CPT code 00797: Bariatric anesthesia, bariatric upper-abdominal procedure2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Delaware

CMS doesn’t publish a rate for 00797 in Delaware.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 00797 nationwide

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

What 00797 covers

This code covers anesthesia for intraperitoneal bariatric operations in the upper abdomen that reduce stomach capacity, including gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy. An anesthesiologist or CRNA reports the anesthesia service for the qualifying operation in a facility setting. The patient’s obesity alone does not make this the appropriate anesthesia code; the operation performed determines selection.

Choose this code for the bariatric operation rather than 00790, which covers other intraperitoneal upper-abdominal procedures; procedure-specific codes apply to partial hepatectomy, pancreatectomy, and liver transplantation. The operative report should identify the bariatric procedure, and the anesthesia record should document the practitioner’s service and anesthesia start and end times. Medicare payment uses 11 base units plus time units, multiplied by the locality-specific anesthesia conversion factor, which varies by locality. Report anesthesia time in minutes from when preparation begins until the practitioner is no longer in personal attendance and the patient can safely be placed under postoperative care; CMS converts it to 15-minute units to one decimal place.

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.

How Delaware compares for 00797

Every other payment area

00797 rates by state

Office rate range in each state. Select a state to see its payment localities.

See 00797 in every payment locality

How the 00797 rate is calculated

Each of 00797’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 00797

00797 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.

Codes related to 00797

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

How 00797 has changed in Delaware

Price 00797 for an earlier date of service

Where the Delaware rate applies

Delaware is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 79 cities and communities in Delaware. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Arden
• Ardencroft
• Ardentown
• Bear
• Bellefonte
• Bethany Beach
• Bethel
• Blades

Browse all communities in Delaware

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

Open CMS sourceHow we calculate rates