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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01

54401 Penile prosthesis Medicare reimbursement rates in Oklahoma

Reports operative placement of a self-contained inflatable penile prosthesis, typically for erectile dysfunction when a patient chooses surgical treatment. Compare 54401 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Oklahoma.

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 54401 in Oklahoma?

Oklahoma 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

No supported rate

Facility setting

$582.81

1 of 1 localities have a supported rate.

Payment area: Oklahoma

One mapped payment locality.

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 54401: Self-contained inflatable penile prosthesis insertion

Reports operative placement of a self-contained inflatable penile prosthesis, typically for erectile dysfunction when a patient chooses surgical treatment.

A urologist places an inflatable penile implant whose inflation mechanism is self-contained, rather than using a separate pump and reservoir. The procedure is generally performed in an operating room for erectile dysfunction when the patient and surgeon select an implant after considering other treatment options. The device type distinguishes this service from placement of a semi-rigid implant or a multi-component inflatable system.

Report 54401 for initial implantation of the self-contained inflatable device, and document the indication, device type, and operative placement. Medicare assigns major-surgery global status: the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care are included. 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% reduction. Modifier 50 is inappropriate for this descriptor and anatomy. Medicare does not pay an assistant at surgery under the stated statutory restriction; co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation, and team surgery is not permitted.

CMS billing rules for 54401

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
Statutory restriction: assistant at surgery is not paid.
Co-surgeons
Co-surgeons paid only with supporting documentation.
Team surgery
Team surgery not permitted.

Where the value comes from

  • Work RVU10.18 · 55%
  • Practice expense (office) RVU7.00 · 38%
  • Malpractice RVU1.31 · 7%

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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.

54401 compared with similar codes

Office rates for Oklahoma, from the same CMS release.

54400

Penile prosthesis

Semi-rigid implant

No office rate

Choose 54400 for a semi-rigid implant that does not inflate; 54401 is for an inflatable self-contained device.

54405

Penile prosthesis

Multi-component inflatable

No office rate

Choose 54405 when the inflatable implant is multi-component. The self-contained inflation mechanism identifies 54401.

54416

Penile prosthesis

Semi-rigid replacement

No office rate

54416 describes removal and replacement of an existing self-contained or semi-rigid prosthesis; 54401 is for implantation, not an exchange.

54415

Prosthesis removal

Self-contained inflatable device

No office rate

54415 is for removing a prosthesis without replacement. Report 54401 for initial placement of the self-contained inflatable device.

Compare 54401 by payment locality

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1 of 1 payment localities

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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 54401 in Oklahoma.

PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv

6,293

Code
54401
Physician work
10.18
Practice expense
7.00
Malpractice
1.31

GPCI2026.csv

86

Locality
Oklahoma
Physician work
1.000
Practice expense
0.893
Malpractice
0.777
Facility calculation for 54401 in Oklahoma
ComponentRVULocality factorAdjusted
Physician work10.18× 1.00010.1800
Practice expense7.00× 0.8936.2510
Malpractice1.31× 0.7771.0179
Total RVUs17.4489
Conversion factor× 33.4009

Facility rate, Oklahoma$582.81

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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Facility

Facility calculation inputs
ComponentRVULocal GPCI
Work10.181
Practice expense70.893
Malpractice1.310.777

(10.18 × 1 + 7 × 0.893 + 1.31 × 0.777) × $33.4009 = $582.81

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.

54401 billing questions

How does 54401 differ from 54400?

54401 is for an inflatable, self-contained prosthesis. 54400 is for a non-inflatable, semi-rigid prosthesis.

When should 54405 be reported instead?

Use 54405 for an inflatable multi-component prosthesis, which has separate system components rather than a self-contained inflation mechanism.

Can modifier 50 be appended?

No. Modifier 50 is inappropriate for this descriptor and anatomy.

What postoperative care is included in the global period?

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

How is 54401 handled when other procedures occur in the same session?

The highest-valued procedure is paid in full, and other procedures are subject to the standard multiple procedure reduction. Medicare does not pay an assistant at surgery; co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation.

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 54401PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv, line 6,293 (RVU26D)
Geographic factors for OklahomaGPCI2026.csv, line 86 (RVU26D)