CPT code 37264: Peripheral angioplasty, additional vessel, simple category2026 Medicare rate & RVUs

Reports balloon angioplasty of each additional vessel in the femoral-popliteal territory during simple-category endovascular revascularization.

CMS RVU26DEffective Oct 1, 2026109 payment localities

Medicare pays $2,183.42 for 37264 nationally in the office and $136.28 in a hospital or facility. Local office rates run $1,881.64–$3,094.04.

Medicare rate · 37264

Peripheral angioplasty, additional vessel, simple category

Office or facility?

Work RVUs
3
Total RVUs
65.37
Global days
ZZZ

National rate · 2026

$2,183.42

Office setting, before claim adjustments.

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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.

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On this page 10 sections
  1. Medicare rate
  2. What 37264 covers
  3. By payment locality
  4. Rate map
  5. How it’s calculated
  6. Payment rules
  7. Similar codes
  8. Related codes
  9. Billing questions
  10. Sources

What 37264 covers

This add-on represents balloon angioplasty in an additional vessel of the femoral-popliteal arterial territory, such as an artery in the thigh or behind the knee. The intervention opens a narrowed or occluded peripheral artery to improve blood flow. Vascular surgeons, interventional radiologists, and interventional cardiologists may perform this catheter-based treatment for peripheral artery disease, including symptomatic claudication or limb-threatening ischemia.

Report the code for each qualifying additional vessel treated with angioplasty in the simple category, alongside the applicable first-vessel procedure. The operative report should identify the treated vessels and document the intervention and the basis for classifying it as simple. This is an add-on code and is paid within the primary procedure’s global period. For a bilateral procedure reported with modifier 50, CMS pays this code at 150%.

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.

Where 37264 pays more and less

The same RVUs, adjusted for each area’s costs. Open a locality for its calculation, history and nearby areas.

109 payment localities

$1881.64 to $3094.04

$1881.64$2487.84$3094.04
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109 of 109 payment localities

37264 office and facility rates by payment locality
Payment localityOfficeFacility
Alabama$1,915.79$124.54
Alaska$2,356.91$176.70
Arizona$2,116.20$132.52
Arkansas$1,881.64$123.15
Atlanta, GA$2,221.37$141.48
Austin, TX$2,300.42$134.55
Bakersfield, CA$2,373.92$130.26
Baltimore area, MD$2,340.93$144.35
Beaumont, TX$1,996.37$133.47
Brazoria, TX$2,160.54$131.82

37264 rates by state

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

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$1,881.64

$2,733.03

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37264 office rate range by state
State / territoryOffice rate rangeLocalities
AK$2,356.911
AL$1,915.791
AR$1,881.641
AZ$2,116.201
CA$2,372.02–$3,094.0429
CO$2,311.331
CT$2,348.941
DC$2,558.121
DE$2,156.841
FL$2,104.54–$2,303.623
GA$1,965.44–$2,221.372
GU$2,455.771
HI$2,455.771
IA$1,994.231
ID$2,006.311
IL$2,017.37–$2,257.784
IN$2,021.031
KS$1,974.081
KY$1,952.791
LA$1,945.55–$2,065.072
MA$2,289.44–$2,584.562
MD$2,207.22–$2,558.123
ME$2,009.79–$2,156.252
MI$2,007.23–$2,127.362
MN$2,226.691
MO$1,898.55–$2,084.593
MS$1,891.001
MT$2,183.371
NC$2,036.971
ND$2,169.531
NE$2,010.271
NH$2,264.951
NJ$2,379.20–$2,520.892
NM$2,017.151
NV$2,181.571
NY$2,073.48–$2,599.185
OH$2,004.401
OK$1,957.801
OR$2,168.23–$2,407.682
PA$2,013.22–$2,274.192
PR$2,205.721
RI$2,250.771
SC$2,023.361
SD$2,167.891
TN$1,985.151
TX$1,996.37–$2,300.428
UT$2,057.441
VA$2,141.53–$2,558.122
VI$2,205.721
VT$2,151.271
WA$2,288.30–$2,651.732
WI$2,080.721
WV$1,923.661
WY$2,177.341

How the 37264 rate is calculated

Each of 37264’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.

