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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01

34711 Endograft extension Medicare reimbursement rates in Nebraska

Reports delayed placement of an endograft extension in each additional vessel after endovascular repair of an aortic or iliac aneurysm, pseudoaneurysm, or dissection. Compare 34711 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Nebraska.

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 34711 in Nebraska?

Nebraska 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

$232.33

1 of 1 localities have a supported rate.

Payment area: Nebraska

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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Vascular surgery

About 34711: Delayed additional-vessel endograft extension

Reports delayed placement of an endograft extension in each additional vessel after endovascular repair of an aortic or iliac aneurysm, pseudoaneurysm, or dissection.

This code captures delayed placement of an additional proximal or distal endograft extension in a vessel after an endovascular aortic or iliac repair. The intervention extends the existing repair when another vessel requires an extension; it is not the code for an extension placed during the initial repair. Vascular surgeons and endovascular specialists typically perform the procedure in an operating room or hybrid suite, using imaging to guide device placement.

Report 34711 for each additional vessel beyond the first vessel represented by 34710. The record should identify the prior repair, the vessels treated, the delayed extension placement, and which vessel is the first versus each additional vessel. As an add-on code, 34711 must be billed with a primary procedure and is paid within that procedure's global period. The code cannot stand alone; pair it with the applicable primary procedure and the first-vessel code when multiple vessels are treated.

CMS billing rules for 34711

Global period
Add-on code: billed only together with a primary procedure and paid within that procedure's global period.

Where the value comes from

  • Work RVU5.85 · 74%
  • Practice expense (office) RVU0.60 · 8%
  • Malpractice RVU1.46 · 18%

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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.

34711 compared with similar codes

Office rates for Nebraska, from the same CMS release.

34710

Graft extension

Delayed, initial vessel

No office rate

34710 represents delayed extension placement in the first vessel; 34711 reports each additional vessel.

34709

Endograft extension

During initial repair

No office rate

Use 34709 for extension placement during the initial endovascular repair. Use 34711 for an additional vessel when extension placement is delayed.

34701

Aortic endograft repair

Aorto-aortic tube graft

No office rate

34701 reports the aorto-aortic endovascular repair itself. It does not identify delayed extension placement in an additional vessel.

Compare 34711 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 34711 in Nebraska.

PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv

4,213

Code
34711
Physician work
5.85
Practice expense
0.60
Malpractice
1.46

GPCI2026.csv

72

Locality
Nebraska
Physician work
1.000
Practice expense
0.923
Malpractice
0.378
Facility calculation for 34711 in Nebraska
ComponentRVULocality factorAdjusted
Physician work5.85× 1.0005.8500
Practice expense0.60× 0.9230.5538
Malpractice1.46× 0.3780.5519
Total RVUs6.9557
Conversion factor× 33.4009

Facility rate, Nebraska$232.33

Values as parsed from CMS release RVU26D, effective 2026-10-01. The amount is rounded to the nearest cent only at the end.
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Facility

Facility calculation inputs
ComponentRVULocal GPCI
Work5.851
Practice expense0.60.923
Malpractice1.460.378

(5.85 × 1 + 0.6 × 0.923 + 1.46 × 0.378) × $33.4009 = $232.33

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.

34711 billing questions

How does 34711 differ from 34710?

34710 represents delayed extension placement in the first vessel. Use 34711 for each additional vessel treated.

Can 34711 be billed by itself?

No. It is an add-on code and must be reported with a primary procedure. When more than one vessel is treated, report 34710 for the first vessel and 34711 for each additional vessel.

How is 34711 distinguished from 34709?

34711 describes delayed extension placement after the initial endovascular repair. 34709 is for extension placement as part of the endovascular repair itself.

What documentation supports additional units?

Document the vessels treated and the extension placed in each. The record should make clear which vessel is represented by 34710 and which additional vessel or vessels support 34711.

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 34711PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv, line 4,213 (RVU26D)
Geographic factors for NebraskaGPCI2026.csv, line 72 (RVU26D)