No office rate
Choose 33548 when the operation reconstructs the left ventricle to restore its shape. Code 33542 describes aneurysm excision rather than ventricular restoration.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
33548 in Modesto
Office / nonfacility
Not available in this setting
Base rate per service
Facility setting
$2665.61
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.
Cardiac surgery
About 33548: Surgical ventricular restoration
Reports surgical reconstruction of a scarred or aneurysmal left ventricle to restore ventricular shape, commonly after myocardial infarction.
A cardiac surgeon performs this operation to reshape a damaged left ventricle, commonly when scar tissue or an aneurysmal area after a myocardial infarction has altered ventricular geometry. The surgeon may exclude or resect the affected area and reconstruct the ventricle, often with a patch. It is generally performed in a hospital operating room as open-heart surgery, sometimes alongside coronary artery bypass grafting when coronary disease also requires treatment.
Report the service when the operative report supports ventricular reconstruction, not simply removal of an aneurysm or repair of another postinfarction defect. Documentation should identify the ventricular pathology and describe the restoration technique. The code has a 90-day global period, including the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care. For procedures in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and others at 50%. Modifier 50 is not appropriate for this single-heart procedure. Assistant-at-surgery payment may be made; co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation, and team-surgery payment is not permitted.
CMS billing rules for 33548
- 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 adjustment does not apply; the descriptor or anatomy makes modifier 50 inappropriate.
- 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 RVU52.79 · 64%
- Practice expense (office) RVU17.63 · 21%
- Malpractice RVU12.68 · 15%
79
Medicare services in 2024 · #5064 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.
33548 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Modesto, from the same CMS release.
No office rate
Code 33545 is for repair of a postinfarction ventricular septal defect. Code 33548 addresses reconstruction of the damaged ventricular chamber, not septal-defect repair.
No office rate
Code 33533 reports arterial coronary bypass grafting, not ventricular reconstruction. It may be reported separately when both procedures are performed and documented.
The same code, a different location
How does Modesto compare?
33548 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.
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Madera
California · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2665.61
No comparable office rate is available.
Merced
California · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2665.61
No comparable office rate is available.
Napa
California · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2865.58
No comparable office rate is available.
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
California · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2772.49
No comparable office rate is available.
Redding
California · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2665.61
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of California
California · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2665.61
No comparable office rate is available.
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
California · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2801.63
No comparable office rate is available.
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom
California · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2738.56
No comparable office rate is available.
Salinas
California · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2727.39
No comparable office rate is available.
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad
California · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2749.95
No comparable office rate is available.
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (Marin Cnty)
California · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2955.43
No comparable office rate is available.
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (San Francisco/San Mateo/Alameda/Contra Costa Cnty)
California · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2941.03
No comparable office rate is available.
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (San Benito Cnty)
California · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$3033.33
No comparable office rate is available.
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (Santa Clara Cnty)
California · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2974.46
No comparable office rate is available.
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles
California · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2690.93
No comparable office rate is available.
Santa Cruz-Watsonville
California · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2742.73
No comparable office rate is available.
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara
California · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2726.22
No comparable office rate is available.
Santa Rosa-Petaluma
California · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2766.26
No comparable office rate is available.
Stockton
California · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2665.61
No comparable office rate is available.
Vallejo
California · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2844.83
No comparable office rate is available.
Visalia
California · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2665.61
No comparable office rate is available.
Yuba City
California · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2665.61
No comparable office rate is available.
Dc + Md/Va Suburbs
District of Columbia · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$3023.50
No comparable office rate is available.
Miami
Florida · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$3447.33
No comparable office rate is available.
Chicago
Illinois · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$3339.36
No comparable office rate is available.
Manhattan
New York · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$3232.04
No comparable office rate is available.
Alaska*
Alaska · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$3505.35
No comparable office rate is available.
Alabama
Alabama · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2518.20
No comparable office rate is available.
Arkansas
Arkansas · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2487.18
No comparable office rate is available.
Arizona
Arizona · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2696.37
No comparable office rate is available.
Colorado
Colorado · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2741.71
No comparable office rate is available.
Connecticut
Connecticut · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2945.16
No comparable office rate is available.
Delaware
Delaware · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2734.59
No comparable office rate is available.
Fort Lauderdale
Florida · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$3125.48
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Florida
Florida · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2962.74
No comparable office rate is available.
Atlanta
Georgia · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2875.45
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Georgia
Georgia · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2793.33
No comparable office rate is available.
Hawaii, Guam
Hawaii · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2677.98
No comparable office rate is available.
