CPT code 33978: VAD removal, extracorporeal, single ventricle2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Mississippi

In Mississippi, Medicare pays $1,154.31 for 33978 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 33978 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 33978 covers

CPT 33978 describes removal of an extracorporeal ventricular assist device that has supported a single ventricle. A cardiac surgeon may perform the procedure when a patient’s heart function has recovered enough to discontinue temporary mechanical support. The operation takes place in a surgical setting and addresses removal of the device used for ventricular support, rather than removal of an implantable intracorporeal pump or an intra-aortic balloon device.

Choose this code when the operative record identifies removal of an extracorporeal device supporting one ventricle. Documentation should establish the device type, the supported ventricle or ventricles, and that removal was performed. When other procedures occur during the same session, CMS applies the standard multiple procedure reduction: the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and the others at 50%. CMS pricing treats this service as bilateral; 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 Mississippi compares for 33978

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 33978 runs from $1,092.30 in Wisconsin to $1,571.19 in Alaska. Mississippi pays $1,154.31. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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33978 rates by state

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How the 33978 rate is calculated

Each of 33978’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 33978

The CMS indicators that decide how 33978 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 51

Codes related to 33978

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

How 33978 has changed in Mississippi

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Where the Mississippi rate applies

Mississippi is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 427 cities and communities in Mississippi. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Abbeville
• Aberdeen
• Ackerman
• Agricola
• Alcorn State University
• Algoma
• Alligator
• Amory

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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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