CPT 00792: Anesthesia for Partial Hepatectomy or Liver Hemorrhage
Commercial payers pay $77 on average nationally for this procedure.
CPT code 00792 describes anesthesia services provided for a patient undergoing a partial hepatectomy or management of liver hemorrhage, including procedures performed laparoscopically; this represents an intra-abdominal anesthesia service for surgical liver resection or hemorrhage control, typically delivered in an operating room or ambulatory surgical center setting under general anesthesia with appropriate monitoring and airway management.
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National Reimbursement Benchmarks
Commercial rates for CPT 00792 vary notably across payers with BUCA representing the average commercial benchmark at a mean of $76.90 and an interquartile span from $51.30 to $98.50. Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) posts a relatively low spread between its 25th and 75th percentiles ($47.60 to $83.90), giving an IQR of $36.30 that indicates tighter clustering around its middle rates. Cigna and Aetna show wider middle spreads: Cigna’s IQR is $52.30 ($67.70 to $120.00) and Aetna’s is $93.50 ($45.00 to $138.50), reflecting larger variability in commercial reimbursement levels.
UnitedHealth Group’s interquartile range is $28.80 ($52.00 to $80.80), the tightest among the listed payers, suggesting more consistency in negotiated rates. By contrast, Aetna exhibits the widest dispersion, implying greater regional or contract-level variability. Mean rates span from BCBS at $64.90 and UnitedHealth Group at $67.30 up to Aetna at $106.70 and Cigna at $92.60, with BUCA’s mean of $76.90 positioned near the center of this distribution.