CPT code 35500: Vein harvest, upper extremity conduit2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Colorado

In Colorado, Medicare pays $279.43 for 35500 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 35500 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 35500 covers

A vascular surgeon harvests a segment of vein from the arm for use as an autologous conduit in an arterial bypass. Arm vein, such as cephalic or basilic vein, may be selected when suitable leg vein is unavailable or insufficient. The work is performed as part of the operative treatment, commonly during a lower-extremity bypass for arterial disease.

Report 35500 only with the primary bypass procedure; it is not a stand-alone service. The operative report should identify the upper extremity vein harvested and document its use in the bypass. CMS treats this as an add-on code, with payment falling within the primary procedure’s global period. The bypass code describes the reconstruction, while 35500 accounts for the additional vein-harvesting work.

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 35500

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 35500 runs from $249.37 in Wisconsin to $369.68 in Alaska. Colorado pays $279.43. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

Every other payment area

35500 rates by state

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

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How the 35500 rate is calculated

Each of 35500’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 35500

The CMS indicators that decide how 35500 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 80

Codes related to 35500

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

How 35500 has changed in Colorado

Price 35500 for an earlier date of service

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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