CPT code 35211: Vessel repair, intrathoracic, with bypass2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in North Carolina

In North Carolina, Medicare pays $1,227.28 for 35211 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 35211 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 35211 covers

This operation repairs a blood vessel within the chest by direct means and includes a bypass. It is generally performed by a vascular or cardiothoracic surgeon in an operating room, often during open chest surgery for a vessel injury or planned reconstruction. The operative report should identify the vessel and its intrathoracic location, describe the direct repair, and document the bypass performed.

Select this code when the repair is direct and includes a bypass; use a different vessel-repair code when the repair method or anatomic site differs. CMS assigns a 90-day major-surgery global period, including the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care. For multiple procedures in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and others at 50%. Bilateral reporting with modifier 50 is paid at 150%. Assistant-at-surgery payment may be made; co-surgeons are paid only with supporting documentation, and team surgery is 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 North Carolina compares for 35211

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 35211 runs from $1,169.77 in Wisconsin to $1,652.62 in Alaska. North Carolina pays $1,227.28. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

Every other payment area

35211 rates by state

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

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How the 35211 rate is calculated

Each of 35211’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 35211

35211 has a 90-day global period: related visits in that window are included in the surgery payment.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 50

Codes related to 35211

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

How 35211 has changed in North Carolina

Price 35211 for an earlier date of service

Where the North Carolina rate applies

North Carolina is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 785 cities and communities in North Carolina. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Aberdeen
• Advance
• Ahoskie
• Alamance
• Albemarle
• Alexis
• Alliance
• Altamahaw

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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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