter without reconstructing it.
$737.69–$779.40
50706 treats ureteral narrowing by balloon dilation. This code describes operative freeing of the ureter from surrounding tissue.
Compare 50722 by payment locality
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2 of 2 payment localities
Detroit →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$966.10
Rest Of Michigan →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$898.05
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50722 billing questions
How is this different from 50715?
Both codes describe ureteral release, but the operative indication and work should support the specific code selected. Document the reason for freeing the ureter and the dissection performed.
When should a ureteral revision code be considered instead?
Use a revision or reconstructive code when the surgeon repairs or alters the ureter itself rather than only freeing it from surrounding tissue. The operative note should describe that additional structural work.
Can modifier 50 be reported?
No. The descriptor or anatomy makes bilateral adjustment inappropriate for this code.
How does the 90-day global period affect postoperative billing?
The day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care are included in the global period.
Can an assistant or co-surgeon be reported?
Assistant-at-surgery payment may be available. Co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation, and team surgery is not permitted.
How are multiple procedures in the same session paid?
The highest-valued procedure is paid in full, and other procedures are subject to the standard multiple-procedure reduction.
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.
5,97350705,,Ureteral embolization/occl,A,,3.93,48.58,,0.36,,0.49,53.00,4.78,0,ZZZ,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,1,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
5,97450706,,Balloon dilate urtrl strix,A,,3.71,19.62,,0.53,,0.41,23.74,4.65,0,ZZZ,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,1,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
5,97550715,,Release of ureter,A,,20.12,9.14,NA,9.14,,4.26,33.52,33.52,0,090,0.08,0.83,0.09,2,1,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
5,97650722,,Release of ureter,A,,17.50,6.51,NA,6.51,,3.05,27.06,27.06,0,090,0.08,0.83,0.09,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
5,97750725,,Release/revise ureter,A,,19.70,7.30,NA,7.30,,2.53,29.53,29.53,0,090,0.08,0.83,0.09,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
5,97850727,,Revise ureter,A,,8.07,5.00,NA,5.00,,1.11,14.18,14.18,0,090,0.08,0.83,0.09,2,0,2,2,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
5,97950728,,Revise ureter,A,,11.88,5.68,NA,5.68,,1.51,19.07,19.07,0,090,0.08,0.83,0.09,2,0,2,2,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00