No office rate
Use 35601 for a common-carotid-to-same-side-internal-carotid route. Code 35602 describes a bypass connecting carotid arteries across sides.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
35601 Carotid bypass Medicare reimbursement rates in New Jersey
Open bypass from the common carotid artery to the same-side internal carotid artery restores flow around a segment requiring vascular reconstruction. Compare 35601 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in New Jersey.
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 35601 in New Jersey?
New Jersey 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
$1341.27–$1365.88
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 35601: Common-to-internal carotid bypass graft
Open bypass from the common carotid artery to the same-side internal carotid artery restores flow around a segment requiring vascular reconstruction.
This open arterial reconstruction creates a graft route from the common carotid artery to the internal carotid artery on the same side. It restores blood flow past a segment that cannot carry blood adequately or must be bypassed during vascular reconstruction. Vascular surgeons typically perform the operation in an operating room. The operative report should identify the inflow artery, outflow artery, graft, and completed route.
Report 35601 when the documented bypass runs from the common carotid to the ipsilateral internal carotid; select the code by the anatomic endpoints, not the diagnosis alone. CMS assigns a 90-day global period, including the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care. In a same-session multiple-procedure claim, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures at 50%. Bilateral performance with modifier 50 is paid at 150%. An assistant at surgery may be paid; co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation, and team surgery is not permitted.
CMS billing rules for 35601
- 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 procedure with modifier 50 is paid at 150%.
- Assistant at surgery
- Assistant at surgery may be paid.
- Co-surgeons
- Co-surgeons paid only with supporting documentation.
- Team surgery
- Team surgery not permitted.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU26.41 · 70%
- Practice expense (office) RVU4.80 · 13%
- Malpractice RVU6.79 · 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.
35601 compared with similar codes
Office rates for New Jersey, from the same CMS release.
No office rate
35606 ends at the subclavian artery. Choose 35601 when the documented outflow is the ipsilateral internal carotid artery.
No office rate
35642 uses the vertebral artery as the distal target; 35601 uses the ipsilateral internal carotid artery.
Compare 35601 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
Northern Nj →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$1365.88
Rest Of New Jersey →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$1341.27
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35601 billing questions
How does 35601 differ from 35602?
35601 describes a bypass from the common carotid to the ipsilateral internal carotid. Code 35602 describes a carotid-to-contralateral-carotid bypass.
Which anatomic details should the operative note support?
Document the common carotid inflow, the same-side internal carotid outflow, and the graft route. The operative description should make the bypass endpoints clear.
What postoperative care is included?
The 90-day global includes the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care.
How is 35601 paid when other procedures occur in the same session?
The highest-valued procedure is paid in full, and other procedures are paid at 50%. For bilateral performance, modifier 50 is paid at 150%.
Can an assistant or co-surgeon be reported?
An assistant at surgery may be paid. Co-surgeons are paid only with supporting documentation; team surgery is 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.
4,36835585,,Vein byp fem-tibial peroneal,A,,31.54,5.55,NA,5.55,,8.06,45.15,45.15,0,090,0.09,0.84,0.07,2,1,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
4,36935587,,Vein byp pop-tibl peroneal,A,,25.55,4.22,NA,4.22,,6.53,36.30,36.30,0,090,0.09,0.84,0.07,2,1,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
4,37035600,,Open hrv uxtr art 1 sgm cab,A,,3.50,0.70,NA,0.70,,0.86,5.06,5.06,0,ZZZ,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
4,37135601,,Bpg com crtd-ipsi int crtd,A,,26.41,4.80,NA,4.80,,6.79,38.00,38.00,0,090,0.09,0.84,0.07,2,1,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
4,37235602,,Bpg crtd-clat crtd,A,,23.53,5.13,NA,5.13,,5.95,34.61,34.61,0,090,0.09,0.84,0.07,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
4,37335606,,Bpg carotid-subclavian,A,,21.90,4.41,NA,4.41,,5.57,31.88,31.88,0,090,0.09,0.84,0.07,2,1,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
4,37435612,,Bpg subclavian-subclavian,A,,19.84,3.64,NA,3.64,,5.06,28.54,28.54,0,090,0.09,0.84,0.07,2,1,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00