Code of Federal Regulations Title 42. Public Health § 42.419.44 Payment reductions for procedures

(1) The full amounts for the procedure with the highest APC payment rate;  and

(2) One-half of the full program and the beneficiary payment amounts for all other covered procedures.

(1) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (b)(2) of this section, when a procedure is terminated prior to completion due to extenuating circumstances or circumstances that threaten the well-being of the patient, the Medicare program payment amount and the beneficiary copayment amount are based on—

(2) For all device-intensive procedures (defined as having a device offset of greater than 40 percent), the device offset portion of the device-intensive procedure payment is subtracted prior to determining the program payment and beneficiary copayment amounts identified in paragraph (b)(1)(ii) of this section.