CPT 01215
Priced using anesthesia methodology
01215 · PFS Q1 2013 · Historical
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CPT 01215 is an anesthesia code, so Medicare has no single national rate: payment is (base units + time units) × the locality's anesthesia conversion factor, so the amount varies by locality and case length (Q1 2013 release).
Amount evidence: base units, time units, and locality conversion factor in the estimate. The PFS row establishes the anesthesia pricing pathway.
Inspect PFS status evidence
- Code
- 01215
- Release
- Q1 2013, revision 2
- Result
- Priced using anesthesia methodology
Citations
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Establishes the PFS status (J) and the resulting pathway for this code: priced using anesthesia methodology.
Physician relative value file (PPRRVU)Q1 2013 · revision 2
Latest revision of this release
Release period: January 1 – March 31, 2013
This PFS record alone does not establish a $0 allowance or a coverage determination. Any amount from another schedule needs its own evidence.
Record details
PPRRVU13_V1226_UP0.csv in rvu13ar.zip (row 4,121)- hcpcs (col 1)
- 01215
- modifier (col 2)
- blank
- status_code (col 4)
- J
SHA-256: 79b1988bb9cbab6a61634b6463d26ce88cca431c3e36fa3b73792f29882d95b4
Why is there no national PFS amount for 01215?
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. Ask for a locality to see that factor. Anesthesia code: paid via base + time units × a separate anesthesia conversion factor, not the standard PFS RVU formula. Supply a locality (and time_minutes for a specific amount) to compute it.
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Other payment indicators (10)
Facility/non-facility: Not determined, Professional/technical component: Does not apply, Bilateral adjustment: Does not apply, Multiple-procedure reduction: Does not apply, Assistant/co-surgeon treatment: Does not apply, Global surgery: Does not apply, NCCI same-day edits: Not determined, MUE behavior: Not determined, Other fee-schedule routing: Does not apply, Contractor pricing: Does not apply.
Can you bill it with another code? Copy link
Enter a second CPT or HCPCS code billed on the same date of service. We'll check the current NCCI procedure-to-procedure edit between it and 01215.
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.
How often 01215 is billed Copy link
Across Original Medicare in CY2024, 01215 ranked #1,265 of the 7,879 CPT codes billed to Medicare that year, by patients served or total allowed dollars. It repeats: a patient billed for it in 2024 was billed 1.7 times on average that year.
2024 Medicare fee-for-service national totals. They exclude Medicare Advantage, Medicaid and commercial volume, so real-world use runs higher. This is a calendar-year snapshot from the CMS Physician & Other Practitioners dataset, on a different cycle from the Q1 2013 fee schedule above.
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The anesthesia estimate uses the base units, case length, and locality conversion factor identified beside that estimate. The PFS file establishes the pricing pathway. Releases are immutable: historical evidence remains tied to the specified release. Our methodology covers the depth: sourcing, parsing, versioning, and how we cross-check claims before they ship.
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Cite this rate
This citation identifies the source release, so its evidence remains reproducible after a newer release lands.
CPT 01215 National PFS baseline: No national PFS rate (Q1 2013; participating; whole service; GPCI 1.000; sequestration excluded). Localis. https://localishealth.com/cpt/01215/2013/A