Iowa
Iowa · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2470.18
No comparable office rate is available.
Idaho
Idaho · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2505.31
No comparable office rate is available.
East St. Louis
Illinois · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$3157.96
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Illinois
Illinois · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2962.83
No comparable office rate is available.
Suburban Chicago
Illinois · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$3130.82
No comparable office rate is available.
Indiana
Indiana · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2514.94
No comparable office rate is available.
Kansas
Kansas · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2509.02
No comparable office rate is available.
Kentucky
Kentucky · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2674.25
No comparable office rate is available.
New Orleans
Louisiana · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2798.47
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Louisiana
Louisiana · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2690.11
No comparable office rate is available.
Metropolitan Boston
Massachusetts · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2915.56
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Massachusetts
Massachusetts · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2749.06
No comparable office rate is available.
Baltimore/Surr. Cntys
Maryland · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2947.19
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Maryland
Maryland · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2765.58
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Maine
Maine · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2568.41
No comparable office rate is available.
Southern Maine
Maine · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2614.03
No comparable office rate is available.
Detroit
Michigan · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$3045.54
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Michigan
Michigan · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2779.02
No comparable office rate is available.
Minnesota
Minnesota · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2494.53
No comparable office rate is available.
Metropolitan Kansas City
Missouri · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2729.95
No comparable office rate is available.
Metropolitan St. Louis
Missouri · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2748.20
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Missouri
Missouri · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2683.34
No comparable office rate is available.
Mississippi
Mississippi · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2583.22
No comparable office rate is available.
Montana**
Montana · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2774.77
No comparable office rate is available.
North Carolina
North Carolina · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2583.27
No comparable office rate is available.
North Dakota**
North Dakota · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2524.04
No comparable office rate is available.
Nebraska
Nebraska · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2466.84
No comparable office rate is available.
New Hampshire
New Hampshire · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2746.82
No comparable office rate is available.
Northern Nj
New Jersey · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$3009.72
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of New Jersey
New Jersey · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2941.40
No comparable office rate is available.
New Mexico
New Mexico · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2811.87
No comparable office rate is available.
Nevada**
Nevada · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2705.48
No comparable office rate is available.
Nyc Suburbs/Long Island
New York · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$3362.72
No comparable office rate is available.
Poughkpsie/N Nyc Suburbs
New York · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2999.84
No comparable office rate is available.
Queens
New York · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$3182.83
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of New York
New York · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2620.39
No comparable office rate is available.
Ohio
Ohio · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2727.77
No comparable office rate is available.
Oklahoma
Oklahoma · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2618.16
No comparable office rate is available.
Portland
Oregon · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2760.77
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Oregon
Oregon · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2647.47
No comparable office rate is available.
Metropolitan Philadelphia
Pennsylvania · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2913.24
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2704.03
No comparable office rate is available.
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2775.74
No comparable office rate is available.
Rhode Island
Rhode Island · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2782.81
No comparable office rate is available.
South Carolina
South Carolina · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2667.33
No comparable office rate is available.
South Dakota**
South Dakota · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2494.40
No comparable office rate is available.
Tennessee
Tennessee · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2525.94
No comparable office rate is available.
Austin
Texas · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2765.01
No comparable office rate is available.
Beaumont
Texas · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2692.55
No comparable office rate is available.
Brazoria
Texas · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2691.25
No comparable office rate is available.
Dallas
Texas · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2728.99
No comparable office rate is available.
Fort Worth
Texas · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2728.61
No comparable office rate is available.
Galveston
Texas · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2712.75
No comparable office rate is available.
Houston
Texas · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2944.84
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Texas
Texas · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2704.50
No comparable office rate is available.
Utah
Utah · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2697.08
No comparable office rate is available.
Virginia
Virginia · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2641.09
No comparable office rate is available.
Virgin Islands
United States Virgin Islands · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2775.74
No comparable office rate is available.
Vermont
Vermont · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2560.51
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Washington
Washington · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2728.52
No comparable office rate is available.
Seattle (King Cnty)
Washington · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2919.94
No comparable office rate is available.
Wisconsin
Wisconsin · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2457.80
No comparable office rate is available.
West Virginia
West Virginia · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2881.01
No comparable office rate is available.
Wyoming**
Wyoming · 33548
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$2665.50
No comparable office rate is available.
