$82.15–$86.44
20700 covers manual preparation and insertion of a deep drug-delivery device; 20701 covers its removal.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
20701 Device removal Medicare reimbursement rates in Oregon
Removal of a previously placed deep drug-delivery device, such as a subfascial device, reported with the primary operative procedure. Compare 20701 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Oregon.
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 20701 in Oregon?
Oregon 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
$63.63–$67.04
2 of 2 localities have a supported rate.
Facility setting
$52.65–$54.79
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.
Orthopedic surgery
About 20701: Deep drug-delivery device removal
Removal of a previously placed deep drug-delivery device, such as a subfascial device, reported with the primary operative procedure.
This code describes operative removal of a drug-delivery device from a deep location, such as beneath the fascia. Orthopedic surgeons commonly encounter these devices during staged treatment of bone or joint infection, including removal of a temporary local antibiotic-delivery device after the infection has been treated. The procedure is performed in an operating room or another surgical setting where the device can be exposed and removed.
Report this add-on code with the primary procedure performed at the same operative encounter; documentation should identify the device, its deep anatomic location, and the removal performed. The code is paid within the primary procedure’s global period. It distinguishes deep removal from removal of a device located in the intramedullary canal or intra-articular space. Documentation of location supports choosing the correct code in this removal series.
CMS billing rules for 20701
- Global period
- Add-on code: billed only together with a primary procedure and paid within that procedure's global period.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU1.10 · 56%
- Practice expense (office) RVU0.66 · 34%
- Malpractice RVU0.21 · 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.
20701 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Oregon, from the same CMS release.
$104.63–$110.36
Both codes describe device removal, but 20703 is for an intramedullary location rather than a deep location.
$123.82–$130.56
20705 is for removal from an intra-articular location; use 20701 for removal from a deep location.
Compare 20701 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
Portland →
Office / nonfacility
$67.04
Facility
$54.79
Rest Of Oregon →
Office / nonfacility
$63.63
Facility
$52.65
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20701 billing questions
How is deep removal distinguished from intramedullary or intra-articular removal?
Use the device’s documented location: this code is for a deep location, such as subfascial. The neighboring removal codes identify intramedullary and intra-articular locations.
Can 20701 be reported by itself?
No. It is an add-on code and must be reported with a primary procedure.
How does the global-period rule affect payment?
CMS pays this add-on within the primary procedure’s global period. It supplements the primary operative service rather than standing alone.
What documentation supports reporting 20701?
Document the drug-delivery device, its deep location, and the operative removal. The anatomic location distinguishes this code from removal of an intramedullary or intra-articular device.
Is 20701 used for placing a deep drug-delivery device?
No. This code is for removal; 20700 is the related code for manual preparation and insertion of a deep drug-delivery device.
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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