38550

Active90-day global

Removal neck/armpit lesion

2026 Medicare payment

Estimated allowed amounts. Pick a locality or enter a ZIP; toggle modifiers to see how the payment rules change the number.

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Modifiers

Line	Qty	Non-facility (office)	Facility (hospital/ASC)
38550Removal neck/armpit lesion	1	$517.71	$517.71

Conversion factor: Locality: national average GPCIs

RVU breakdown (national)

Relative value units before geographic adjustment. Payment = (work×GPCI_w + PE×GPCI_pe + MP×GPCI_mp) × CF

Row	Work RVU	PE RVU (office)	PE RVU (facility)	MP RVU	Total (office)
38550	6.93	6.72	6.72	1.85	15.50

Payment policy for 38550

CMS's indicator fields, translated. These control which modifiers are payable and how.

Professional/technical (PC/TC)

pctc=0

Physician service

Cannot be split into professional/technical components — modifiers 26 and TC don't apply.

Multiple procedures

mult_surg=2

Standard MPPR

When billed with other procedures the same day: highest-valued paid 100%, the rest 50%.

Bilateral (modifier 50)

bilt_surg=0

150% rule doesn't apply

Bilateral adjustment does not apply (e.g., the code is unilateral by definition or physiology).

Assistant surgeon (80/81/82)

asst_surg=0

Payable with documentation

Assistant at surgery (mod 80/81/82) paid at 16% if medical necessity is documented.

Co-surgeons (modifier 62)

co_surg=0

Not permitted

Co-surgeons (mod 62) may not be paid for this procedure.

Team surgery (modifier 66)

team_surg=0

Not permitted

Team surgery (mod 66) may not be paid for this procedure.

Global surgery package

Major surgery: payment covers the day before, the day of, and 90 days after. Of the total payment, 11% is attributed to pre-operative care, 73% to the procedure itself, and 16% to post-operative visits.

Source: pfs.data.cms.gov "Indicators for 2026", retrieved 2026-07-16; conversion factors $33.4009 / $33.5675 (QP) per CMS-1832-F. Estimated amounts — not billing or coding advice.