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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01

57550 Cervical stump removal Medicare reimbursement rates in Wyoming

Removal of a residual cervix through a vaginal approach, commonly after supracervical hysterectomy when the cervical stump requires surgical removal. Compare 57550 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Wyoming.

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 57550 in Wyoming?

Wyoming 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

No supported rate

Facility setting

$376.65

1 of 1 localities have a supported rate.

Payment area: Wyoming**

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.

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Gynecologic surgery

About 57550: Vaginal removal of cervical stump

Removal of a residual cervix through a vaginal approach, commonly after supracervical hysterectomy when the cervical stump requires surgical removal.

This procedure removes the remaining cervix through the vagina, typically in a patient who previously had a supracervical hysterectomy and still has a cervical stump. A gynecologic surgeon may perform it for a documented problem involving that remnant, such as persistent bleeding or cervical disease. The operative report should make clear that the target is residual cervix and that the vaginal route was used.

Report 57550 for vaginal removal of the cervical stump; an abdominal approach is represented by a different code. Documentation should identify the prior surgery, the indication, the anatomy removed, and the operative approach. Medicare assigns a 90-day global period, including the day-before preoperative visit and related postoperative care during that period. When multiple procedures occur in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard multiple-procedure reduction. Modifier 50 is inappropriate for this single midline structure. An assistant at surgery may be paid; co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation, and team surgery is not permitted.

CMS billing rules for 57550

Global period
Major surgery with a 90-day global period: the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care are 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.
Bilateral procedures
Bilateral adjustment does not apply; the descriptor or anatomy makes modifier 50 inappropriate.
Assistant at surgery
Assistant at surgery may be paid.
Co-surgeons
Co-surgeons paid only with supporting documentation.
Team surgery
Team surgery not permitted.

Where the value comes from

  • Work RVU6.18 · 53%
  • Practice expense (office) RVU4.29 · 37%
  • Malpractice RVU1.09 · 9%

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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.

57550 compared with similar codes

Office rates for Wyoming, from the same CMS release.

57540

Cervical stump removal

Abdominal approach

No office rate

Both concern removal of a residual cervix, but 57540 is the abdominal approach; 57550 is the vaginal approach.

57520

Cervical cone

Non-loop excision

$353.54

57520 describes cervical conization, an excision of cervical tissue. It is not removal of a residual cervical stump.

57558

D&C

Cervical stump

$147.12

57558 describes dilation and curettage of a cervical stump; 57550 removes the stump itself through the vagina.

Compare 57550 by payment locality

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1 of 1 payment localities

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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 57550 in Wyoming**.

PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv

6,509

Code
57550
Physician work
6.18
Practice expense
4.29
Malpractice
1.09

GPCI2026.csv

112

Locality
Wyoming**
Physician work
1.000
Practice expense
1.000
Malpractice
0.740
Facility calculation for 57550 in Wyoming**
ComponentRVULocality factorAdjusted
Physician work6.18× 1.0006.1800
Practice expense4.29× 1.0004.2900
Malpractice1.09× 0.7400.8066
Total RVUs11.2766
Conversion factor× 33.4009

Facility rate, Wyoming**$376.65

Values as parsed from CMS release RVU26D, effective 2026-10-01. The amount is rounded to the nearest cent only at the end.
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Facility

Facility calculation inputs
ComponentRVULocal GPCI
Work6.181
Practice expense4.291
Malpractice1.090.74

(6.18 × 1 + 4.29 × 1 + 1.09 × 0.74) × $33.4009 = $376.65

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.

57550 billing questions

When should 57550 be chosen over 57540?

Use 57550 when the residual cervix is removed through a vaginal approach. Code 57540 describes removal of the cervical stump through an abdominal approach.

Is 57550 used for a cervical conization?

No. It represents removal of a residual cervical stump, not an excision of cervical tissue for conization. A conization code such as 57520 or 57522 describes that different service.

Can modifier 50 be reported?

No. CMS identifies bilateral adjustment as inappropriate for this code because the anatomy and service do not support bilateral reporting.

What postoperative care is included?

The 90-day global period includes the day-before preoperative visit and related postoperative care through the 90-day period.

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 subject to a 50% reduction.

What documentation supports assistant or co-surgeon billing?

The operative record should support the assistant's role. Co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation; team surgery is not permitted.

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.

RVUs for 57550PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv, line 6,509 (RVU26D)
Geographic factors for Wyoming**GPCI2026.csv, line 112 (RVU26D)