Billing code 33271: Defibrillator electrodeMedicare rate & RVUs in Redding

In Redding, Medicare pays $393.12 for 33271 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

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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 33271 covers

An electrophysiologist or other qualified cardiac surgeon places the defibrillator electrode beneath the skin, commonly along the sternum, for a subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator system. The electrode may be placed as a distinct or staged procedure rather than as part of implanting the complete system. This is typically performed in a hospital or other procedural facility; it is not the code for implanting the pulse generator and electrode together as a complete system.

Report 33271 for the electrode insertion itself, and document the subcutaneous electrode placement and whether a generator was implanted during the same procedure. The 90-day global includes the day-before preoperative visit and related postoperative care during that period. When other procedures are performed in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and the others are subject to the standard multiple-procedure reduction. Modifier 50 is inappropriate for this anatomy and service. Medicare does not pay an assistant at surgery for this code; 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 Redding compares for 33271

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 33271 runs from $361.36 in Wisconsin to $508.72 in Alaska*. Redding pays $393.12. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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How the 33271 rate is calculated

Each of 33271’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 33271

33271 has a 90-day global period: related visits in that window are included in the surgery payment.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 51

Codes related to 33271

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

How 33271 has changed in Redding

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Where the Redding rate applies

Redding is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 32 cities and communities in California. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

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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.

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