CPT code 37276: Peripheral revascularization, simple, each additional vessel2026 Medicare rate & RVUs

Medicare pays $3,458.66 for 37276 nationally in the office and $192.72 in a hospital or facility. Local office rates run $2,979.75–$4,910.61.

Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

What 37276 covers

This add-on describes endovascular treatment of an additional femoropopliteal vessel when the service includes both atherectomy and stent placement. The treating specialist uses a catheter-based approach to remove or reduce plaque and place a stent; balloon angioplasty in the treated vessel may also be performed. Vascular surgeons, interventional radiologists, and interventional cardiologists may perform these procedures in a hospital endovascular suite for obstructive peripheral arterial disease.

Report the code for each additional vessel treated, not for each stent or each lesion. The operative report should identify the femoropopliteal vessel, the intervention performed, and the facts supporting the CPT simple-lesion classification. This is an add-on code and must accompany a primary procedure; CMS pays it within that procedure's global period. For a bilateral procedure reported with modifier 50, CMS pays 150% of the applicable amount.

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 37276 pays more and less

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37276 rates by state

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How the 37276 rate is calculated

Each of 37276’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 37276

The CMS indicators that decide how 37276 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 50

37276 compared with similar codes

How to choose

37275Leg artery revascularizationStraightforward lesion, initial vessel

Use 37275 for the first vessel treated with simple-lesion stenting and atherectomy; use 37276 for each additional vessel receiving that combination.

37268Arterial stentEach additional vessel

37268 is for each additional vessel treated with simple-lesion stenting without the atherectomy combination.

37278Stent and atherectomyComplex, each additional artery

Both codes describe additional-vessel stenting with atherectomy; 37278 is for complex lesions, while 37276 is for simple lesions.

Codes related to 37276

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

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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