CPT code 33976: Ventricular assist device, extracorporeal, both ventricles2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in South Carolina

In South Carolina, Medicare pays $1,395.58 for 33976 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 33976 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 33976 covers

A cardiac surgeon places an extracorporeal ventricular assist system with cannulas connected to support both the right and left ventricles. The pump remains outside the body while providing temporary circulatory support, such as for a patient with severe biventricular failure who needs support while awaiting recovery or further treatment. The service is performed in a hospital operating room as part of surgical mechanical circulatory support.

Choose this code when the implanted system provides extracorporeal support to both ventricles; a single-ventricle extracorporeal system is a different code. The operative report should identify the device configuration and document support of both ventricles. CMS applies the standard multiple-procedure reduction when other qualifying procedures occur in the same session: the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and the others at 50%. The code is already priced as bilateral, so modifier 50 does not increase payment.

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 South Carolina compares for 33976

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 33976 runs from $1,272.22 in Wisconsin to $1,853.31 in Alaska. South Carolina pays $1,395.58. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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33976 rates by state

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How the 33976 rate is calculated

Each of 33976’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 33976

The CMS indicators that decide how 33976 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 51

Codes related to 33976

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

How 33976 has changed in South Carolina

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Where the South Carolina rate applies

South Carolina is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 475 cities and communities in South Carolina. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Abbeville
• Abney Crossroads
• Adams Run
• Aiken
• Alcolu
• Allendale
• Anderson
• Andrews

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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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