$1,974.21–$2,222.14
Use 37191 to place a vena cava filter. Use this code when the filter is retrieved.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
37193 Filter retrieval Medicare reimbursement rates in Massachusetts
Reports catheter-based retrieval of an intravascular vena cava filter, including the imaging and catheter work integral to removing it. Compare 37193 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Massachusetts.
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 37193 in Massachusetts?
Massachusetts 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
$1469.33–$1639.93
2 of 2 localities have a supported rate.
Facility setting
$300.25–$314.29
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 intervention
About 37193: Endovascular vena cava filter retrieval
Reports catheter-based retrieval of an intravascular vena cava filter, including the imaging and catheter work integral to removing it.
This service covers catheter-based retrieval of an intravascular vena cava filter. The physician gains vascular access, guides a catheter to the filter, and uses retrieval tools such as a snare to remove it. Interventional radiologists and vascular specialists commonly perform the procedure in a hospital or outpatient procedural suite, often using fluoroscopic imaging and venography to locate the filter and confirm removal.
Report this code for removal of the filter itself, not its placement or repositioning. Documentation should identify the filter, the retrieval approach, and the work performed to capture and remove it. Catheter placement, venography, imaging guidance, and radiological supervision and interpretation are included in the retrieval service. The procedure has a 0-day global period, so same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included. For multiple procedures in one session, Medicare pays the highest-valued procedure in full and other procedures at 50%. Modifier 50 is not appropriate for this single-filter retrieval. Medicare does not pay an assistant at surgery; co-surgeon and team-surgery billing are not permitted.
CMS billing rules for 37193
- 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
- Statutory restriction: assistant at surgery is not paid.
- Co-surgeons
- Co-surgeons not permitted.
- Team surgery
- Team surgery not permitted.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU6.92 · 16%
- Practice expense (office) RVU34.29 · 81%
- Malpractice RVU1.07 · 3%
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Medicare services in 2024 · #1815 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.
37193 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Massachusetts, from the same CMS release.
$1,236.23–$1,375.29
Use 37192 when the filter is repositioned or adjusted and remains in the patient. This code is for removal.
$1,541.04–$1,725.05
37197 addresses removal of an intravascular foreign body other than a vena cava filter; this code specifically describes filter retrieval.
Compare 37193 by payment locality
Find the payment area for your service address, then open its rate page for calculation inputs, release history and the percentage-of-Medicare tool. A city may cross payment-area boundaries; the ZIP lookup above helps resolve the location.
2 of 2 payment localities
Metropolitan Boston →
Office / nonfacility
$1639.93
Facility
$314.29
Rest Of Massachusetts →
Office / nonfacility
$1469.33
Facility
$300.25
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37193 billing questions
How is retrieval different from filter repositioning?
Use this code when the filter is removed. Code 37192 describes endovascular repositioning or another adjustment that leaves the filter in place.
Are venography and imaging guidance separately reported?
They are included in the filter retrieval service, along with the catheter work integral to removal.
Is modifier 50 appropriate for retrieving a vena cava filter?
No. The service concerns a single vena cava filter, and modifier 50 is not appropriate.
How does Medicare handle another procedure performed in the same session?
The highest-valued procedure is paid in full, and other procedures in that session are paid at 50% under the multiple procedure reduction.
Can an assistant or co-surgeon be reported?
Medicare does not pay an assistant at surgery for this code. Co-surgeon and team-surgery billing are not permitted.
What documentation supports reporting filter retrieval?
Document that the device was a vena cava filter and describe the catheter-based steps and work used to capture and remove it.
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.
4,58337188,,Ven mechnl thrmbc repeat tx,A,,5.32,34.86,,1.12,,1.06,41.24,7.50,0,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,1,1,2,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
4,58437191,,Ins endovas vena cava filtr,A,,4.35,51.45,,0.73,,0.64,56.44,5.72,0,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,0,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
4,58537192,,Redo endovas vena cava filtr,A,,6.92,27.14,,0.64,,1.76,35.82,9.32,0,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,0,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
4,58637193,,Rem endovas vena cava filter,A,,6.92,34.29,,1.05,,1.07,42.28,9.04,0,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,0,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
4,58737195,,Thrombolytic therapy stroke,C,,0.00,0.00,,0.00,,0.00,0.00,0.00,5,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
4,58837197,,Remove intrvas foreign body,A,,5.89,37.33,,0.97,,1.06,44.28,7.92,0,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
4,58937200,,Transcatheter biopsy,A,,4.44,0.62,NA,0.62,,0.48,5.54,5.54,0,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,0,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00