CPT code 00730: Posterior abdominal anesthesia, upper posterior abdominal wall2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in California

CMS doesn’t publish an office rate for 00730 in California.

Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

What 00730 covers

Anesthesia for procedures involving the upper posterior abdominal wall is provided by an anesthesiologist or CRNA during operative care. The operative report identifies the procedure and site, while the anesthesia record documents the anesthesia service and time. This category is distinguished from upper anterior abdominal wall procedures and operations within the upper abdominal cavity.

Select 00730 for an upper posterior abdominal wall procedure rather than an upper GI endoscopic procedure, an upper abdominal hernia repair, or an intraperitoneal upper abdominal operation. The records should support the posterior abdominal site, the procedure performed, and the anesthesia practitioner’s service and time. Medicare assigns 5 base units; payment is the sum of base units and time units multiplied by the locality’s anesthesia conversion factor. Anesthesia time is reported in minutes and converted to 15-minute time units to one decimal place, starting with preparation for anesthesia and ending when the practitioner is no longer in personal attendance and the patient can safely be placed under postoperative care.

This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.

Where 00730 pays more and less in California

The same RVUs, adjusted for each area’s costs. Open a locality for its calculation, history and nearby areas.

29 of 29 payment localities

How the 00730 rate is calculated

Each of 00730’s three RVUs is multiplied by a geographic index (GPCI) for the payment locality, added up, and multiplied by the conversion factor. Drag the indexes or enter a ZIP to see what moves the rate.

Payment rules and modifiers for 00730

00730 has no global surgery period, no multiple-procedure, bilateral or assistant-at-surgery adjustment, and no professional/technical split. What changes the payment is where the service happens: the place of service on the claim decides whether Medicare pays the office or the facility rate.

00730 compared with similar codes

How to choose

00700Abdominal wall anesthesiaUnspecified upper anterior wall

Choose 00730 for an upper posterior abdominal wall site and 00700 for an upper anterior abdominal wall site.

00731Upper GI endoscopyNon-ERCP procedure

00731 is for anesthesia during upper GI endoscopy; 00730 is for operative procedures involving the upper posterior abdominal wall.

00790Upper abdominal anesthesiaIntraperitoneal procedures

00790 applies to intraperitoneal upper abdominal procedures. 00730 applies to procedures involving the upper posterior abdominal wall.

Codes related to 00730

Related codes aren’t interchangeable: bill the code that matches the service performed.

Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indexes and the conversion factor. Services without a published rate are labeled, never given a made-up amount. Amounts are Medicare allowed amounts before claim adjustments: not a patient’s bill or a commercial rate.

CMS RVU26D · effective Oct 1, 2026 through the day before Jan 1, 2027

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