CPT code 33995: VAD insertion, percutaneous, right heart2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Colorado

In Colorado, Medicare pays $307.03 for 33995 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

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Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

What 33995 covers

CPT 33995 reports percutaneous placement of a ventricular assist device to support the right heart. An interventional cardiologist or cardiac surgeon typically advances the device through venous access and positions it to provide right-sided circulatory support. Placement is generally performed in a hospital setting, such as a catheterization laboratory, for patients who need temporary mechanical support because of right ventricular failure. The service includes the imaging guidance and interpretation associated with device placement.

Select this code for percutaneous right heart device insertion, rather than insertion of a left heart device. The operative report should identify the support indication, venous access, device placement, and imaging used to confirm 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 the others are subject to the standard 50% multiple procedure reduction. Modifier 50 is inappropriate for this code. 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 Colorado compares for 33995

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 33995 runs from $276.17 in Wisconsin to $402.80 in Alaska. Colorado pays $307.03. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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33995 rates by state

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How the 33995 rate is calculated

Each of 33995’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 33995

The CMS indicators that decide how 33995 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 51

Codes related to 33995

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

How 33995 has changed in Colorado

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Where the Colorado rate applies

Colorado is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 485 cities and communities in Colorado. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Acres Green
• Aetna Estates
• Aguilar
• Air Force Academy
• Akron
• Alamosa
• Alamosa East
• Allenspark

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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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