Medicare rate for HCPCS S9090 in 2026
HCPCS S9090 has no national Medicare rate on the CMS 2026 October release, because it carries status I on the 2026 Physician Fee Schedule, which means not valid for Medicare. There is no Medicare allowed amount to quote for it, and any figure presented as one did not come from this fee schedule.
Spinal decompression traction
CMS short descriptor: Vertebral axial decompressio · Status I: Not valid for Medicare · Source: CMS 2026 October (RVU26D, non-QP conversion factor), effective 10/2026.
A HCPCS code Medicare does not recognize for payment at all, so there is no Medicare amount to compare a charge to.
What HCPCS S9090 means
Motorized traction on a table that stretches the spine, sold under several brand names as vertebral axial decompression. It is a HCPCS Level II code, not a CPT code.
Where HCPCS S9090 gets a price
CMS marks this code not valid for Medicare purposes, so Medicare pays no claim under it. On a New Jersey PIP claim the state’s own fee schedule governs, and the NJ PIP fee schedule lookup shows whether New Jersey lists the code.
Checking a different code, state or year
The Medicare rate lookup prices all 17,000-plus codes in the Physician Fee Schedule for any state and any fee-schedule year from 2023 to 2026. Ambulance codes are priced separately on the ambulance fee schedule, because Medicare does not pay for ambulance transport under this schedule at all.
Other chiropractic codes
- CPT 98940 Chiropractic manipulation, one to two regions
Other codes with a rate page
- CPT 99213 Established patient office visit, low complexity
- CPT 99214 Established patient office visit, moderate complexity
- CPT 99204 New patient office visit, moderate complexity
- CPT 99284 Emergency department visit, moderate complexity
- CPT 72148 MRI, lumbar spine, without contrast
- CPT 72141 MRI, cervical spine, without contrast
Medicare rates are a benchmark, not an allowance. What a no-fault, workers’ compensation or commercial carrier owes for HCPCS S9090 is set by the fee schedule or policy that governs the claim.
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