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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01

50948 Ureteral reimplantation Medicare reimbursement rates in New Jersey

Reports laparoscopic reimplantation of a ureter into the bladder using a bladder flap to bridge a defect or reach the ureter. Compare 50948 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in New Jersey.

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 50948 in New Jersey?

New Jersey 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

$1195.54–$1227.78

2 of 2 localities have a supported rate.

Lowest: Rest Of New Jersey

Highest: Northern Nj

A spread of $32.24 per service.

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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Urology surgery

About 50948: Laparoscopic ureteral reimplantation with bladder flap

Reports laparoscopic reimplantation of a ureter into the bladder using a bladder flap to bridge a defect or reach the ureter.

A urologist performs this operation laparoscopically to reconnect a ureter to the bladder, using a bladder flap to bridge the distance. It may be selected when a distal ureteral stricture, injury, or other defect leaves insufficient ureter for a direct reimplantation. The operation is performed in an operating room, commonly in a hospital or ambulatory surgery setting.

Report this code when the operative technique includes the bladder flap, rather than a reimplantation without that flap. The operative report should identify the ureteral problem, laparoscopic approach, flap construction, and reimplantation. CMS assigns a 90-day global period, including 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 others at 50%. Bilateral reporting with modifier 50 is paid at 150%. An assistant at surgery may be paid; co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation, and team surgery is not permitted.

CMS billing rules for 50948

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 RVU23.22 · 69%
  • Practice expense (office) RVU7.63 · 23%
  • Malpractice RVU3.02 · 9%

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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.

50948 compared with similar codes

Office rates for New Jersey, from the same CMS release.

50947

Ureteral reimplantation

Laparoscopic approach

No office rate

Both describe laparoscopic ureteral reimplantation. Choose 50948 when a bladder flap is used; 50947 is the related option without that technique.

50785

Ureteral reimplantation

With psoas hitch

No office rate

This is the open bladder-flap reimplantation counterpart. Use 50948 for the laparoscopic approach.

50900

Ureter repair

Direct suture repair

No office rate

50900 represents ureter repair, not reimplantation into the bladder using a bladder flap.

Compare 50948 by payment locality

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2 of 2 payment localities

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

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50948 billing questions

How does this differ from 50947?

Use 50948 when the laparoscopic reimplantation includes a bladder flap. Code 50947 describes the related laparoscopic reimplantation without that distinguishing technique.

Is the bladder flap separately reported?

The flap is part of the service represented by 50948. Document its construction and use in the reimplantation in the operative report.

Can this be reported for an open operation?

No. This code describes a laparoscopic approach; an open ureteral reimplantation is represented by a different code.

How is bilateral surgery reported?

CMS prices bilateral reporting with modifier 50 at 150%. The operative documentation should establish that the procedure was performed on both ureters.

What is included in the global period?

The day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care are included in the 90-day global period.

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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