No office rate
Both concern direct repair of an upper-extremity vessel. 35151 belongs to the arterial defect-repair group; 35206 is used for a different circumstance, commonly direct repair of an injured vessel.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
35151 in Merced
Office / nonfacility
Not available in this setting
Base rate per service
Facility setting
$1059.35
Base rate per service
Amounts below use the non-QP conversion factor for participating physicians. These are base physician payments before claim-level adjustments, not patient costs or total hospital charges.
Vascular surgery
About 35151: Direct upper-extremity artery repair
Report 35151 for direct repair of an arterial defect in an upper extremity, such as a localized brachial artery defect repaired without a graft.
This service covers direct surgical repair of an arterial defect in an upper extremity. A vascular surgeon typically exposes the affected artery, such as the brachial artery, and repairs the defect directly rather than replacing the involved segment with a graft. The work is generally performed in an operating room for a focal arterial defect, including an aneurysmal defect when direct repair is appropriate.
Select 35151 when the operative report identifies an upper-extremity artery and documents direct repair; the vessel, defect, and repair method should be clear. A graft reconstruction or repair at another anatomic site calls for a different code. Medicare assigns a 90-day global period, including the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care. 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 used for bilateral reporting and is paid at 150%. Assistant-at-surgery payment may be available; co-surgeons require supporting documentation, and team surgery is not permitted.
CMS billing rules for 35151
- Global period
- Major surgery with a 90-day global period: the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care are included.
- Multiple procedures
- Standard multiple procedure reduction: the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and others at 50% when performed in the same session.
- Bilateral procedures
- Bilateral procedure with modifier 50 is paid at 150%.
- Assistant at surgery
- Assistant at surgery may be paid.
- Co-surgeons
- Co-surgeons paid only with supporting documentation.
- Team surgery
- Team surgery not permitted.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU23.13 · 69%
- Practice expense (office) RVU4.59 · 14%
- Malpractice RVU5.90 · 18%
531
Medicare services in 2024 · #3501 by national volume
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.
35151 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Merced, from the same CMS release.
No office rate
Both are direct arterial defect repairs, but 35141 is for a lower-extremity site rather than the upper extremity.
No office rate
35152 is specifically for rupture of the popliteal artery. 35151 describes direct repair of an upper-extremity arterial defect.
The same code, a different location
How does Merced compare?
35151 across payment areas
Same release and payment basis · bars start at $0
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Other payment areas listed in California appear first, followed by selected cross-country examples. The chart compares amounts, not distance.
The code’s RVUs stay the same in these comparisons. Geographic adjustments to work, practice expense and malpractice change the dollar amount. A city name alone may not identify the payment area for a service address.
Compare all 108 other payment areas
Madera
California · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1059.35
No comparable office rate is available.
Modesto
California · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1059.35
No comparable office rate is available.
Napa
California · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1123.41
No comparable office rate is available.
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
California · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1098.18
No comparable office rate is available.
Redding
California · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1059.35
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of California
California · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1059.35
No comparable office rate is available.
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
California · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1122.59
No comparable office rate is available.
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom
California · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1084.30
No comparable office rate is available.
Salinas
California · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1079.83
No comparable office rate is available.
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad
California · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1085.91
No comparable office rate is available.
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (Marin Cnty)
California · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1152.58
No comparable office rate is available.
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (San Francisco/San Mateo/Alameda/Contra Costa Cnty)
California · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1145.88
No comparable office rate is available.
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (San Benito Cnty)
California · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1184.24
No comparable office rate is available.
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (Santa Clara Cnty)
California · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1156.85
No comparable office rate is available.
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles
California · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1065.94
No comparable office rate is available.
Santa Cruz-Watsonville
California · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1080.69
No comparable office rate is available.
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara
California · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1078.58
No comparable office rate is available.
Santa Rosa-Petaluma
California · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1089.63
No comparable office rate is available.
Stockton
California · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1059.35
No comparable office rate is available.
Vallejo
California · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1113.75
No comparable office rate is available.
Visalia
California · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1059.35
No comparable office rate is available.
Yuba City
California · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1059.35
No comparable office rate is available.
Dc + Md/Va Suburbs
District of Columbia · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1214.21
No comparable office rate is available.
Miami
Florida · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1430.54
No comparable office rate is available.
Chicago
Illinois · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1384.31
No comparable office rate is available.
Manhattan
New York · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1312.70
No comparable office rate is available.
Alaska*
Alaska · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1430.70
No comparable office rate is available.
Alabama
Alabama · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1018.25
No comparable office rate is available.
Arkansas
Arkansas · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1005.74
No comparable office rate is available.
Arizona
Arizona · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1089.81
No comparable office rate is available.
Colorado
Colorado · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1098.86
No comparable office rate is available.
Connecticut
Connecticut · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1191.58
No comparable office rate is available.
Delaware
Delaware · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1105.06
No comparable office rate is available.
Fort Lauderdale
Florida · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1284.16
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Florida
Florida · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1215.32
No comparable office rate is available.
