CPT code 33949: ECMO management, venoarterial support2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in New York, New York
CPT 33949: $235.96–$246.60 facility across 3 localities in New York, NY in 2026 Medicare. Compare each area.
CMS doesn’t publish an office rate for 33949 in New York, New York.
Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.
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Where 33949 pays more and less in New York, New York
New York, New York maps to 3 Medicare payment localities in our Census-to-CMS crosswalk. A city name alone doesn’t confirm an address’s payment area.
| Payment locality | Office | Facility |
|---|---|---|
| Manhattan, NY | Unavailable | $238.89 |
| NYC suburbs and Long Island, NY | Unavailable | $246.60 |
| Queens, NY | Unavailable | $235.96 |
How payment areas work in New York
City limits and Medicare payment areas are different maps. These are the payment areas that cover the city’s counties; the service ZIP decides which one applies.
- NYC suburbs / Long Island · Bronx County, Kings County, Richmond County
- Manhattan · New York County
- Queens · Queens County
City boundaries: 2026 Census geography · Census source · CMS county-to-locality definitions
How the 33949 rate is calculated
Each of 33949’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.
How the rate is built · 33949
RVUs × geographic indexes × conversion factor
Work4.49
4.49 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI
Practice expense1.02
1.02 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI
Malpractice0.75
0.75 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI
Adjusted RVUs
6.2600
Conversion factor
$33.4009
Medicare rate
$209.09
Every GPCI starts at 1.000, the national rate. Enter a ZIP or drag a slider.
Payment rules and modifiers for 33949
33949 has no global surgery period, no multiple-procedure, bilateral or assistant-at-surgery adjustment, and no professional/technical split. What changes the payment is where the service happens: the place of service on the claim decides whether Medicare pays the office or the facility rate.
Place of service · 33949
Which rate does Medicare pay?
The POS code on the claim line (CMS-1500 box 24B).
POS 11 · non-facility rate · national
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33949 isn’t priced in this setting.
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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