# CPT 01230

> CPT 01230 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 $316.24 for a 120-minute case in Dallas, TX under the Q3 2014 release, before sequestration.

## What it is

Anesthesia care for open operations on the upper portion of the femur, the long thigh bone, above the level of the knee. Much of this work is fracture repair in older patients, fixing a broken upper femur with a rod, plate or screws. It is separated from the hip-joint anesthesia codes by the fact that the surgery is on the shaft and upper bone itself rather than a joint replacement.

## Selected release

- Release: Q3 2014 (2014 C)
- Effective: July 1 – September 30, 2014
- Status indicator: J
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: not published
- Facility national allowed amount: not published
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: not published
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: not published
- Facility practice expense RVU: not published
- Malpractice RVU: not published
- Conversion factor: 35.8228
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q3 2014)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu14c.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU14_V0515.csv, row 4,301
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/01230/2014/C
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/01230/2014/C
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:05:22+00:00