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CPT 01170 Medicare anesthesia rate

Priced using anesthesia methodology

01170 · PFS Q3 2024 · Historical

Illustrative example

~$291.34

Source

Formula

(base_units + time_units) × anesthesia_cf

Localis calculated this from CMS’s published inputs. Select an underlined value to see where it comes from.

base_units
8
time_units
6
anesthesia_cf
20.81
amount
$291.34

time_units = time_minutes / 15, rounded to one decimal place.

The anesthesia conversion factor is CMS's published locality-adjusted value.

Citations

90-minute example case in Dallas, TX

Anesthesia has no single national rate—payment is (base units + time units) × the locality's anesthesia conversion factor. This example is before sequestration. Enter the service-location ZIP and case length for a local estimate.

Base units 8—set by CMS for this code and the same in every locality. One time unit is 15 minutes, rounded to one decimal, so a 90-minute case adds 6 time units.

View CMS source and method

Amount evidence: base units, time units, and the locality conversion factor, shown in the estimate. The PFS row shows this code is priced as anesthesia.

Inspect PFS status evidence
Code
01170
Release
Q3 2024, revision 1
Result
Priced using anesthesia methodology

Citations

  • Shows this code’s PFS status (J). Result: Priced using anesthesia methodology.

    Physician relative value file (PPRRVU)CMS RVU24CJuly 1 – September 30, 2024

    This PFS record alone does not establish a $0 allowance or a coverage determination. Any amount from another schedule needs its own evidence.

    PPRRVU24_JUL.csv row 6,071 in rvu24c-updated-09-09-2024.zip

    In the CMS file

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    Download rvu24c-updated-09-09-2024.zip from CMS File fingerprint 63e2b9617ccd91e8ad68d5f23a0ae26a106d0cdfdf6390631fbac7b7e0513df1

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CPT 01170 is an anesthesia code, so Medicare has no single national rate: payment is (base units + time units) × the locality's anesthesia conversion factor—for example, about $291.34 for a 90-minute case in Dallas, TX under the Q3 2024 release, before sequestration.

Why is there no national PFS amount for 01170?

Its status indicator is J (anesthesia). Medicare prices this under the anesthesia formula—(base units + time units) × the locality anesthesia conversion factor—not the standard RVU formula. Choose a locality to see that factor.

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CMS's surgical and split-billing indicators don't adjust 01170's amount.

CMS RVU24CJuly 1 – September 30, 2024

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This code

01170

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The PFS file shows this code is priced as anesthesia. The estimate uses the base units, case length, and locality conversion factor shown beside it.

  1. 01 PPRRVU24_JUL.csv · Q3 2024 (RVU24C) · row 6,071—priced as anesthesia
    Source
    Physician relative value file (PPRRVU), Q3 2024 release
    Effective
    July 1 – September 30, 2024
    Locator
    PPRRVU24_JUL.csv in rvu24c-updated-09-09-2024.zip · row 6,071 of 18,664 · via CMS
    Fields read
    Status J (col 4)
    SHA-256 63e2b9617ccd91e8…
  2. 02 Physician & Other Practitioners · CY2024—volume and who bills it limits
    Source
    CMS Physician & Other Practitioners dataset
    Effective
    Calendar-year snapshot, on a different cycle from the Q3 2024 fee schedule
    Doesn’t establish
    Medicare Advantage, Medicaid or commercial volume.
    Note
    The dataset suppresses rows under 11 beneficiaries.

Cite this rate

CPT 01170 National PFS baseline: No national PFS rate (Q3 2024; participating physician; whole service; GPCI 1.000; sequestration excluded). CMS RVU24C, PPRRVU24_JUL.csv row 6,071. Localis. https://localishealth.com/cpt/01170/2024/C

Past releases are never edited, so the citation stays checkable after CMS publishes a newer one. Methodology · Plain-text summary · JSON

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When does this rate change?

CMS publishes a fee schedule release every quarter (January, April, July, October), and each is versioned here. See what changed each release, or get an email when a new release moves rates.

Sources: CMS Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Relative Value Files.

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In CY2024, 01170 ranked #3,520 of the 7,879 CPT codes billed to Medicare that year, by patients served or total allowed dollars.

Services
2,898
Allowed
$670,008
Beneficiaries
2,042

CY2024 Medicare fee-for-service, from the CMS Physician & Other Practitioners dataset (limits). Localis groups related codes for payment research; the grouping isn't the AMA's code families.