CPT code 34716: Arterial access, chest incision with conduit2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Arkansas

In Arkansas, Medicare pays $303.78 for 34716 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 34716 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 34716 covers

A vascular surgeon exposes the axillary or subclavian artery through a chest incision and creates a conduit to provide access for an endovascular delivery system. This approach is used when the device cannot be delivered through the usual femoral or iliac route, often during endovascular aortic repair in a hybrid operating room. The conduit and open exposure distinguish this service from access obtained through a neck incision or percutaneous femoral access.

Report 34716 as an add-on with the primary endovascular procedure; it is paid within that procedure’s global period. The operative report should identify the chest incision, artery exposed, conduit created, and its use for prosthesis delivery, along with the primary repair performed. For a bilateral procedure, modifier 50 is paid at 150%.

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 34716

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 34716 runs from $296.41 in Wisconsin to $432.49 in Alaska. Arkansas pays $303.78. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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34716 rates by state

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

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How the 34716 rate is calculated

Each of 34716’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 34716

The CMS indicators that decide how 34716 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 50

Codes related to 34716

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

How 34716 has changed in Arkansas

Price 34716 for an earlier date of service

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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