Atlanta
Georgia · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1167.32
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Georgia
Georgia · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1144.22
No comparable office rate is available.
Hawaii, Guam
Hawaii · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1060.98
No comparable office rate is available.
Iowa
Iowa · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$991.08
No comparable office rate is available.
Idaho
Idaho · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1006.82
No comparable office rate is available.
East St. Louis
Illinois · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1310.50
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Illinois
Illinois · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1220.55
No comparable office rate is available.
Suburban Chicago
Illinois · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1284.62
No comparable office rate is available.
Indiana
Indiana · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1010.46
No comparable office rate is available.
Kansas
Kansas · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1010.48
No comparable office rate is available.
Kentucky
Kentucky · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1089.17
No comparable office rate is available.
New Orleans
Louisiana · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1140.69
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Louisiana
Louisiana · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1097.03
No comparable office rate is available.
Metropolitan Boston
Massachusetts · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1162.68
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Massachusetts
Massachusetts · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1103.42
No comparable office rate is available.
Baltimore/Surr. Cntys
Maryland · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1193.20
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Maryland
Maryland · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1116.34
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Maine
Maine · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1036.18
No comparable office rate is available.
Southern Maine
Maine · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1048.84
No comparable office rate is available.
Detroit
Michigan · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1252.76
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Michigan
Michigan · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1135.02
No comparable office rate is available.
Minnesota
Minnesota · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$988.65
No comparable office rate is available.
Metropolitan Kansas City
Missouri · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1109.05
No comparable office rate is available.
Metropolitan St. Louis
Missouri · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1115.97
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Missouri
Missouri · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1096.66
No comparable office rate is available.
Mississippi
Mississippi · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1050.19
No comparable office rate is available.
Montana**
Montana · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1122.54
No comparable office rate is available.
North Carolina
North Carolina · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1041.53
No comparable office rate is available.
North Dakota**
North Dakota · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1005.88
No comparable office rate is available.
Nebraska
Nebraska · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$988.56
No comparable office rate is available.
New Hampshire
New Hampshire · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1104.59
No comparable office rate is available.
Northern Nj
New Jersey · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1209.54
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of New Jersey
New Jersey · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1187.06
No comparable office rate is available.
New Mexico
New Mexico · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1149.82
No comparable office rate is available.
Nevada**
Nevada · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1090.18
No comparable office rate is available.
Nyc Suburbs/Long Island
New York · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1370.24
No comparable office rate is available.
Poughkpsie/N Nyc Suburbs
New York · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1213.65
No comparable office rate is available.
Queens
New York · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1287.39
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of New York
New York · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1056.74
No comparable office rate is available.
Ohio
Ohio · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1111.18
No comparable office rate is available.
Oklahoma
Oklahoma · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1062.59
No comparable office rate is available.
Portland
Oregon · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1101.87
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Oregon
Oregon · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1063.80
No comparable office rate is available.
Metropolitan Philadelphia
Pennsylvania · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1181.16
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1099.53
No comparable office rate is available.
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1121.67
No comparable office rate is available.
Rhode Island
Rhode Island · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1121.39
No comparable office rate is available.
South Carolina
South Carolina · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1081.73
No comparable office rate is available.
South Dakota**
South Dakota · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$992.09
No comparable office rate is available.
Tennessee
Tennessee · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1017.75
No comparable office rate is available.
Austin
Texas · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1110.91
No comparable office rate is available.
Beaumont
Texas · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1095.15
No comparable office rate is available.
Brazoria
Texas · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1084.38
No comparable office rate is available.
Dallas
Texas · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1101.29
No comparable office rate is available.
Fort Worth
Texas · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1102.32
No comparable office rate is available.
Galveston
Texas · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1094.15
No comparable office rate is available.
Houston
Texas · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1202.14
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Texas
Texas · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1096.00
No comparable office rate is available.
Utah
Utah · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1093.64
No comparable office rate is available.
Virginia
Virginia · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1062.39
No comparable office rate is available.
Virgin Islands
United States Virgin Islands · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1121.67
No comparable office rate is available.
Vermont
Vermont · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1024.05
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Washington
Washington · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1094.01
No comparable office rate is available.
Seattle (King Cnty)
Washington · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1160.30
No comparable office rate is available.
Wisconsin
Wisconsin · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$980.13
No comparable office rate is available.
West Virginia
West Virginia · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1187.79
No comparable office rate is available.
Wyoming**
Wyoming · 35151
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$1071.70
No comparable office rate is available.
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Where does this rate apply?
Merced is a Medicare payment area. Our Census mapping connects it to 24 cities and communities in California, including the examples shown here.
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What is a percentage of Medicare worth?
Turn a percentage into dollars for 35151 in Merced. This uses the base rate on this page, so the locality and release stay consistent.
Reference amount per service
$1165.28
$1059.35 × 110% = $1165.28
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How this local rate is calculated
Each RVU component is multiplied by its own geographic practice cost index (GPCI). The three adjusted components are added, then multiplied by the conversion factor. These are the inputs used for 35151 in Merced.
PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv
4,282
- Code
- 35151
- Physician work
- 23.13
- Practice expense
- 4.59
- Malpractice
- 5.90
GPCI2026.csv
15
- Locality
- Merced
- Physician work
- 1.017
- Practice expense
- 1.096
- Malpractice
- 0.536
| Component | RVU | Locality factor | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physician work | 23.13 | × 1.017 | 23.5232 |
| Practice expense | 4.59 | × 1.096 | 5.0306 |
| Malpractice | 5.90 | × 0.536 | 3.1624 |
| Total RVUs | 31.7162 | ||
| Conversion factor | × 33.4009 | ||
Facility rate, Merced$1059.35
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Facility
| Component | RVU | Local GPCI |
|---|---|---|
| Work | 23.13 | 1.017 |
| Practice expense | 4.59 | 1.096 |
| Malpractice | 5.9 | 0.536 |
(23.13 × 1.017 + 4.59 × 1.096 + 5.9 × 0.536) × $33.4009 = $1059.35
The office and facility calculations use their respective practice-expense RVUs. The facility amount here is the physician fee, not a separate hospital or facility bill.
How this rate has changed
35151 · Office / nonfacility
Rate unavailable
Effective 2026-10-01
A rate is unavailable in one of these releases, so a change cannot be calculated.
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| Effective from | Office / nonfacility | Facility | CMS release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 | Not available in this setting | $1059.35 | RVU26D |
| 2026-07-01 | Not available in this setting | $1059.35 | RVU26C |
| 2026-04-01 | Not available in this setting | $1059.35 | RVU26B |
| 2026-01-01 | Not available in this setting | $1059.35 | RVU26A |
| 2025-10-01 | Not available in this setting | $1122.60 | RVU25D |
| 2025-07-01 | Not available in this setting | $1122.60 | RVU25C |
| 2025-04-01 | Not available in this setting | $1122.60 | RVU25B |
| 2025-01-01 | Not available in this setting | $1122.60 | RVU25A |
35151 billing questions
How is 35151 distinguished from 35206?
35151 is for direct repair of an upper-extremity arterial defect in the defect-repair code group. 35206 is the related direct vessel-repair code commonly used for an upper-extremity vessel injury, such as a laceration; follow the documented condition and procedure.
What documentation supports 35151?
Document the specific upper-extremity artery, the defect being repaired, and that the artery was repaired directly. The operative report should make clear whether a graft or another reconstruction method was used.
Does 35151 include postoperative care?
Yes. Medicare assigns a 90-day global period that includes the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care.
How is bilateral repair reported?
For bilateral procedures, report modifier 50; CMS pays the bilateral procedure at 150%.
Can an assistant or co-surgeon be reported?
Assistant-at-surgery payment may be available. Co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation, and team surgery is not permitted under the CMS facts for this code.
What happens when 35151 is performed with another procedure?
Under the standard multiple procedure reduction, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures performed in the same session are paid at 50%.
Where these rates come from
FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense, and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indices and the applicable conversion factor. Unavailable or separately priced services are labeled rather than assigned a made-up amount.
Source: RVU26D. Effective 2026-10-01 through the day before 2027-01-01.
4,27935141,,Repair defect of artery,A,,20.39,4.10,NA,4.10,,5.17,29.66,29.66,0,090,0.09,0.84,0.07,2,1,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
4,28035142,,Repair artery rupture thigh,A,,24.53,5.01,NA,5.01,,6.23,35.77,35.77,0,090,0.09,0.84,0.07,2,1,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
4,2813514F,,Hep c scrng docd as done,I,,0.00,0.00,,0.00,,0.00,0.00,0.00,9,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,9,9,9,9,9,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
4,28235151,,Repair defect of artery,A,,23.13,4.59,NA,4.59,,5.90,33.62,33.62,0,090,0.09,0.84,0.07,2,1,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
4,28335152,,Repair ruptd popliteal art,A,,26.97,4.21,NA,4.21,,6.87,38.05,38.05,0,090,0.09,0.84,0.07,2,1,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
4,2843515F,,Pt has docd immun to hep c,I,,0.00,0.00,,0.00,,0.00,0.00,0.00,9,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,9,9,9,9,9,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
4,2853517F,,Hbv assess&results intrp 1yr,I,,0.00,0.00,,0.00,,0.00,0.00,0.00,9,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,9,9,9,9,9,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
1201112,CA,57,HANFORD-CORCORAN,1.017,1.096,0.536
1301182,CA,18,LOS ANGELES-LONG BEACH-ANAHEIM (LOS ANGELES/ORANGE CNTY),1.041,1.183,0.664
1401112,CA,58,MADERA,1.017,1.096,0.536
1501112,CA,59,MERCED,1.017,1.096,0.536
1601112,CA,60,MODESTO,1.017,1.096,0.536
1701112,CA,51,NAPA,1.063,1.318,0.508
1801182,CA,17,OXNARD-THOUSAND OAKS-VENTURA,1.028,1.182,0.623