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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01

33510 Coronary bypass Medicare reimbursement rates in Minnesota

Report this code for coronary artery bypass surgery using one venous graft to bypass one coronary target, without an arterial bypass graft. Compare 33510 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Minnesota.

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 33510 in Minnesota?

Minnesota has 1 payment locality in this comparison. Use the service location to choose the applicable amount. These are the supported base rates for the payment area shown below, using the same CMS release.

Office / nonfacility

No supported rate

Facility setting

$1629.33

1 of 1 localities have a supported rate.

Payment area: Minnesota

One mapped payment locality.

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.

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Cardiac surgery

About 33510: Single venous coronary bypass graft

Report this code for coronary artery bypass surgery using one venous graft to bypass one coronary target, without an arterial bypass graft.

A cardiac surgeon uses a vein conduit, commonly the saphenous vein, to route blood around a blocked coronary artery. This code describes a bypass using one venous graft to one coronary target. The operation is performed in a cardiac operating room, usually in a hospital; the code identifies the graft configuration rather than whether the operation is performed on or off pump.

Select the code from the operative report’s account of the conduit type and number of coronary targets bypassed. A single venous graft supports this code; two or more venous grafts point to higher-count codes in the same series. The 90-day global period includes the day-before preoperative visit and related postoperative care during the 90 days after surgery. When multiple procedures occur in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and others at 50%. Assistant-at-surgery payment may be made; co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted. Modifier 50 is inappropriate for this descriptor and anatomy.

CMS billing rules for 33510

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 not permitted.
Team surgery
Team surgery not permitted.

Where the value comes from

  • Work RVU34.11 · 63%
  • Practice expense (office) RVU11.85 · 22%
  • Malpractice RVU8.37 · 15%

2.5K

Medicare services in 2024 · #2285 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.

33510 compared with similar codes

Office rates for Minnesota, from the same CMS release.

33511

Coronary bypass

Two venous grafts

No office rate

Use 33510 for one venous bypass graft and 33511 for two. The operative report’s graft count distinguishes them.

33517

Combined CABG

One venous graft

No office rate

Use 33517 for the venous portion of a mixed arterial-and-venous CABG configuration; 33510 describes a vein-only configuration.

33533

Arterial CABG

Single arterial graft

No office rate

33533 describes a single arterial bypass graft. This code describes a single venous bypass graft.

33508

Vein harvest

Endoscopic technique

No office rate

33508 identifies endoscopic vein harvesting, not the coronary bypass itself. This code reports the single venous bypass graft.

Compare 33510 by payment locality

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1 of 1 payment localities

Office and facility base rates · shared scale starting at $0

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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 33510 in Minnesota.

PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv

3,983

Code
33510
Physician work
34.11
Practice expense
11.85
Malpractice
8.37

GPCI2026.csv

66

Locality
Minnesota
Physician work
1.000
Practice expense
1.029
Malpractice
0.296
Facility calculation for 33510 in Minnesota
ComponentRVULocality factorAdjusted
Physician work34.11× 1.00034.1100
Practice expense11.85× 1.02912.1936
Malpractice8.37× 0.2962.4775
Total RVUs48.7812
Conversion factor× 33.4009

Facility rate, Minnesota$1629.33

Explore RVUs, geographic factors and the full formula

Facility

Facility calculation inputs
ComponentRVULocal GPCI
Work34.111
Practice expense11.851.029
Malpractice8.370.296

(34.11 × 1 + 11.85 × 1.029 + 8.37 × 0.296) × $33.4009 = $1629.33

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.

33510 billing questions

How is this code distinguished from 33511?

This code represents one venous coronary bypass graft. Code 33511 represents two venous grafts; use the operative report’s documented graft count.

Does the number of harvested veins determine the code?

Choose the CABG code based on the bypass graft configuration and coronary targets documented in the operative report, not simply the amount of vein harvested.

Can vein harvesting be reported separately?

Endoscopic vein harvesting has a separate code, 33508. The operative documentation should identify the harvesting method and the CABG procedure performed.

Can modifier 50 be used for a bypass on both sides?

No. Bilateral adjustment is inappropriate for this descriptor and anatomy.

How are multiple procedures and postoperative visits handled?

The 90-day global period includes the day-before preoperative visit and related postoperative care. For multiple procedures in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and others at 50%.

May an assistant or co-surgeon be reported?

Assistant-at-surgery payment may be made. Co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted for this code.

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.

RVUs for 33510PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv, line 3,983 (RVU26D)
Geographic factors for MinnesotaGPCI2026.csv, line 66 (RVU26D)
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