CPT code 33535: Arterial CABG, three bypasses2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Virginia

In Virginia, Medicare pays $2,172.36 for 33535 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 33535 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 33535 covers

This code represents coronary artery bypass surgery using arterial grafts for three coronary bypasses. A cardiac surgeon typically performs the operation in a hospital operating room. Common arterial conduits include the internal thoracic artery and radial artery. The operative report should identify the conduits used and the coronary targets bypassed so the arterial count and graft type are clear.

Select this level based on three arterial bypasses; use the mixed-conduit code family when the operation also uses venous grafts. The service has a 90-day global period, including the day-before preoperative visit and related postoperative care during that period. When multiple procedures are performed in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard 50% multiple-procedure reduction. Modifier 50 is inappropriate for this code. CMS permits payment for an assistant at surgery, but does not permit co-surgeons or team surgery.

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 Virginia compares for 33535

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 33535 runs from $2,018.10 in Wisconsin to $2,884.06 in Alaska. Virginia pays $2,172.36. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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33535 rates by state

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

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How the 33535 rate is calculated

Each of 33535’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 33535

33535 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 33535

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

How 33535 has changed in Virginia

Price 33535 for an earlier date of service

Where the Virginia rate applies

Virginia is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 628 cities and communities in Virginia. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Abbs Valley
• Abingdon
• Accomac
• Adwolf
• Afton
• Alberta
• Aldie
• Allison Gap

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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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