{
    "code": "33533",
    "coding_system": "CPT",
    "canonical_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/33533/2021/A",
    "release_specific_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/33533/2021/C",
    "description": "Open-heart surgery that reroutes blood around a blocked coronary artery using an artery as the new channel, most often the internal mammary artery running inside the chest wall, which is detached at one end and sewn onto the coronary vessel past the blockage. This entry is for one arterial graft; companion codes describe two, three, or four or more arterial grafts in the same operation. Arterial conduits are favored over leg-vein grafts because they tend to stay open for far longer.",
    "answer": {
        "question": "How much did Medicare pay for CPT 33533 in Q3 2021?",
        "text": "Medicare paid $1,908.30 for CPT 33533 in the office (non-facility) setting and $1,908.30 in a facility under the Q3 2021 Physician Fee Schedule, effective July 2021. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment. This price has been unchanged since Q1 2021, when it decreased 2.4%."
    },
    "release": {
        "schedule": "pfs",
        "year": 2021,
        "quarter": "C",
        "label": "Q3 2021",
        "effective": "July 1 – September 30, 2021",
        "revision": 1
    },
    "status": {
        "code": "A",
        "non_facility_payable": true,
        "facility_payable": true
    },
    "national_rates_usd": {
        "office_non_facility": 1908.3,
        "facility": 1908.3,
        "sequestration_applied": false,
        "gpci": 1
    },
    "rvus": {
        "work": 33.75,
        "practice_expense_non_facility": 13.23,
        "practice_expense_facility": 13.23,
        "malpractice": 7.71
    },
    "formula": "(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor",
    "conversion_factor": 34.8931,
    "source": {
        "label": "Physician relative value file (Q3 2021)",
        "cms_url": "https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/rvu21c-updated-6302021.zip",
        "local_source_url": "https://localishealth.com/sources/physician-fee-schedule/2021/C",
        "file": "PPRRVU21_JUL.csv",
        "row": 8501,
        "sha256": "ee14b5306942acfe4554d2d7cf3fe95d7b1a0f41fc7a0445bc2d06df857dd7b6"
    },
    "modified_at": "2026-08-04T03:10:45+00:00"
}