CPT code 33959: Cannula repositioning, peripheral, percutaneous, under age one2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Montana

In Montana, Medicare pays $216.03 for 33959 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 33959 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 33959 covers

This service covers percutaneous adjustment of a peripheral cannula while a patient younger than one year is receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation or extracorporeal life support. It is performed by a clinician managing the ECMO/ECLS circuit when a cannula needs repositioning, rather than initial placement or removal. The patient’s age and the peripheral, percutaneous approach distinguish this code from other repositioning services in the family.

Report the service when the record supports an actual cannula repositioning and identifies the patient’s age, cannula site, and percutaneous approach. The code has a 0-day global period, so same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included. If multiple procedures are performed in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard multiple procedure reduction. Modifier 50 is inappropriate. Assistant-at-surgery payment requires documentation of 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.

How Montana compares for 33959

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 33959 runs from $190.13 in Wisconsin to $275.30 in Alaska. Montana pays $216.03. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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33959 rates by state

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

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How the 33959 rate is calculated

Each of 33959’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 33959

The CMS indicators that decide how 33959 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 51

Codes related to 33959

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

How 33959 has changed in Montana

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Where the Montana rate applies

Montana is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 497 cities and communities in Montana. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Absarokee
• Acton
• Alberton
• Alder
• Alzada
• Amsterdam
• Anaconda-Deer Lodge County
• Antelope

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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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