$148.29–$163.21
15271 reports the application procedure at qualifying trunk, arm, or leg sites; Q4257 reports the Relese product quantity used with a primary procedure.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
Q4257 Wound product Medicare reimbursement rates in Texas
Reports the square-centimeter quantity of Relese used in wound treatment, alongside the primary procedure that applies the product. Compare Q4257 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 Q4257 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
$115.80–$134.64
8 of 8 localities have a supported rate.
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.
Where Q4257 pays more and less in Texas
8 payment localities
$115.80 to $134.64
Wound care product
About Q4257: Relese wound product, per square centimeter
Reports the square-centimeter quantity of Relese used in wound treatment, alongside the primary procedure that applies the product.
Q4257 identifies the Relese product by the square centimeter for wound-care treatment; it does not represent the clinician’s application work. Wound-care clinicians and surgeons may use the product as part of treatment for a wound in an outpatient clinic or hospital setting. The application procedure is reported separately, selected according to the treated site and applicable procedure details.
Report the documented quantity of Relese in square centimeters and link it to the primary procedure performed. The record should identify the product and support the quantity reported, such as by documenting the treated wound and the amount of product used. CMS classifies Q4257 as an add-on code: report it only with a primary procedure, and its payment falls within that procedure’s global period. CMS also classifies it as technical-component-only; a separate code covers interpretation.
CMS billing rules for Q4257
- 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.
Q4257 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Texas, from the same CMS release.
$151.37–$165.14
15275 reports the application procedure at qualifying head, neck, face, or other specified sites. Q4257 identifies the product, not the treated site or application work.
$115.80–$134.64
Q4258 identifies Enverse, while Q4257 identifies Relese. The square-centimeter unit does not make the product codes interchangeable.
Compare Q4257 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.
8 of 8 payment localities
| Payment locality | Office | Facility |
|---|---|---|
| Austin | Office $134.64 | Facility Unavailable |
| Beaumont | Office $115.80 | Facility Unavailable |
| Brazoria | Office $126.11 | Facility Unavailable |
| Dallas | Office $126.75 | Facility Unavailable |
| Fort Worth | Office $125.48 | Facility Unavailable |
| Galveston | Office $126.37 | Facility Unavailable |
| Houston | Office $126.37 | Facility Unavailable |
| Rest Of Texas | Office $120.77 | Facility Unavailable |
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Q4257 billing questions
Is Q4257 the code for applying Relese?
No. Q4257 reports the Relese product by square centimeter; report the wound-application procedure separately.
Can Q4257 be billed by itself?
No. CMS identifies it as an add-on code that must be reported with a primary procedure.
How should the units be supported?
Document the Relese product and the square-centimeter quantity used, along with the wound and the primary procedure.
Does Q4257 include interpretation?
No. CMS classifies Q4257 as technical-component-only and states that a separate code covers interpretation.
How do I choose between Q4257 and another per-square-centimeter Q code?
Use Q4257 for Relese. Other product codes identify different products, even when their units are also measured in square centimeters.
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.
18,342Q4254,,Novafix dl per sq cm,A,,0.00,3.81,,3.81,NA,0.00,3.81,3.81,3,ZZZ,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
18,343Q4255,,"Reguard, topical use per sq",A,,0.00,3.81,,3.81,NA,0.00,3.81,3.81,3,ZZZ,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
18,344Q4256,,"Mlg complet, per sq cm",A,,0.00,3.81,,3.81,NA,0.00,3.81,3.81,3,ZZZ,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
18,345Q4257,,"Relese, per sq cm",A,,0.00,3.81,,3.81,NA,0.00,3.81,3.81,3,ZZZ,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
18,346Q4258,,"Enverse, per sq cm",A,,0.00,3.81,,3.81,NA,0.00,3.81,3.81,3,ZZZ,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
18,347Q4259,,Celera per sq cm,A,,0.00,3.81,,3.81,NA,0.00,3.81,3.81,3,ZZZ,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
18,348Q4260,,"Signature apatch, per sq cm",A,,0.00,3.81,,3.81,NA,0.00,3.81,3.81,3,ZZZ,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00