CPT code 37280: Tibial angioplasty, straightforward, initial artery2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Virginia

In Virginia, Medicare pays $2,635.46 for 37280 in the office and $424.16 when it’s performed in a hospital or facility.

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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 37280 covers

This service uses an endovascular approach to widen a narrowed or occluded tibial or peroneal artery with balloon angioplasty. It is performed by vascular surgeons, interventional radiologists, or interventional cardiologists treating peripheral artery disease, including limb ischemia. The procedure is generally performed in a hospital or endovascular suite, with imaging used to guide treatment of the target artery. This code identifies the straightforward-lesion angioplasty service for the initial treated artery in this territory; it is not the code for a stent or atherectomy procedure.

Select the code based on the treated arterial territory, the documented lesion classification, the treatment performed, and whether this is the initial or an additional artery treated. The operative report should identify the tibial or peroneal target and describe the intervention and lesion. CMS assigns a 0-day global period, so same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included. When multiple procedures are performed in one session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard 50% multiple-procedure reduction. Modifier 50 for a bilateral procedure is paid at 150%. Assistant-at-surgery payment requires documented medical necessity; 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 Virginia compares for 37280

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for 37280 runs from $2,336.44 in Arkansas to $3,710.67 in San Benito County, CA. Virginia pays $2,635.46. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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37280 rates by state

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How the 37280 rate is calculated

Each of 37280’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 37280

The CMS indicators that decide how 37280 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 50

Codes related to 37280

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

How 37280 has changed in Virginia

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Where the Virginia rate applies

Virginia is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 628 cities and communities in Virginia. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Abbs Valley
• Abingdon
• Accomac
• Adwolf
• Afton
• Alberta
• Aldie
• Allison Gap

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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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