Billing code 66987Medicare rate & RVUs in Washington

Compare 66987 physician payment amounts across CMS localities, including office and facility settings.

CMS RVU26DEffective Oct 1, 20262 payment localities1.5K Medicare services in 2024

CMS doesn’t publish an office rate for 66987 in Washington.

—Office (non-facility)
—Hospital or facility

Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

We’ll open 66987 for the payment locality that covers the ZIP.

On this page 5 sections
  1. Rate in Washington
  2. By payment locality
  3. How it’s calculated
  4. Payment rules
  5. Sources

Where 66987 pays more and less in Washington

66987 office and facility rates by payment locality
Payment localityOfficeFacility
Rest Of WashingtonUnavailableUnavailable
Seattle (King Cnty)UnavailableUnavailable

How the 66987 rate is calculated

Each of 66987’s three RVUs is multiplied by a geographic index (GPCI) for the payment locality, added up, and multiplied by the conversion factor. Drag the indexes or enter a ZIP to see what moves the rate.

How the rate is built · 66987

RVUs × geographic indexes × conversion factor

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Work 0.00Practice expense 0.00Malpractice 0.00

0.0000 adjusted RVUs×$33.4009 conversion factor=$0.00

All indexes start at 1.000 (the national rate). Enter a ZIP or drag a slider.

Payment rules and modifiers for 66987

66987 has a 90-day global period: related visits in that window are included in the surgery payment.

CMS payment indicators · 66987

Code 66987

RuleCMS valueWhat it means
Global period090Major surgery: the day before, the day of, and 90 days after are included.
Multiple procedures2Standard reduction: highest-valued procedure at 100%, others at 50%.
Bilateral (modifier 50)1Bilateral with modifier 50 pays 150% of the fee schedule amount.
Assistant at surgery (80/81/82/AS)0Not paid without supporting documentation.
Co-surgeons (62)1Permitted with supporting documentation.
Team surgery (66)1Permitted with supporting documentation.
Professional/technical0Physician service: no professional/technical split.
Split (54/55/56)0.10/0.70/0.20Share of the payment for pre-op, the procedure itself, and post-op care.

Global surgery period · 66987

Code 66987

90-day global period ends

Dec 30, 2026

Covers Sep 30, 2026 through Dec 30, 2026 (92 days, including the day before surgery).

Visit on Oct 31, 2026

Day 30 of the 90-day post-op period: related follow-up care is included in the surgical payment.

  • 24 Unrelated E/M visit by the same physician
  • 79 Unrelated procedure (starts its own global period)
  • 58 Staged, more extensive, or therapy procedure that was planned
  • 78 Unplanned return to the operating room for a related complication
SurgeryVisit
Sep 23, 2026Jan 10, 2027

Pre-op dayGlobal period

What modifiers do to the payment

Modifier 50 · payment effect

With and without the modifier

66987 without 50 · national facility

$0.00

66987-50 · Bilateral: 150%

$0.00

Both sides on one line with modifier 50 are paid at 150% of the fee schedule amount (subject to multiple-procedure rules with other procedures).

When to use modifier 50

Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indexes and the conversion factor. Services without a published rate are labeled, never given a made-up amount. Amounts are Medicare allowed amounts before claim adjustments: not a patient’s bill or a commercial rate.

CMS RVU26D · effective Oct 1, 2026 through the day before Jan 1, 2027

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