CPT code 00908: Prostatectomy anesthesia, perineal approach2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Arizona
Anesthesia for prostate removal through a perineal approach, reported when the operative procedure is a perineal prostatectomy rather than a transurethral procedure.
CMS doesn’t publish a rate for 00908 in Arizona.
Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 00908 nationwide
Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.
On this page 11 sections
What 00908 covers
This service is anesthesia for a prostatectomy performed through the perineum. An anesthesiologist or CRNA provides the anesthetic while the surgeon operates, typically in a hospital or other surgical facility. The perineal approach, rather than a transurethral route, places the case in this code’s prostatectomy category.
Choose 00908 for a perineal prostatectomy; a radical perineal procedure is distinguished under 00904, while transurethral prostate resection is reported with 00914 and other transurethral procedures not otherwise specified with 00910. The operative report should identify the approach and procedure, and the anesthesia record should document the service and start and end times. This code has 6 base units, and Medicare payment is (base units + time units) × the locality’s anesthesia conversion factor. Anesthesia time runs from preparation for anesthesia until the practitioner is no longer in personal attendance and the patient can safely be placed under postoperative care; minutes convert to 15-minute time units computed 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 Arizona compares for 00908
- Arizona · this pageUnavailable
- Los Angeles, CA · CaliforniaUnavailable
- Washington, DC area · District of ColumbiaUnavailable
- Miami, FL · FloridaUnavailable
- Chicago, IL · IllinoisUnavailable
- Manhattan, NY · New YorkUnavailable
- Alaska · AlaskaUnavailable
Other areas in Arizona first, then benchmark localities. Bars start at $0.
Every other payment area
00908 rates by state
Office rate range in each state. Select a state to see its payment localities.
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| State / territory | Office rate range | Localities |
|---|---|---|
| AK | No published base rate | 1 |
| AL | No published base rate | 1 |
| AR | No published base rate | 1 |
| AZ | No published base rate | 1 |
| CA | No published base rate | 29 |
| CO | No published base rate | 1 |
| CT | No published base rate | 1 |
| DC | No published base rate | 1 |
| DE | No published base rate | 1 |
| FL | No published base rate | 3 |
| GA | No published base rate | 2 |
| GU | No published base rate | 1 |
| HI | No published base rate | 1 |
| IA | No published base rate | 1 |
| ID | No published base rate | 1 |
| IL | No published base rate | 4 |
| IN | No published base rate | 1 |
| KS | No published base rate | 1 |
| KY | No published base rate | 1 |
| LA | No published base rate | 2 |
| MA | No published base rate | 2 |
| MD | No published base rate | 3 |
| ME | No published base rate | 2 |
| MI | No published base rate | 2 |
| MN | No published base rate | 1 |
| MO | No published base rate | 3 |
| MS | No published base rate | 1 |
| MT | No published base rate | 1 |
| NC | No published base rate | 1 |
| ND | No published base rate | 1 |
| NE | No published base rate | 1 |
| NH | No published base rate | 1 |
| NJ | No published base rate | 2 |
| NM | No published base rate | 1 |
| NV | No published base rate | 1 |
| NY | No published base rate | 5 |
| OH | No published base rate | 1 |
| OK | No published base rate | 1 |
| OR | No published base rate | 2 |
| PA | No published base rate | 2 |
| PR | No published base rate | 1 |
| RI | No published base rate | 1 |
| SC | No published base rate | 1 |
| SD | No published base rate | 1 |
| TN | No published base rate | 1 |
| TX | No published base rate | 8 |
| UT | No published base rate | 1 |
| VA | No published base rate | 2 |
| VI | No published base rate | 1 |
| VT | No published base rate | 1 |
| WA | No published base rate | 2 |
| WI | No published base rate | 1 |
| WV | No published base rate | 1 |
| WY | No published base rate | 1 |
How the 00908 rate is calculated
Each of 00908’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.
