$263.70
Both involve image-guided cervical or thoracic epidural or subarachnoid medication delivery. 62325 includes indwelling catheter placement for continuous infusion or intermittent bolus; 62321 is the service without an indwelling catheter.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
62325 Epidural injection Medicare reimbursement rates in Wisconsin
Reports image-guided cervical or thoracic epidural or subarachnoid medication delivery using an indwelling catheter for continuous infusion or intermittent bolus. Compare 62325 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Wisconsin.
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 62325 in Wisconsin?
Wisconsin 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
$252.96
1 of 1 localities have a supported rate.
Payment area: Wisconsin
One mapped payment locality.
Facility setting
$95.53
1 of 1 localities have a supported rate.
Payment area: Wisconsin
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.
Pain management
About 62325: Cervical or thoracic epidural catheter injection
Reports image-guided cervical or thoracic epidural or subarachnoid medication delivery using an indwelling catheter for continuous infusion or intermittent bolus.
This service places a catheter into the cervical or thoracic epidural or subarachnoid space under imaging guidance and delivers a diagnostic or therapeutic solution by continuous infusion or intermittent bolus. The injected medication may include an anesthetic, opioid, steroid, or other non-neurolytic substance. Anesthesiologists and pain medicine physicians commonly perform it in a hospital or outpatient procedural setting for situations such as regional analgesia or treatment of spinal pain.
Choose this code when the service includes indwelling catheter placement and image-guided medication delivery; a single injection without an indwelling catheter is reported with a different code. Documentation should identify the cervical or thoracic level, catheter placement, medication delivery method, and imaging guidance. The service has a 0-day global period, so same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included. When multiple procedures occur in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and others at 50%. Medicare does not pay an assistant at surgery; co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted.
CMS billing rules for 62325
- Global period
- Minor procedure with a 0-day global period: same-day preoperative and postoperative care is 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.
- 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 RVU2.15 · 27%
- Practice expense (office) RVU5.60 · 71%
- Malpractice RVU0.19 · 2%
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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.
62325 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Wisconsin, from the same CMS release.
$146.30
This is the cervical or thoracic catheter-injection counterpart without imaging guidance. Choose 62325 when imaging guidance is used.
$261.49
Both describe image-guided catheter medication delivery, but 62327 is for the lumbar or sacral region; 62325 is for the cervical or thoracic region.
Compare 62325 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.
1 of 1 payment localities
Wisconsin →
Office / nonfacility
$252.96
Facility
$95.53
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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 62325 in Wisconsin.
PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv
6,969
- Code
- 62325
- Physician work
- 2.15
- Practice expense
- 5.60
- Malpractice
- 0.19
GPCI2026.csv
111
- Locality
- Wisconsin
- Physician work
- 1.000
- Practice expense
- 0.958
- Malpractice
- 0.308
| Component | RVU | Locality factor | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physician work | 2.15 | × 1.000 | 2.1500 |
| Practice expense | 5.60 | × 0.958 | 5.3648 |
| Malpractice | 0.19 | × 0.308 | 0.0585 |
| Total RVUs | 7.5733 | ||
| Conversion factor | × 33.4009 | ||
Office / nonfacility rate, Wisconsin$252.96
Explore RVUs, geographic factors and the full formula
Office / nonfacility
| Component | RVU | Local GPCI |
|---|---|---|
| Work | 2.15 | 1 |
| Practice expense | 5.6 | 0.958 |
| Malpractice | 0.19 | 0.308 |
(2.15 × 1 + 5.6 × 0.958 + 0.19 × 0.308) × $33.4009 = $252.96
Facility
| Component | RVU | Local GPCI |
|---|---|---|
| Work | 2.15 | 1 |
| Practice expense | 0.68 | 0.958 |
| Malpractice | 0.19 | 0.308 |
(2.15 × 1 + 0.68 × 0.958 + 0.19 × 0.308) × $33.4009 = $95.53
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.
62325 billing questions
How is this different from 62321?
62325 describes cervical or thoracic medication delivery using an indwelling catheter for continuous infusion or intermittent bolus. Use 62321 for the corresponding service without indwelling catheter placement.
Is imaging guidance included?
Yes. This code represents the catheter injection service with imaging guidance; do not separately report imaging guidance for the same service.
Can the code be used for a lumbar or sacral catheter injection?
No. This code is for the cervical or thoracic region. The corresponding image-guided catheter service for the lumbar or sacral region is 62327.
Does the code include the same-day postoperative care?
Yes. The 0-day global period includes same-day preoperative and postoperative care.
How are other procedures in the same session paid?
Under the standard multiple procedure reduction, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are paid at 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 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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