CPT 00634: Anesthesia for Thoracic Spine and Cord Procedures
Commercial payers pay $1321 on average nationally for this procedure.
CPT code 00634 describes anesthesia services for procedures on the thoracic spine and spinal cord, typically provided as general or regional anesthesia for operative spine interventions; the service type is anesthesia for thoracic spine/cord procedures and the typical site of service is an inpatient or outpatient surgical suite where thoracic spine surgeries are performed.
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National Reimbursement Benchmarks
National commercial rates for CPT 00634 cluster around a mean of $1,320.50 for BUCA (average commercial), with Cigna showing a similar central tendency (median $1,352.00; mean $1,320.50). Cigna’s min and max span $889.40 to $1,612.10, indicating there are lower outliers as well as upper-end contracts relative to the BUCA average.
Dispersion measured by the interquartile range (P75 minus P25) is $175.60 for both BUCA and Cigna (P75 $1,454.50 minus P25 $1,279.90). Given identical IQRs, neither payer is meaningfully tighter or wider on the middle 50% of rates; however, Cigna’s wider overall spread (min to max) signals greater tail variability compared with the BUCA average.