CPT code 00830: Hernia anesthesia, lower abdomen, unspecified2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in New Jersey

CMS doesn’t publish an office rate for 00830 in New Jersey.

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

What 00830 covers

This anesthesia service supports surgical repair of a hernia in the lower abdominal region, commonly a groin hernia such as an inguinal hernia. An anesthesiologist or CRNA reports it for anesthesia care in a hospital or ambulatory surgical setting; the surgeon’s repair is a separate service. Code selection follows the hernia site and the patient’s age-related anesthesia category, rather than treating every abdominal operation as a hernia repair.

Use 00830 for a lower abdominal hernia repair that does not fit the ventral or incisional category or a specified infant category. The operative report should identify the hernia site and type and the repair performed; the anesthesia record should support the service and its start and end times. Medicare payment is (4 base units + time units) × the locality anesthesia conversion factor. Time is counted in minutes and converted to 15-minute units to one decimal place, from preparation for anesthesia through release from personal attendance when safe postoperative care can begin; the conversion factor varies by locality.

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 00830 pays more and less in New Jersey

How the 00830 rate is calculated

Each of 00830’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 00830

00830 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.

00830 compared with similar codes

How to choose

00832Ventral hernia anesthesiaLower abdomen, ventral or incisional

Choose 00832 for ventral or incisional hernia repair; 00830 is for lower abdominal hernia repairs outside that category.

00834Infant hernia anesthesiaYounger than 1 year

Choose 00834 when the patient is younger than one year and the case fits that age-specific hernia anesthesia category.

00836Infant hernia anesthesiaBorn before 37 weeks; under 50 weeks

Choose 00836 for the specified premature-infant hernia repair category rather than the general lower abdominal hernia category.

00800Abdominal wall anesthesiaOther lower anterior wall procedures

00800 covers anesthesia for lower anterior abdominal wall procedures not otherwise specified; 00830 is the hernia-repair category.

Codes related to 00830

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.

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