CPT code 33895: Coarctation stent repair, without crossing a branch vessel2026 Medicare rate & RVUs

Medicare pays $675.03 for 33895 nationally in a facility.

Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

What 33895 covers

This code describes endovascular stent treatment of aortic coarctation when the stent can be placed without crossing a branch vessel. It is typically performed by an interventional cardiologist, vascular surgeon, or other specialist experienced in aortic catheter procedures, often in a hospital catheterization or hybrid procedure suite. The service includes radiological supervision and interpretation associated with the stent repair.

Choose this code based on the documented aortic anatomy and the stent’s relationship to branch vessels; a repair that crosses a branch vessel is represented by 33894. The procedure report should identify the coarctation, describe the access and stent deployment, and establish whether a branch vessel was crossed. CMS assigns a 0-day global period, so same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included. When multiple procedures are performed in one session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard multiple procedure reduction. Modifier 50 is inappropriate for this anatomy. Assistant-at-surgery payment requires documented medical necessity; co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted.

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.

Where 33895 pays more and less

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33895 rates by state

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How the 33895 rate is calculated

Each of 33895’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 33895

The CMS indicators that decide how 33895 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 51

33895 compared with similar codes

How to choose

33894Thoracic endograftOne branch vessel

Both describe endovascular stent repair of aortic coarctation. Choose 33894 when the stent repair crosses a branch vessel; choose 33895 when it does not.

33897Aortic angioplastyNative or recurrent coarctation

33897 is for angioplasty of native or recurrent coarctation. Use 33895 for endovascular stent repair rather than angioplasty alone.

33840Coarctation repairDirect anastomosis

33840 describes open excision of coarctation with direct anastomosis. It is not the endovascular stent approach reported with 33895.

Codes related to 33895

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

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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