CPT code 33262: Defibrillator exchange, single-lead system2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Vermont

In Vermont, Medicare pays $306.43 for 33262 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 33262 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 33262 covers

This service covers an exchange of the pulse generator in an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) system while the system has a single lead. Electrophysiologists and cardiac surgeons commonly perform it in a hospital or other surgical facility, often when the generator reaches elective replacement or has failed. The procedure addresses the generator; the single-lead designation identifies the system configuration, not a lead insertion or revision service.

Select this code when the operative report supports removal of the existing generator, placement of its replacement, and a single-lead system. The major-surgery global period includes the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care. If other procedures are performed in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and others at 50%. Modifier 50 is inappropriate. Medicare does not pay an assistant at surgery for this service; 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 Vermont compares for 33262

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 33262 runs from $294.27 in Arkansas to $410.14 in Alaska. Vermont pays $306.43. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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33262 rates by state

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

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How the 33262 rate is calculated

Each of 33262’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 33262

33262 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 33262

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

How 33262 has changed in Vermont

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Where the Vermont rate applies

Vermont is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 180 cities and communities in Vermont. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Albany
• Alburgh
• Algiers
• Arlington
• Ascutney
• Bakersfield
• Barnet
• Barre

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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.

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