CPT code 36825: Dialysis access, autologous vein conduit2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Montana

In Montana, Medicare pays $720.89 for 36825 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 36825 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 36825 covers

Code 36825 represents surgical creation of hemodialysis access using a vein from the same patient as a conduit, rather than joining a native artery and vein directly. A vascular surgeon typically uses this approach when an autogenous vein graft is selected to establish arteriovenous access. These procedures are generally performed in an operating room for patients needing long-term dialysis access.

Report the access-creation operation when the operative note identifies the patient’s vein as the conduit and distinguishes the construction from direct-anastomosis access or a prosthetic graft. CMS assigns a 90-day global period, including the day-before preoperative visit and related postoperative care through day 90. For multiple procedures in one session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures at 50%. Assistant-at-surgery payment may be made; co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation, and team-surgery payment is not permitted. Modifier 50 is inappropriate for this code.

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 36825

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 36825 runs from $633.15 in Wisconsin to $908.20 in Miami, FL. Montana pays $720.89. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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36825 rates by state

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

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How the 36825 rate is calculated

Each of 36825’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 36825

36825 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 51

Codes related to 36825

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

How 36825 has changed in Montana

Price 36825 for an earlier date of service

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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