CPT code 36014: Pulmonary catheterization, selective pulmonary artery2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Alabama

In Alabama, Medicare pays $664.32 for 36014 in the office and $121.59 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 36014 covers

This service captures advancing a catheter from the right heart or main pulmonary artery into a selected pulmonary artery branch. It is commonly performed by an interventional radiologist or cardiologist during catheter-based evaluation of pulmonary vascular disease, such as suspected pulmonary embolism or pulmonary hypertension. The catheter placement is distinct from the imaging interpretation and from any treatment performed through the catheter.

Choose the code based on the catheter’s documented position in the pulmonary arterial tree; placement limited to the right heart or main pulmonary artery is represented by 36013, while additional branch placement is distinguished by 36015. The report should identify the catheter route, the branch or side reached, and the reason for selective positioning. Pulmonary angiographic imaging, when performed, is separately represented by the applicable imaging code. For bilateral catheterization, CMS pays with modifier 50 at 150%. When multiple procedures are performed in the same session, CMS pays the highest-valued procedure in full and reduces the others to 50%.

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 Alabama compares for 36014

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for 36014 runs from $653.31 in Arkansas to $1,035.60 in San Benito County, CA. Alabama pays $664.32. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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36014 rates by state

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

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How the 36014 rate is calculated

Each of 36014’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 36014

The CMS indicators that decide how 36014 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 50

Codes related to 36014

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

How 36014 has changed in Alabama

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Where the Alabama rate applies

Alabama is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 595 cities and communities in Alabama. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Abanda
• Abbeville
• Adamsville
• Addison
• Akron
• Alabaster
• Albertville
• Alexander City

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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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