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| AL | No published base rate | 1 |
| AR | No published base rate | 1 |
| AZ | No published base rate | 1 |
| CA | No published base rate | 29 |
| CO | No published base rate | 1 |
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| DC | No published base rate | 1 |
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| GA | No published base rate | 2 |
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| IN | No published base rate | 1 |
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| MA | No published base rate | 2 |
| MD | No published base rate | 3 |
| ME | No published base rate | 2 |
| MI | No published base rate | 2 |
| MN | No published base rate | 1 |
| MO | No published base rate | 3 |
| MS | No published base rate | 1 |
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| TX | No published base rate | 8 |
| UT | No published base rate | 1 |
| VA | No published base rate | 2 |
| VI | No published base rate | 1 |
| VT | No published base rate | 1 |
| WA | No published base rate | 2 |
| WI | No published base rate | 1 |
| WV | No published base rate | 1 |
| WY | No published base rate | 1 |
Where does this rate apply?
Modesto is a Medicare payment area. Our Census mapping connects it to 33 cities and communities in California, including the examples shown here.
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Turn a percentage into dollars for 33548 in Modesto. This uses the base rate on this page, so the locality and release stay consistent.
Reference amount per service
$2932.17
$2665.61 × 110% = $2932.17
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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 33548 in Modesto.
PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv
4,005
- Code
- 33548
- Physician work
- 52.79
- Practice expense
- 17.63
- Malpractice
- 12.68
GPCI2026.csv
16
- Locality
- Modesto
- Physician work
- 1.017
- Practice expense
- 1.096
- Malpractice
- 0.536
| Component | RVU | Locality factor | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physician work | 52.79 | × 1.017 | 53.6874 |
| Practice expense | 17.63 | × 1.096 | 19.3225 |
| Malpractice | 12.68 | × 0.536 | 6.7965 |
| Total RVUs | 79.8064 | ||
| Conversion factor | × 33.4009 | ||
Facility rate, Modesto$2665.61
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Facility
| Component | RVU | Local GPCI |
|---|---|---|
| Work | 52.79 | 1.017 |
| Practice expense | 17.63 | 1.096 |
| Malpractice | 12.68 | 0.536 |
(52.79 × 1.017 + 17.63 × 1.096 + 12.68 × 0.536) × $33.4009 = $2665.61
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
33548 · 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 | $2665.61 | RVU26D |
| 2026-07-01 | Not available in this setting | $2665.61 | RVU26C |
| 2026-04-01 | Not available in this setting | $2665.61 | RVU26B |
| 2026-01-01 | Not available in this setting | $2665.61 | RVU26A |
| 2025-10-01 | Not available in this setting | $2714.53 | RVU25D |
| 2025-07-01 | Not available in this setting | $2714.53 | RVU25C |
| 2025-04-01 | Not available in this setting | $2714.53 | RVU25B |
| 2025-01-01 | Not available in this setting | $2714.53 | RVU25A |
33548 billing questions
How is this different from code 33542?
Code 33548 describes reconstruction to restore left ventricular shape after damage. Code 33542 describes excision of a ventricular aneurysm without the defining restoration procedure.
Can this be reported with a CABG code?
Yes, when the surgeon also performs coronary bypass grafting during the same session and the operative documentation supports both services. The standard multiple-procedure reduction applies to procedures performed in the same session.
How many units should be reported?
Report the ventricular restoration service once for the operation; do not use modifier 50 to represent treatment of both sides.
What documentation supports reporting this code?
The operative report should describe the left ventricular damage and the steps used to reconstruct or reshape the ventricle, such as exclusion or resection of scarred tissue and reconstruction.
Can an assistant or co-surgeon be reported?
Assistant-at-surgery payment may be made. Co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation; team-surgery payment is not permitted.
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.
4,0023353F,,Mild-mod dep symp by deptool,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
4,00333542,,Removal of heart lesion,A,,47.00,14.90,NA,14.90,,11.62,73.52,73.52,0,090,0.09,0.84,0.07,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
4,00433545,,Repair of heart damage,A,,55.63,16.88,NA,16.88,,13.36,85.87,85.87,0,090,0.09,0.84,0.07,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
4,00533548,,Restore/remodel ventricle,A,,52.79,17.63,NA,17.63,,12.68,83.10,83.10,0,090,0.09,0.84,0.07,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
4,0063354F,,Clin sig dep sym by dep tool,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
4,00733572,,Open coronary endarterectomy,A,,4.33,0.87,NA,0.87,,1.07,6.27,6.27,0,ZZZ,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,2,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
4,00833600,,Closure of valve,A,,29.55,11.68,NA,11.68,,7.44,48.67,48.67,0,090,0.09,0.84,0.07,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
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
1901112,CA,61,REDDING,1.017,1.096,0.536