CPT code 36013: Pulmonary catheter placement, right heart or main pulmonary artery2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Salinas, CA

In Salinas, CA, Medicare pays $879.66 for 36013 in the office and $111.23 when it’s performed in a hospital or facility.

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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 36013 covers

Code 36013 represents catheter advancement through venous access into the right heart or main pulmonary artery, without selective placement in a more distal pulmonary artery branch. It is commonly used when catheter positioning is part of pulmonary angiography or another pulmonary vascular procedure. Cardiologists, interventional radiologists, and other physicians performing catheter-based procedures typically report it in a hospital or other facility setting.

Choose the code from the documented catheter destination and degree of selection, not just the access site. The procedure note should identify the route and final catheter position; for pulmonary angiography, the imaging documentation should support the associated study. When other procedures are performed in the same session, CMS applies the standard multiple procedure reduction: the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and the others at 50%. When catheter placement is part of a more comprehensive service, follow the applicable CPT reporting instructions rather than reporting the same placement separately.

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 Salinas, CA compares for 36013

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for 36013 runs from $672.92 in Arkansas to $1,078.51 in San Benito County, CA. Salinas, CA pays $879.66. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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36013 rates by state

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How the 36013 rate is calculated

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Payment rules and modifiers for 36013

The CMS indicators that decide how 36013 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

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Codes related to 36013

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

How 36013 has changed in Salinas, CA

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Where the Salinas, CA rate applies

Salinas, CA is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 30 cities and communities in California. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Salinas
• 36013 in Aromas · multiple payment areas
• Boronda
• Bradley
• Carmel Valley Village
• Carmel-by-the-Sea
• Castroville
• Chualar

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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.

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