CPT code 33030: Pericardiectomy, partial or subtotal removal2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in New Mexico

In New Mexico, Medicare pays $1,901.78 for 33030 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 33030 nationwide

Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

What 33030 covers

A cardiac or thoracic surgeon removes a portion of the pericardium, the sac surrounding the heart. The operation is commonly performed for constrictive pericarditis, when thickened, scarred, or calcified pericardium restricts the heart’s filling. It takes place in an operating room and may involve an open chest approach. The documented extent of tissue removal distinguishes a partial or subtotal operation from a more extensive resection.

Report this code when the operative note supports partial or subtotal pericardial removal; the diagnosis alone does not establish the extent. Include the indication, operative approach, and tissue removed in the record. The 90-day global period includes the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care. For multiple procedures in one session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and others at 50%. Modifier 50 is inappropriate for this anatomy. An assistant at surgery may be paid; co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation, and team surgery is not permitted.

This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.

How New Mexico compares for 33030

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 33030 runs from $1,659.29 in Wisconsin to $2,360.48 in Alaska. New Mexico pays $1,901.78. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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33030 rates by state

Office rate range in each state. Select a state to see its payment localities.

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How the 33030 rate is calculated

Each of 33030’s three RVUs is multiplied by a geographic index (GPCI) for the payment locality, added up, and multiplied by the conversion factor. Drag the indexes or enter a ZIP to see what moves the rate.

Payment rules and modifiers for 33030

33030 has a 90-day global period: related visits in that window are included in the surgery payment.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 51

Codes related to 33030

Related codes aren’t interchangeable: bill the code that matches the service performed.

How 33030 has changed in New Mexico

Price 33030 for an earlier date of service

Where the New Mexico rate applies

New Mexico is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 528 cities and communities in New Mexico. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Abeytas
• Abiquiu
• Acomita Lake
• Adelino
• Agua Fria
• Alamillo
• Alamo
• Alamogordo

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Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indexes and the conversion factor. Services without a published rate are labeled, never given a made-up amount. Amounts are Medicare allowed amounts before claim adjustments: not a patient’s bill or a commercial rate.

CMS RVU26D · effective Oct 1, 2026 through the day before Jan 1, 2027

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