# CPT 01486

> CPT 01486 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 $265.72 for a 90-minute case in Dallas, TX under the Q4 2026 release, before sequestration.

## Selected release

- Release: Q4 2026 (2026 D)
- Effective: October 1 – December 31, 2026
- 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: 33.4009
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## NCCI edits

- Never-billable pair count: 143
- Modifier-allowed pair count: 162
- MUE units per patient per date of service: not published
- Complete list: https://localishealth.com/cpt/01486/ncci-edits.txt

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q4 2026)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/rvu26d-updated-08-26-2026.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv, row 232
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/01486
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/01486/2026/D
- Last significant update: 2026-09-01T06:33:29+00:00