CPT code 33518: CABG grafts, two venous grafts2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in New Mexico

In New Mexico, Medicare pays $382.28 for 33518 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 33518 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 33518 covers

This add-on represents the venous-graft portion of coronary artery bypass surgery when the operation also uses an arterial graft. A cardiac surgeon typically performs the bypass in a hospital operating room, using venous conduit such as saphenous vein to route blood around coronary artery blockages alongside an arterial conduit such as an internal mammary artery. The code is selected for two venous grafts; it does not represent two total grafts or the arterial graft count.

Report 33518 with the primary arterial CABG code that reflects the number of arterial grafts. The operative report should identify the arterial and venous conduits and document the number of each used. As an add-on, 33518 is billed only with a primary procedure and is paid within that procedure’s global period; it is not a stand-alone CABG report. The venous graft count determines this add-on level, while the arterial graft count determines the primary code.

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 33518

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 33518 runs from $327.44 in Wisconsin to $477.57 in Alaska. New Mexico pays $382.28. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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33518 rates by state

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How the 33518 rate is calculated

Each of 33518’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 33518

The CMS indicators that decide how 33518 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 80

Codes related to 33518

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

How 33518 has changed in New Mexico

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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.

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