No office rate
Choose 33894 when the branched endograft involves one branch vessel; 33895 describes the two-branch-vessel configuration.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
33894 Thoracic endograft Medicare reimbursement rates in Georgia
Reports endovascular repair of the descending thoracic aorta or arch with a branched endograft that incorporates one branch vessel. Compare 33894 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Georgia.
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.
What does Medicare pay for 33894 in Georgia?
Georgia has 2 payment localities in this comparison. Use the service location to choose the applicable amount. These are the supported base rates for the 2 payment areas shown below, using the same CMS release.
Office / nonfacility
No supported rate
Facility setting
$863.39–$880.21
2 of 2 localities have a supported rate.
These are locality ranges, not averages or address-specific quotes. A facility-setting amount covers the physician service; it does not include a hospital’s separate bill. Choose a locality below to inspect its calculation, compare other payment areas, or price a percentage of Medicare.
Vascular surgery
About 33894: Branched thoracic aortic endograft repair
Reports endovascular repair of the descending thoracic aorta or arch with a branched endograft that incorporates one branch vessel.
This service repairs disease of the descending thoracic aorta or aortic arch by delivering a branched endograft through vascular access and positioning it to exclude the diseased aortic segment while preserving flow through one branch vessel. Vascular or cardiothoracic surgeons typically perform it in an operating room or hybrid endovascular suite for conditions such as thoracic aortic aneurysm or dissection involving an arch branch. The branch-preserving graft configuration distinguishes this procedure from standard thoracic endografting.
Report the code when the documented repair uses a branched endograft involving one branch vessel; the operative report should support the aortic treatment and branch configuration. Associated radiological supervision and interpretation are included in the procedure. CMS assigns a 0-day global period, so same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included. When other procedures are performed in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard multiple-procedure reduction. Modifier 50 is inappropriate for this service. Assistant-at-surgery payment requires documented medical necessity; co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted.
CMS billing rules for 33894
- Global period
- Minor procedure with a 0-day global period: same-day preoperative and postoperative care is 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 is paid only with documentation of medical necessity.
- Co-surgeons
- Co-surgeons not permitted.
- Team surgery
- Team surgery not permitted.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU17.81 · 70%
- Practice expense (office) RVU3.32 · 13%
- Malpractice RVU4.26 · 17%
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.
33894 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Georgia, from the same CMS release.
No office rate
33880 describes standard thoracic endograft repair without coverage of the left subclavian origin, rather than repair with a branched graft involving one branch vessel.
No office rate
33881 describes standard thoracic endograft repair involving coverage of the left subclavian origin; 33894 is selected for the one-branch branched-endograft configuration.
No office rate
33882 describes thoracic endovascular repair using a multiple-component system, not the one-branch branched-endograft service reported with 33894.
Compare 33894 by payment locality
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2 of 2 payment localities
Atlanta →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$880.21
Rest Of Georgia →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$863.39
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33894 billing questions
How is 33894 distinguished from 33895?
33894 is for a branched endograft repair involving one branch vessel. Use 33895 for the sibling configuration involving two branch vessels.
Are radiological supervision and interpretation separately reported?
No. The associated radiological supervision and interpretation are included in this repair.
Can modifier 50 be used?
No. The CMS bilateral adjustment does not apply to this service, and modifier 50 is inappropriate.
What supports reporting 33894?
The operative report should describe the descending thoracic aortic or arch repair and establish that the branched endograft involves one branch vessel.
How are other same-session procedures paid?
The highest-valued procedure is paid in full; other procedures performed in the same session are subject to the standard multiple-procedure reduction.
Can an assistant or co-surgeon be reported?
Assistant-at-surgery payment requires documentation of medical necessity. Co-surgeons and team surgery are 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.
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