CPT code 36830: AV graft creation, nonautologous graft2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Mississippi

In Mississippi, Medicare pays $565.06 for 36830 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

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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 36830 covers

A vascular surgeon creates an arteriovenous access by placing a nonautologous graft between an artery and a vein, then connecting the graft to both vessels. This approach is used for hemodialysis access when a direct connection between the patient’s own artery and vein is not the selected method. The access is commonly created in an arm, and the graft may be synthetic or biologic material from another source. The service is generally performed in an operating room or other surgical facility.

Report this code when the operative record supports open graft placement and arterial and venous connections using nonautologous material. Documentation should identify the graft material and the vessels or sites joined; a direct native-vessel fistula or a graft made from the patient’s own vein is coded differently. CMS assigns a 90-day global period, including the day-before preoperative visit and related postoperative care during that period. When multiple procedures are performed in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard 50% reduction. Modifier 50 is inappropriate. Assistant-at-surgery payment may be made; co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation, and team surgery is 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 Mississippi compares for 36830

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 36830 runs from $533.05 in Wisconsin to $765.62 in Alaska. Mississippi pays $565.06. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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36830 rates by state

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

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How the 36830 rate is calculated

Each of 36830’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 36830

36830 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 36830

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

How 36830 has changed in Mississippi

Price 36830 for an earlier date of service

Where the Mississippi rate applies

Mississippi is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 427 cities and communities in Mississippi. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Abbeville
• Aberdeen
• Ackerman
• Agricola
• Alcorn State University
• Algoma
• Alligator
• Amory

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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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