CPT code 33768: Cavopulmonary anastomosis, second superior vena cava2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Arizona

In Arizona, Medicare pays $366.41 for 33768 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 33768 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 33768 covers

This add-on identifies the additional surgical connection of a second superior vena cava to the pulmonary artery circulation, typically when a patient has bilateral superior vena cavae and undergoes cavopulmonary palliation. Congenital cardiac surgeons perform the work in the operating room, often in children with complex congenital heart disease. The operative report should establish the bilateral venous anatomy and describe the separate connection made for the second vena cava.

Report 33768 with the primary cavopulmonary procedure, not as a stand-alone service. Select the primary code based on the extent and configuration of the main SVC-to-pulmonary-artery operation; this code identifies the additional second-SVC anastomosis. Documentation should distinguish that work from the primary connection. CMS treats this as an add-on code billed only with a primary procedure, and payment is included 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 Arizona compares for 33768

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 33768 runs from $329.97 in Wisconsin to $481.64 in Alaska. Arizona pays $366.41. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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33768 rates by state

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How the 33768 rate is calculated

Each of 33768’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 33768

The CMS indicators that decide how 33768 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 80

Codes related to 33768

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

How 33768 has changed in Arizona

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Where the Arizona rate applies

Arizona is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 467 cities and communities in Arizona. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Aguila
• Ajo
• Ak Chin
• Ak-Chin Village
• Alamo Lake
• Ali Chuk
• Ali Chukson
• Ali Molina

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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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