CPT code 33523: CABG grafting, six or more venous grafts2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Alaska

In Alaska, Medicare pays $969.15 for 33523 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 33523 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 33523 covers

During coronary artery bypass surgery, the surgeon uses venous conduits alongside arterial conduits to route blood around obstructed coronary arteries. This code represents the venous-graft portion when six or more venous grafts are used. It applies to CABG performed by a cardiac surgeon in an operating room. The primary arterial CABG code identifies the number of arterial grafts, while 33523 captures the venous-graft count.

Select the code from the operative report’s documented conduit and graft counts, rather than simply the number of coronary targets or distal connections. Report 33523 only with the appropriate primary arterial CABG code, 33533–33536, selected according to the arterial-graft count. The operative note should identify the conduits and support six or more venous grafts. CMS classifies 33523 as an add-on code: it is billed only with a primary procedure, and its payment falls within that procedure’s global period.

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 Alaska compares for 33523

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 33523 runs from $665.34 in Wisconsin to $969.15 in Alaska. Alaska pays $969.15. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

Every other payment area

33523 rates by state

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

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How the 33523 rate is calculated

Each of 33523’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 33523

The CMS indicators that decide how 33523 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 80

Codes related to 33523

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

How 33523 has changed in Alaska

Price 33523 for an earlier date of service

Where the Alaska rate applies

Alaska is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 355 cities and communities in Alaska. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Adak
• Akhiok
• Akiachak
• Akiak
• Akutan
• Alakanuk
• Alatna
• Alcan Border

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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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