CPT code 33517: Combined CABG, one venous graft2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Washington, DC area

In Washington, DC area, Medicare pays $184.20 for 33517 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 33517 covers

Code 33517 identifies one venous conduit used during coronary artery bypass surgery that also uses an arterial conduit. A cardiothoracic surgeon creates the bypass grafts in the operating room, commonly using a leg vein for the venous graft and an arterial conduit, such as an internal mammary artery, for another bypass. The arterial graft count is represented by the separate primary CABG code; 33517 captures the single venous graft in the combined operation.

Report 33517 only as an add-on with the applicable arterial CABG code from 33533–33536; it is not a stand-alone code for a venous-only operation. The operative report should establish that a venous graft was used and support the arterial graft count selected for the primary code. CMS places payment for 33517 within the primary procedure's global period. Code 33508 may describe endoscopic vein harvest when performed; harvesting is distinct from the graft count represented here.

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 Washington, DC area compares for 33517

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 33517 runs from $149.24 in Wisconsin to $217.62 in Alaska. Washington, DC area pays $184.20. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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33517 rates by state

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How the 33517 rate is calculated

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Payment rules and modifiers for 33517

The CMS indicators that decide how 33517 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

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Codes related to 33517

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

How 33517 has changed in Washington, DC area

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Where the Washington, DC area rate applies

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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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