CPT 01160: Anesthesia for Closed Pelvic Procedures (Symphysis/Sacroiliac)
Commercial payers pay $77 on average nationally for this procedure.
CPT code 01160 describes anesthesia services provided for closed procedures involving the symphysis pubis or sacroiliac joint, representing intraoperative anesthesia care for pelvic procedures; service type: anesthesia for closed pelvic procedures; typical site of service: operating room or procedure suite where pelvic joint interventions are performed.
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National Reimbursement Benchmarks
Across commercial payers, the BUCA average commercial rate for CPT 01160 sits near $76.9, providing a central reference for national commercial reimbursement. Blue Cross Blue Shield shows a relatively broad spread between its 25th and 75th percentiles (range = $49.8), while Cigna and Aetna present wider upper-tail values even as their interquartile spreads differ; Cigna’s IQR (P75 − P25 = $40.1) is moderately wide and Aetna’s IQR is $50.2. UnitedHealth Group demonstrates the tightest interquartile band (IQR = $30.0), indicating more concentrated commercial payments around its median.
Comparatively, Blue Cross Blue Shield’s P75−P25 is the largest, signaling the widest mid-distribution dispersion among the listed payers, while UnitedHealth Group is the tightest. BUCA’s mean at $76.9 aligns closely with several payers’ central tendencies, placing the average commercial rate near the mid-to-upper range of these payer distributions. These differences highlight where commercial rates cluster versus where they spread across payers.