No office rate
43237 describes upper GI endoscopic ultrasound examination. Choose 43240 when the physician also creates a transmural route and drains the collection.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
43240 Pseudocyst drainage Medicare reimbursement rates in Texas
Report this service when an upper endoscope is used to create a drainage route through the stomach or duodenal wall for a pseudocyst. Compare 43240 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Texas.
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 43240 in Texas?
Texas has 8 payment localities in this comparison. Use the service location to choose the applicable amount. These are the supported base rates for the 8 payment areas shown below, using the same CMS release.
Office / nonfacility
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.
Where 43240 pays more and less in Texas
Gastrointestinal endoscopy
About 43240: Endoscopic pseudocyst drainage
Report this service when an upper endoscope is used to create a drainage route through the stomach or duodenal wall for a pseudocyst.
A gastroenterologist typically performs this procedure in a hospital or other facility for a pancreatic pseudocyst or similar collection that can be reached through the stomach or duodenum. Using an upper endoscope, the physician accesses the collection through the gastrointestinal wall and establishes drainage into the digestive tract, often with a stent. Endoscopic ultrasound may be used to locate the collection and guide access; the code covers the drainage service, not just imaging or needle sampling.
Report the code when the physician actually performs transmural drainage, and document the collection, access site, drainage performed, and any device placed. A diagnostic examination or aspiration for sampling alone does not establish that drainage was performed. The 0-day global period includes same-day preoperative and postoperative care. When related endoscopies are performed together, CMS endoscopy family pricing applies. Modifier 50 is inappropriate for this anatomy. Medicare does not pay an assistant at surgery for this service, and co-surgeon and team-surgery billing are not permitted.
CMS billing rules for 43240
- Global period
- Minor procedure with a 0-day global period: same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included.
- Multiple procedures
- Endoscopy family pricing applies when related endoscopies are performed together.
- 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 not permitted.
- Team surgery
- Team surgery not permitted.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU6.97 · 68%
- Practice expense (office) RVU2.48 · 24%
- Malpractice RVU0.79 · 8%
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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.
43240 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Texas, from the same CMS release.
No office rate
43238 is for EUS-guided needle sampling. It does not describe therapeutic drainage through the stomach or duodenal wall.
No office rate
43242 describes EUS-guided fine-needle sampling; 43240 describes drainage of a pseudocyst rather than sampling for diagnosis.
No office rate
43253 covers EUS-guided transmural injection or marker placement. Use 43240 when the intervention is drainage of a pseudocyst.
Compare 43240 by payment locality
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8 of 8 payment localities
| Payment locality | Office | Facility |
|---|---|---|
| Austin | Office Unavailable | Facility $344.29 |
| Beaumont | Office Unavailable | Facility $332.70 |
| Brazoria | Office Unavailable | Facility $337.34 |
| Dallas | Office Unavailable | Facility $340.04 |
| Fort Worth | Office Unavailable | Facility $339.56 |
| Galveston | Office Unavailable | Facility $338.77 |
| Houston | Office Unavailable | Facility $353.23 |
| Rest Of Texas | Office Unavailable | Facility $335.24 |
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43240 billing questions
Does this code require actual drainage?
Yes. The physician must perform drainage through the gastrointestinal wall; imaging, inspection, or needle sampling alone is not this service.
Can an EUS examination be reported separately?
EUS may guide access, but this code describes the therapeutic drainage service. CMS endoscopy family pricing applies when related endoscopies are performed together.
How does this differ from EUS-guided needle sampling?
Use this code for therapeutic drainage of the collection. Needle sampling codes describe obtaining tissue or fluid for diagnostic evaluation rather than establishing drainage.
Is modifier 50 appropriate?
No. CMS identifies bilateral adjustment as inappropriate for this service because of its descriptor or anatomy.
Can an assistant, co-surgeon, or surgical team be billed?
Medicare does not pay an assistant at surgery for this service. Co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted.
What documentation supports reporting the service?
Document the pseudocyst or collection, its relationship to the stomach or duodenum, the transmural access, and the drainage performed. Include any stent or other device placed.
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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5,17043242,,Egd us fine needle bx/aspir,A,,4.61,1.78,NA,1.78,,0.49,6.88,6.88,0,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,3,0,1,0,0,9,43235,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
5,17143243,,Egd injection varices,A,,4.16,1.57,NA,1.57,,0.53,6.26,6.26,0,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,3,0,1,0,0,9,43235,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00