CPT 01622: Anesthesia for Diagnostic Shoulder Arthroscopy
Commercial payers pay $75 on average nationally for this procedure.
CPT code 01622 describes anesthesia services provided for a patient undergoing a diagnostic arthroscopic procedure of the shoulder joint; this represents an anesthesia service for a diagnostic shoulder arthroscopy performed in an operating room or ambulatory surgery center setting.
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National Reimbursement Benchmarks
BUCA (average commercial) sits near the center of the national distribution for CPT 01622 with a mean of $75.30 and a median of $66.40, indicating typical commercial reimbursement around the mid-$60s to mid-$70s. Among named payers, Cigna posts the highest central tendency with a mean of $91.20 and a median of $84.30, while Aetna and UnitedHealth Group have lower medians at $48.00 and $64.00 respectively; Blue Cross Blue Shield’s median of $67.40 is similar to BUCA’s median.
Dispersion (P75 minus P25) highlights differing variability across payers: Cigna’s interquartile range is $40.0 (P75 $107.70 minus P25 $67.00), Blue Cross Blue Shield’s is $48.0 (P75 $101.00 minus P25 $52.30), BUCA’s is $42.00 (P75 $95.50 minus P25 $53.00), Aetna’s is $37.0 (P75 $81.0 minus P25 $42.0), and UnitedHealth Group’s is $30.9 (P75 $81.10 minus P25 $52.00). This indicates UnitedHealth Group is the tightest payer distribution and Blue Cross Blue Shield the widest.