How the rate is built · 00908
RVUs × geographic indexes × conversion factor
Work0.00
0.00 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI
Practice expense0.00
0.00 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI
Malpractice0.00
0.00 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI
Adjusted RVUs
0.0000
Conversion factor
$33.4009
Medicare rate
$0.00
Every GPCI starts at 1.000, the national rate. Enter a ZIP or drag a slider.
Payment rules and modifiers for 00908
00908 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.
Place of service · 00908
Which rate does Medicare pay?
The POS code on the claim line (CMS-1500 box 24B).
POS 11 · non-facility rate · national
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00908 isn’t priced in this setting.
How 00908 has changed in Arizona
00908 · Office / nonfacility
Rate unavailable
Effective 2026-10-01
A rate is unavailable in one of these releases, so a change cannot be calculated.
One bar per available release, ordered by effective date. Missing rates remain gaps. These comparisons hold the code, setting and locality identifiers constant; they do not isolate which policy or input caused a change.
What changed, release by release
| Effective from | Office | Facility | CMS release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU26D |
| 2026-07-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU26C |
| 2026-04-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU26B |
| 2026-01-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU26A |
| 2025-10-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU25D |
| 2025-07-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU25C |
| 2025-04-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU25B |
| 2025-01-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU25A |
| 2024-10-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU24D |
| 2024-07-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU24C |
| 2024-04-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU24B |
| 2024-03-09 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU24AR |
| 2024-01-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU24A |
| 2023-10-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU23D |
| 2023-07-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU23C |
| 2023-04-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU23B |
| 2023-01-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU23A |
| 2022-10-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU22D |
| 2022-07-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU22C |
| 2022-04-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU22B |
| 2022-01-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU22A |
| 2021-10-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU21D |
| 2021-07-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU21C |
| 2021-04-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU21B |
| 2021-01-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU21A |
| 2020-10-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU20D |
| 2020-07-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU20C |
| 2020-04-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU20B |
| 2020-01-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU20A |
| 2019-10-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU19D |
| 2019-07-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU19C |
| 2019-04-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU19B |
| 2019-01-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU19A |
| 2018-10-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU18D |
| 2018-07-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU18C |
| 2018-04-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU18B |
| 2018-01-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU18AR1 |
| 2017-10-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU17D |
| 2017-07-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU17C |
| 2017-04-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU17B |
| 2017-01-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU17A |
| 2016-10-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU16D |
| 2016-07-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU16C |
| 2016-04-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU16B |
| 2016-01-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU16A |
| 2015-10-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU15D |
| 2015-07-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU15C |
| 2015-04-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU15B |
| 2015-01-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU15A |
| 2014-10-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU14D |
| 2014-07-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU14C |
| 2014-04-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU14B |
| 2014-01-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU14A |
| 2013-10-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU13D |
| 2013-07-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU13C |
| 2013-04-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU13B |
| 2013-01-01 | Unavailable | Unavailable | RVU13AR |
Where the Arizona rate applies
Arizona is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 467 cities and communities in Arizona. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.
- Aguila
- Ajo
- Ak Chin
- Ak-Chin Village
- Alamo Lake
- Ali Chuk
- Ali Chukson
- Ali Molina
00908 billing questions
When should 00908 be chosen instead of 00904?
Use 00908 for a perineal prostatectomy. Use 00904 for a procedure in the radical perineal category.
How does 00908 differ from anesthesia for transurethral prostate surgery?
00908 is for a perineal approach. Anesthesia for transurethral prostate resection is reported with 00914; 00910 is for other transurethral procedures not otherwise specified.
What should the records establish?
The operative report should identify the approach and procedure performed. The anesthesia record should support the anesthesia service and its start and end times.
How are anesthesia time units calculated for 00908?
Report anesthesia time in minutes; CMS converts it to 15-minute time units computed to one decimal place. For example, 38 minutes equals 2.5 time units.
What are the Medicare base units and payment calculation?
00908 has 6 base units. Medicare calculates payment as (base units + time units) multiplied by the anesthesia conversion factor for the payment locality.
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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