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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01

37278 Stent and atherectomy Medicare reimbursement rates in Wyoming

Reports stent placement with atherectomy in each additional complex femoral or popliteal artery treated during endovascular revascularization. Compare 37278 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Wyoming.

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 37278 in Wyoming?

Wyoming 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

$3862.45

1 of 1 localities have a supported rate.

Payment area: Wyoming**

One mapped payment locality.

Facility setting

$259.16

1 of 1 localities have a supported rate.

Payment area: Wyoming**

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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Endovascular revascularization

About 37278: Complex femoral-popliteal stent and atherectomy, additional artery

Reports stent placement with atherectomy in each additional complex femoral or popliteal artery treated during endovascular revascularization.

This add-on represents treatment of an additional femoral or popliteal artery with both atherectomy and stent placement when the intervention meets the complex classification. The service is typically performed by an interventional radiologist, vascular surgeon, or other physician qualified to perform endovascular lower-extremity revascularization in an angiography suite or operating room. Code selection follows the treated arterial territory, the intervention performed, whether the artery is classified as complex, and whether it is the first or an additional artery treated.

Report this code with the applicable primary revascularization code; 37277 represents the first complex femoral-popliteal artery treated with stenting and atherectomy. The operative report should identify each treated artery, the intervention performed, and the basis for complex classification. CMS treats this as an add-on paid within the primary procedure’s global period. When the procedure is bilateral and modifier 50 is reported, CMS pays 150% of the applicable amount.

CMS billing rules for 37278

Global period
Add-on code: billed only together with a primary procedure and paid within that procedure's global period.
Bilateral procedures
Bilateral procedure with modifier 50 is paid at 150%.

Where the value comes from

  • Work RVU6.00 · 5%
  • Practice expense (office) RVU108.64 · 94%
  • Malpractice RVU1.35 · 1%

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.

37278 compared with similar codes

Office rates for Wyoming, from the same CMS release.

37277

Peripheral revascularization

Complex, initial vessel

$15,391.25

37277 reports the first complex femoral-popliteal artery treated with stenting and atherectomy; 37278 reports each additional artery treated with that combination.

37276

Peripheral revascularization

Simple, each additional vessel

$3,450.15

Both codes address additional arteries treated with stenting and atherectomy, but 37276 is for straightforward interventions and 37278 is for complex interventions.

37274

Atherectomy

Complex, additional vessel

$2,476.02

37274 is for complex atherectomy in an additional femoral-popliteal artery without the stent-and-atherectomy combination represented by 37278.

37270

Arterial stenting

Complex, each additional vessel

$3,485.32

37270 is for complex stenting in an additional femoral-popliteal artery without the stent-and-atherectomy combination represented by 37278.

Compare 37278 by payment locality

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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 37278 in Wyoming**.

PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv

4,638

Code
37278
Physician work
6.00
Practice expense
108.64
Malpractice
1.35

GPCI2026.csv

112

Locality
Wyoming**
Physician work
1.000
Practice expense
1.000
Malpractice
0.740
Office / nonfacility calculation for 37278 in Wyoming**
ComponentRVULocality factorAdjusted
Physician work6.00× 1.0006.0000
Practice expense108.64× 1.000108.6400
Malpractice1.35× 0.7400.9990
Total RVUs115.6390
Conversion factor× 33.4009

Office / nonfacility rate, Wyoming**$3862.45

Values as parsed from CMS release RVU26D, effective 2026-10-01. The amount is rounded to the nearest cent only at the end.
Explore RVUs, geographic factors and the full formula

Office / nonfacility

Office / nonfacility calculation inputs
ComponentRVULocal GPCI
Work61
Practice expense108.641
Malpractice1.350.74

(6 × 1 + 108.64 × 1 + 1.35 × 0.74) × $33.4009 = $3862.45

Facility

Facility calculation inputs
ComponentRVULocal GPCI
Work61
Practice expense0.761
Malpractice1.350.74

(6 × 1 + 0.76 × 1 + 1.35 × 0.74) × $33.4009 = $259.16

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.

37278 billing questions

When is 37278 reported instead of 37277?

Use 37277 for the first complex femoral-popliteal artery treated with stenting and atherectomy. Report 37278 for each additional artery treated with that same combination and classification.

Can 37278 be billed by itself?

No. It is an add-on code and must accompany an applicable primary revascularization procedure.

What documentation supports 37278?

Document the femoral or popliteal artery treated, the use of both atherectomy and a stent, and the findings that support classifying the intervention as complex.

How does CMS handle bilateral reporting?

For a bilateral procedure reported with modifier 50, CMS pays 150% of the applicable amount.

Is payment for 37278 outside the primary procedure's global period?

No. CMS identifies 37278 as an add-on code paid within the primary procedure's global period.

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 37278PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv, line 4,638 (RVU26D)
Geographic factors for Wyoming**GPCI2026.csv, line 112 (RVU26D)