CPT code 92928: Coronary stenting, one artery or branch2026 Medicare rate & RVUs

Medicare pays $463.94 for 92928 nationally in a facility.

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

What 92928 covers

This code covers percutaneous placement of one or more stents in a single major coronary artery or branch. Balloon angioplasty in that same treated artery or branch is included when performed; the code is not counted per stent. An interventional cardiologist typically performs the procedure in a cardiac catheterization laboratory to treat a coronary narrowing that requires stenting.

Select the code based on the treated coronary artery or branch and whether a stent was placed, not the number of stents deployed. The procedure report should identify the target vessel or branch and document stent placement and any angioplasty performed. Same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included in the 0-day global period. 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% reduction. Modifier 50 is inappropriate. 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.

Where 92928 pays more and less

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

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92928 rates by state

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

How the 92928 rate is calculated

Each of 92928’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 92928

The CMS indicators that decide how 92928 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 51

92928 compared with similar codes

How to choose

92920Coronary angioplastySingle vessel, no stent

Use 92920 for balloon angioplasty without stent placement in one major coronary artery or branch. Stent placement, with angioplasty when performed, is reported with 92928.

92930Coronary stentingTwo or more lesions, one artery

92928 represents stenting in one major coronary artery or branch; 92930 represents stenting across two or more major arteries or branches.

92933Coronary interventionAtherectomy with stent

92933 describes coronary atherectomy with stenting in one major artery or branch. Use 92928 when stenting is performed without the atherectomy service.

92937Graft revascularizationSingle bypass-graft vessel

92937 is for percutaneous revascularization of a coronary bypass graft. 92928 describes stenting in a native major coronary artery or branch.

Codes related to 92928

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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