CPT code 36569: PICC insertion, age 5 or older, no imaging2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Montana

In Montana, Medicare pays $86.15 for 36569 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 36569 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 36569 covers

A clinician advances a peripherally inserted catheter through an arm vein, commonly the basilic, brachial, or cephalic vein, with the catheter tip positioned in central venous circulation. This service is for patients age five or older when placement is performed without imaging guidance. Common clinical uses include prolonged intravenous antibiotic treatment, chemotherapy, parenteral nutrition, or repeated infusions. Placement may occur in a hospital, outpatient setting, or at the bedside by a qualified clinician.

Report this code for the insertion episode when the patient is at least five years old and imaging guidance is not used. The record should support the patient’s age, catheter placement, access site, and absence of imaging guidance. Use 36573 for an age-five-or-older patient when imaging guidance is used; 36568 is the no-imaging code for a patient younger than five. CMS assigns a 0-day global period, so same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included. Modifier 50 is inappropriate. Assistant-at-surgery services are not paid, and co-surgeons and team surgery are 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 Montana compares for 36569

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 36569 runs from $77.99 in Wisconsin to $112.99 in Alaska. Montana pays $86.15. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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36569 rates by state

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How the 36569 rate is calculated

Each of 36569’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 36569

The CMS indicators that decide how 36569 is paid alongside other services.

Codes related to 36569

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

How 36569 has changed in Montana

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Where the Montana rate applies

Montana is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 497 cities and communities in Montana. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Absarokee
• Acton
• Alberton
• Alder
• Alzada
• Amsterdam
• Anaconda-Deer Lodge County
• Antelope

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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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