CPT 01740: Anesthesia for Open or Arthroscopic Elbow Procedure
Commercial payers pay $93 on average nationally for this procedure.
CPT code 01740 describes anesthesia services provided for an open or surgical arthroscopic procedure of the elbow, typically delivered as general or regional anesthesia in an operating room or ambulatory surgical center for surgical management of elbow pathology.
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National Reimbursement Benchmarks
National commercial reimbursement centers on BUCA as a proxy for average commercial rates, which here sits at a mean of $93.40 with a median (P50) of $80.20. Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) and UnitedHealth Group show relatively compressed interquartile spreads: BCBS P75–P25 is $51.00 (P75 $102.30 minus P25 $51.30) and UnitedHealth Group P75–P25 is $30.90 (P75 $81.10 minus P25 $51.20), indicating tighter clustering of contractual rates around their medians. Cigna’s interquartile spread is $40.80 (P75 $107.50 minus P25 $66.70), while Aetna shows a wider spread of $167.00 (P75 $233.60 minus P25 $66.60).
Aetna also exhibits the largest overall dispersion with a max of $576.20 and a min of $30.40, reflecting significant variability at the tails beyond the interquartile range. Cigna and BUCA sit near the mid-range of means ($91.20 and $93.40 respectively) and medians, while BCBS and UnitedHealth Group have lower medians ($67.00 and $64.00) and tighter IQRs, suggesting more predictable commercial payments for those payers compared with Aetna’s broad variation.