11721 — Removal of fingernails or toenails, 6 or more nails

What the market charges

Across 17,670 negotiated rates, the middle 80% fall between $27 and $93, with a median of $49.

What Medicare pays

Medicare allowed an average of $41 for this code, across 5,331,089 services billed by 12,574 providers. At the median, the market charges 1.2 times what Medicare pays for this code.

Where this is billed, and what it costs there

The states billing 11721 most, by Medicare service volume, each compared against the national average of $41. Each links to the providers Mishe lists there.

  • California — 1,189 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $45 — 10% above the national average
  • New York — 1,232 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $45 — 10% above the national average
  • Pennsylvania — 804 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $40 — 2% below the national average
  • Florida — 966 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $41 — level with the national average
  • New Jersey — 757 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $45 — 10% above the national average
  • Illinois — 616 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $40 — 2% below the national average
  • Ohio — 666 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $39 — 5% below the national average
  • Michigan — 535 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $41 — level with the national average

Claim-editing rules

These are National Correct Coding Initiative procedure-to-procedure edits — the rules a payer applies when deciding whether two codes billed together are both payable.

Codes this one absorbs

Billed together, 11721 is the payable code and these are not separately payable. 204 pairs in total.

  • 11720 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 11740 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 12001 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 12002 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 12004 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 12005 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 12006 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 12007 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 12011 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 12013 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 12014 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 12015 — a modifier may allow both to be paid

Codes that absorb this one

Billed alongside any of these, 11721 is not separately payable. 30 pairs in total.

  • 10030 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 10060 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 10061 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 10120 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 10121 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 10140 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 10160 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 10180 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 11000 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 11011 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 11012 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 11042 — a modifier may allow both to be paid

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