CPT code 35246: Vessel repair, intrathoracic, without bypass2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Oklahoma

In Oklahoma, Medicare pays $1,398.03 for 35246 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 35246 covers

A surgeon uses a vein graft to repair a damaged or diseased blood vessel inside the chest, restoring continuity at the site rather than routing blood around it. This may be needed during open thoracic surgery for an injury or when removing a diseased vessel segment leaves a defect that requires graft reconstruction. Vascular, thoracic, or cardiothoracic surgeons typically perform the operation in a hospital operating room.

Select this code when the operative report supports both the intrathoracic location and use of a vein graft, and shows that the reconstruction is not a bypass. Document the vessel repaired, the graft material, and the repair performed. The service has a 90-day global period, including the day-before preoperative visit and related postoperative care. For procedures in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard multiple procedure reduction. Modifier 50 bilateral reporting is paid at 150%. Assistant-at-surgery payment may be available; co-surgeons require 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 Oklahoma compares for 35246

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 35246 runs from $1,317.21 in Wisconsin to $1,867.17 in Alaska. Oklahoma pays $1,398.03. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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35246 rates by state

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

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How the 35246 rate is calculated

Each of 35246’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 35246

35246 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 35246

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

How 35246 has changed in Oklahoma

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Where the Oklahoma rate applies

Oklahoma is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 846 cities and communities in Oklahoma. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Lahoma
• Achille
• Ada
• Adair
• Adams
• Adamson
• Addington
• Afton

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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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