CPT code 33967: Balloon pump insertion, percutaneous approach2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Arkansas

In Arkansas, Medicare pays $202.80 for 33967 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 33967 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 33967 covers

This service places an intra-aortic balloon catheter through percutaneous arterial access, commonly in a hospital catheterization laboratory or operating room. The balloon sits in the aorta and provides counterpulsation to support circulation. Cardiologists and cardiothoracic surgeons commonly perform the insertion for patients needing temporary hemodynamic support, including some patients with cardiogenic shock or undergoing high-risk cardiac procedures.

Report 33967 for the percutaneous insertion itself, not for removal or insertion by a nonpercutaneous approach. The procedure note should establish the indication, access technique, and device placement. The 0-day global period includes same-day preoperative and postoperative care. When other 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 Arkansas compares for 33967

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 33967 runs from $198.30 in Wisconsin to $289.26 in Alaska. Arkansas pays $202.80. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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33967 rates by state

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How the 33967 rate is calculated

Each of 33967’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 33967

The CMS indicators that decide how 33967 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 51

Codes related to 33967

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

How 33967 has changed in Arkansas

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Where the Arkansas rate applies

Arkansas is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 626 cities and communities in Arkansas. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Acorn
• Adona
• Alexander
• Alicia
• Alix
• Alleene
• Allport
• Alma

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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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