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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01

Q4261 Wound product Medicare reimbursement rates in Minnesota

Reports the TAG wound product by square centimeter when it is supplied for application during a wound-treatment procedure. Compare Q4261 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Minnesota.

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 Q4261 in Minnesota?

Minnesota has 1 payment locality in this comparison. Use the service location to choose the applicable amount. These are the supported base rates for the payment area shown below, using the same CMS release.

Office / nonfacility

$130.95

1 of 1 localities have a supported rate.

Payment area: Minnesota

One mapped payment locality.

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 product

About Q4261: TAG wound product by area

Reports the TAG wound product by square centimeter when it is supplied for application during a wound-treatment procedure.

Q4261 identifies the TAG product furnished for wound coverage, measured by the area supplied. It is a product code, not the procedure that prepares the wound or places the material. Clinicians may use it during treatment of a wound when a wound product is applied; the applicable service may be performed in an office or facility. The record should identify the product and document the wound and the amount used, with enough detail to support the reported area.

Report Q4261 only with a primary procedure, not as a stand-alone service. CMS treats it as an add-on code paid within the primary procedure’s global period. Its payment represents the technical component; a separate code covers interpretation. Report the quantity in square centimeters and pair it with the procedure that applies the product. The wound assessment, product record, area treated, and application documentation should support the claim.

CMS billing rules for Q4261

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%

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.

Q4261 compared with similar codes

Office rates for Minnesota, from the same CMS release.

Q4260

Wound graft product

Signature APatch per sq cm

$130.95

Q4260 identifies Signature Apatch, not TAG. Select the product code that matches the material actually supplied.

Q4262

Wound product

Dual-layer Impax, per sq cm

$130.95

Q4262 identifies Dual Layer Impax, not TAG. The product identity, rather than the wound area alone, distinguishes these codes.

15271

Skin substitute graft

First 25 cm², trunk/limbs

$156.01

15271 reports a wound-product application procedure for specified anatomic sites and the initial treated area; Q4261 reports the TAG product by area.

Compare Q4261 by payment locality

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1 of 1 payment localities

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

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How this local rate is calculated

Each RVU component is multiplied by its own geographic practice cost index (GPCI). The three adjusted components are added, then multiplied by the conversion factor. These are the inputs used for Q4261 in Minnesota.

PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv

18,349

Code
Q4261
Physician work
0.00
Practice expense
3.81
Malpractice
0.00

GPCI2026.csv

66

Locality
Minnesota
Physician work
1.000
Practice expense
1.029
Malpractice
0.296
Office / nonfacility calculation for Q4261 in Minnesota
ComponentRVULocality factorAdjusted
Physician work0.00× 1.0000.0000
Practice expense3.81× 1.0293.9205
Malpractice0.00× 0.2960.0000
Total RVUs3.9205
Conversion factor× 33.4009

Office / nonfacility rate, Minnesota$130.95

Values as parsed from CMS release RVU26D, effective 2026-10-01. The amount is rounded to the nearest cent only at the end.
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Office / nonfacility

Office / nonfacility calculation inputs
ComponentRVULocal GPCI
Work01
Practice expense3.811.029
Malpractice00.296

(0 × 1 + 3.81 × 1.029 + 0 × 0.296) × $33.4009 = $130.95

The office and facility calculations use their respective practice-expense RVUs. The facility amount here is the physician fee, not a separate hospital or facility bill.

Q4261 billing questions

Can Q4261 be reported by itself?

No. CMS identifies it as an add-on code, so report it with a primary procedure.

How is the quantity determined?

Report the TAG product by the square centimeters supplied for the wound treatment. Document the area treated and the amount of product used.

Does Q4261 include the procedure that applies the product?

No. Q4261 identifies the product; report the applicable wound procedure separately as the primary service.

Does the code include interpretation?

No. CMS identifies Q4261 as technical-component-only; a separate code covers interpretation.

What documentation supports Q4261?

Document that TAG was supplied, the wound treated, the area covered, and the quantity used, along with the primary procedure.

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.

RVUs for Q4261PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv, line 18,349 (RVU26D)
Geographic factors for MinnesotaGPCI2026.csv, line 66 (RVU26D)