How the rate is built · 37264

RVUs × geographic indexes × conversion factor

Office or facility?

Work3.00

3.00 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI

Practice expense61.67

61.67 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI

Malpractice0.70

0.70 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI

Adjusted RVUs

65.3700

Conversion factor

$33.4009

Medicare rate

$2,183.42

Every GPCI starts at 1.000, the national rate. Enter a ZIP or drag a slider.

Payment rules and modifiers for 37264

The CMS indicators that decide how 37264 is paid alongside other services.

CMS payment indicators · 37264

Peripheral angioplasty, additional vessel, simple category

RuleCMS valueWhat it means
Global periodZZZAdd-on code: falls within the primary procedure’s global period.
Multiple procedures0No multiple-procedure reduction.
Bilateral (modifier 50)1Bilateral with modifier 50 pays 150% of the fee schedule amount.
Assistant at surgery (80/81/82/AS)0Not paid without supporting documentation.
Co-surgeons (62)0Not permitted.
Team surgery (66)0Not permitted.
Professional/technical0Physician service: no professional/technical split.

What modifiers do to the payment

Modifier 50 · payment effect

With and without the modifier

37264 without 50 · national office

$2,183.42

Peripheral angioplasty, additional vessel, simple category

37264-50 · Bilateral: 150%

$3,275.13

Both sides on one line with modifier 50 are paid at 150% of the fee schedule amount (subject to multiple-procedure rules with other procedures).

When to use modifier 50

37264 compared with similar codes

Compare codes · National

5 codes, side by side

Office or facility?

  • 37264

    Peripheral angioplasty, additional vessel, simple category3 wRVU

    $2,183.42

  • 37263

    Leg angioplasty, simple lesion, first vessel7.75 wRVU

    $5,429.65+$3,246.23

  • 37265

    Vessel angioplasty, complex, initial vessel10.5 wRVU

    $6,828.15+$4,644.73

  • 37266

    Angioplasty, complex, each additional vessel4 wRVU

    $2,440.94+$257.52

  • 37268

    Arterial stent, each additional vessel3.73 wRVU

    $3,360.13+$1,176.71

How to choose

37263Leg angioplastySimple lesion, first vessel
37263 is for the first vessel treated with simple-category femoral-popliteal angioplasty; 37264 is for each additional vessel.
37265Vessel angioplastyComplex, initial vessel
37265 reports the first vessel when the angioplasty is classified as complex. Use 37264 for additional vessels only when the treatment is in the simple category.
37266AngioplastyComplex, each additional vessel
37266 is the additional-vessel code for complex-category angioplasty; 37264 is for the simple category.
37268Arterial stentEach additional vessel
37268 describes additional-vessel simple stent treatment. Code 37264 describes additional-vessel simple angioplasty.

37264 billing questions

Which code is reported for the first vessel?

For simple-category angioplasty in the femoral-popliteal territory, 37263 identifies the first vessel. Code 37264 is for each additional vessel and cannot be reported alone.

Is 37264 reported per lesion or per vessel?

It is an additional-vessel code, not a code for each lesion or balloon inflation. Documentation should identify each separately treated vessel.

When is 37265 used instead?

37265 describes the first vessel when the femoral-popliteal angioplasty falls in the complex category. Code 37264 is for additional vessels in the simple category.

How does modifier 50 affect payment?

For a bilateral procedure reported with modifier 50, CMS pays 37264 at 150%.

What documentation supports reporting an additional vessel?

The procedure report should name the additional femoral-popliteal vessel treated, describe the angioplasty performed, and support the simple-category classification.

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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