CPT code 33536: CABG, four or more arterial grafts2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Alaska

In Alaska, Medicare pays $3,106.66 for 33536 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 33536 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 33536 covers

This code describes coronary artery bypass grafting with four or more arterial grafts. Cardiothoracic surgeons perform the operation, generally in a hospital operating room, to revascularize coronary arteries affected by obstructive disease. Arterial conduits may include an internal thoracic artery or a radial artery. The operative report should identify the conduits used and the number of arterial bypass grafts performed.

Select this code based on the arterial graft count, not the combined number of arterial and venous grafts. When venous grafts are also used, report the appropriate venous-graft add-on code with the arterial CABG code. The 90-day global period includes the day-before preoperative visit and related postoperative care during the 90 days after surgery. For multiple procedures in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard 50% reduction. Assistant-at-surgery payment may be available; co-surgeon and team-surgery payment are not permitted for this 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 Alaska compares for 33536

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 33536 runs from $2,170.61 in Wisconsin to $3,106.66 in Alaska. Alaska pays $3,106.66. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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33536 rates by state

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

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How the 33536 rate is calculated

Each of 33536’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 33536

33536 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 33536

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

How 33536 has changed in Alaska

Price 33536 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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