No office rate
Both bypass to the vertebral artery using a non-vein conduit. Choose by the documented donor artery: carotid for 35642, subclavian for 35645.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
35645 Arterial bypass Medicare reimbursement rates in New Jersey
Open bypass using a non-vein conduit from the subclavian artery to the vertebral artery to restore blood flow in selected vascular disease. Compare 35645 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 35645 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
$913.50–$930.37
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 35645: Subclavian-to-vertebral artery bypass
Open bypass using a non-vein conduit from the subclavian artery to the vertebral artery to restore blood flow in selected vascular disease.
This open operation creates a route for blood from the subclavian artery into the vertebral artery using a conduit other than vein. Vascular surgeons may perform it when vertebral artery flow needs surgical restoration, including selected cases of impaired circulation to the posterior brain. The operation typically requires exposure in the neck and upper chest and is performed in an operating room.
Report this code when the documented donor and recipient vessels are the subclavian and vertebral arteries and the conduit is not vein. The operative report should establish the bypass anatomy, conduit, side, and clinical indication. The CMS 90-day global period includes the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care. For multiple procedures in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and others at 50%. Bilateral reporting with modifier 50 is paid at 150%. Assistant-at-surgery payment may be made; co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation, and team-surgery payment is not permitted.
CMS billing rules for 35645
- 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 RVU17.97 · 69%
- Practice expense (office) RVU3.31 · 13%
- Malpractice RVU4.60 · 18%
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.
35645 compared with similar codes
Office rates for New Jersey, from the same CMS release.
No office rate
Both involve a subclavian donor artery and a non-vein conduit, but 35612 ends at the opposite subclavian artery rather than the vertebral artery.
Compare 35645 by payment locality
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2 of 2 payment localities
Northern Nj →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$930.37
Rest Of New Jersey →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$913.50
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35645 billing questions
How does this differ from 35545?
Both codes describe a subclavian-to-vertebral bypass, but 35545 is for a vein conduit. Use 35645 when the conduit is other than vein.
When would 35642 be considered instead?
35642 describes a carotid-to-vertebral bypass. The donor artery documented in the operative report distinguishes it from this subclavian-origin bypass.
Are the anastomoses or surgical exposure separately represented?
The reported service is the completed bypass between the named arteries. Do not treat its component steps as separate bypasses.
How is bilateral reporting handled?
When the procedure is performed bilaterally, CMS lists modifier 50 payment at 150%. The record should support the work on both sides.
Can an assistant surgeon or co-surgeon be reported?
Assistant-at-surgery payment may be made. Co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation; team-surgery payment is not permitted under the listed CMS rules.
What postoperative care falls within the global period?
The 90-day global period includes the day-before preoperative visit and related postoperative care during the 90 days after surgery.
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.
4,38435637,,Bpg aortoiliac,A,,32.22,4.67,NA,4.67,,8.25,45.14,45.14,0,090,0.09,0.84,0.07,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
4,38535638,,Bpg aortobi-iliac,A,,32.76,6.30,NA,6.30,,8.28,47.34,47.34,0,090,0.09,0.84,0.07,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
4,38635642,,Bpg carotid-vertebral,A,,18.47,3.90,NA,3.90,,4.72,27.09,27.09,0,090,0.09,0.84,0.07,2,1,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
4,38735645,,Bpg subclavian-vertebral,A,,17.97,3.31,NA,3.31,,4.60,25.88,25.88,0,090,0.09,0.84,0.07,2,1,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
4,38835646,,Bpg aortobifemoral,A,,32.16,5.87,NA,5.87,,8.17,46.20,46.20,0,090,0.09,0.84,0.07,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
4,38935647,,Bpg aortofemoral,A,,28.99,4.28,NA,4.28,,7.42,40.69,40.69,0,090,0.09,0.84,0.07,2,1,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
4,39035650,,Bpg axillary-axillary,A,,19.66,3.20,NA,3.20,,5.02,27.88,27.88,0,090,0.09,0.84,0.07,2,1,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00