CPT 00770: Anesthesia for Major Abdominal Vascular Procedures
Commercial payers pay $72 on average nationally for this procedure.
CPT code 00770 describes anesthesia services provided for surgical procedures on major abdominal blood vessels (for example embolectomy, thrombectomy, aneurysm repair, bypass grafting, or venous anastomosis); the service type is anesthesia for major vascular abdominal procedures and the typical site of service is an inpatient or hospital operating room where open or complex endovascular vascular surgery is performed.
For related coverage guidance, see recent payer policy updates: Intravenous Anesthetics for the Treatment of Chronic Pain and Psychiatric or Substance Use Disorders, Intravenous Anesthetics for the Treatment of Chronic Pain and Psychiatric or Substance Use Disorders, Intravenous Anesthetics for the Treatment of Chronic Pain and Psychiatric or Substance Use Disorders.
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National Reimbursement Benchmarks
BUCA (average commercial) sits near the center of the national distribution for CPT 00770 with a mean rate of $71.60 and an interquartile spread from $49.90 to $91.70. Among individual commercial payers, Cigna posts a relatively high mean ($92.70) and a notably wide IQR ($121.70 - $68.00 = $53.70), reflecting greater dispersion in commercial contract rates. Aetna’s IQR ($102.70 - $44.00 = $58.70) is the widest, driven by a high upper quartile and a low lower quartile despite a mean of $81.50.
Blue Cross Blue Shield shows a tighter middle distribution (IQR $81.70 - $45.20 = $36.50) and a median ($57.00) close to BUCA’s median-equivalent, while UnitedHealth Group has one of the narrowest IQRs ($80.80 - $52.00 = $28.80) suggesting more consistency across contracts. Overall, dispersion varies meaningfully by payer: Aetna and Cigna are the most dispersed, UnitedHealth Group and Blue Cross Blue Shield are tighter, and BUCA represents the commercial average.