CPT code 33227: Pacemaker generator exchange, single-lead system2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Arkansas

In Arkansas, Medicare pays $269.58 for 33227 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

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

What 33227 covers

An electrophysiologist or other qualified physician opens the pacemaker pocket, disconnects the depleted or malfunctioning pulse generator from the existing pacing lead, attaches a replacement generator, and closes the pocket. This exchange is commonly performed in a hospital or outpatient facility when the generator reaches its replacement point or fails; the existing single-lead system remains in place.

Select the code based on the pacemaker system’s lead count, not simply the generator’s age or the reason for exchange. Documentation should identify the existing single-lead system, the generator removed and implanted, and the reason for replacement. The 90-day global period includes the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care. In a same-session multiple-procedure claim, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures at 50%. Modifier 50 is inappropriate for this single-generator service. CMS does not pay an assistant at surgery; co-surgeons and team surgery are 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 Arkansas compares for 33227

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 33227 runs from $269.58 in Arkansas to $375.19 in Alaska. Arkansas pays $269.58. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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33227 rates by state

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

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How the 33227 rate is calculated

Each of 33227’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 33227

33227 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 33227

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

How 33227 has changed in Arkansas

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Where the Arkansas rate applies

Arkansas is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 626 cities and communities in Arkansas. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Acorn
• Adona
• Alexander
• Alicia
• Alix
• Alleene
• Allport
• Alma

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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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