CPT code 33990: VAD insertion, left heart, arterial access2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in New Mexico

In New Mexico, Medicare pays $319.75 for 33990 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 33990 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 33990 covers

This service places a temporary percutaneous ventricular assist device in the left heart through arterial access, commonly the femoral artery, with the device positioned to support systemic circulation. Interventional cardiologists and cardiac surgeons perform it in a catheterization laboratory or other hospital setting, often for cardiogenic shock or hemodynamic support during high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention. Imaging supervision and interpretation for device placement are part of the service.

Report 33990 when the left-heart device is inserted using arterial access only; documentation should establish the access route, device placement, clinical indication, and imaging used to guide placement. The code has a 0-day global period, so same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included. When multiple procedures occur in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard 50% multiple-procedure reduction. Assistant-at-surgery payment may be made; 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 New Mexico compares for 33990

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 33990 runs from $275.84 in Wisconsin to $402.65 in Alaska. New Mexico pays $319.75. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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33990 rates by state

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

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How the 33990 rate is calculated

Each of 33990’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 33990

The CMS indicators that decide how 33990 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 51

Codes related to 33990

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

How 33990 has changed in New Mexico

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Where the New Mexico rate applies

New Mexico is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 528 cities and communities in New Mexico. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Abeytas
• Abiquiu
• Acomita Lake
• Adelino
• Agua Fria
• Alamillo
• Alamo
• Alamogordo

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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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