Fee
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Provider fee | $244.80 |
| Assistant, listing; PDF p. 798 | 6 basic units |
| Anaesthesia, listing; PDF p. 798 | 7 basic units |
Schedule and sources
- Fee edition
- October 1, 2026
- Record effective
- 2026-04-01
- Schedule edition
- July 22, 2026; effective July 1, 2026
- Official files
- Fee masterSchedule PDFOntario source page
- posterior approach - sole procedure .................................. 6 244.80 7
Passages mentioning N546
Open vertebral biopsy
# N546 - posterior approach - sole procedure .................................. 6 244.80 7
# N547 - anterior approach - sole procedure .................................... 6 306.00 8
# N551 Excision spinous process - sole procedure ............................ 6 229.50 6
# N552 Excision transverse process - sole procedure ........................ 6 382.50 8
Note:
N546, N547, N551 or N552 are not eligible for payment when rendered with any other service
in the Spinal Surgical Procedures section.Fee master record
Master, record 3896. Record Layout PDF, page 1.
N54620260401999999990000244800000000774600000000000000000111720000001117200
Auxiliary master fields are preserved as raw scaled values. The linked layout calls them zero-filled, but this edition contains non-zero values. They are not presented as final dollar fees or PDF units.
| Field | Raw / scale 10,000 |
|---|---|
| provider | 00002448000 / 244.8 |
| assistant | 00000774600 / 77.46 |
| specialist | 00000000000 / 0 |
| anaesthetist | 00001117200 / 111.72 |
| non anaesthetist | 00001117200 / 111.72 |
Explanation
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Open vertebral biopsy by posterior approach, as a sole procedure, under Procedures on Musculoskeletal Elements.
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Source note: N546, N547, N551 or N552 are not eligible for payment when rendered with any other service in the Spinal Surgical Procedures section.
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