CPT code 33962: ECMO cannula, peripheral repositioning2026 Medicare rate & RVUs

Medicare pays $216.10 for 33962 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 33962 covers

During extracorporeal membrane oxygenation or extracorporeal life support, a clinician may need to adjust an existing peripheral cannula when its position is interfering with effective support or causing a position-related problem. This is a repositioning service, not placement of a new cannula or removal of a cannula. It is typically performed by a surgeon or other clinician managing the ECMO/ECLS cannulation in a hospital setting.

Select 33962 by matching the documented procedure to this code’s full CPT descriptor; the 33957–33964 family distinguishes among specific patient and procedural circumstances. The record should identify the cannula and its peripheral location, the reason for adjustment, the repositioning performed, and the resulting position. CMS assigns a 0-day global period, so same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included. When 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 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 33962 pays more and less

The same RVUs, adjusted for each area’s costs. Open a locality for its calculation, history and nearby areas.

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33962 rates by state

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

How the 33962 rate is calculated

Each of 33962’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 33962

The CMS indicators that decide how 33962 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 51

33962 compared with similar codes

How to choose

33951ECMO cannulationPercutaneous, age 5 or older

33951 represents peripheral cannula insertion. Use 33962 for repositioning an existing peripheral cannula, not for establishing cannulation.

33965ECMO cannula removalPercutaneous, age five and older

33965 represents peripheral cannula removal. Use 33962 when the cannula is adjusted and remains in place.

33963ECMO cannula repositioningPeripheral cannula

Both codes are in the peripheral ECMO/ECLS repositioning family. Choose between them by matching the full CPT descriptors to the documented patient and procedural circumstances.

Codes related to 33962

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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