CPT code 00912: Bladder tumor anesthesia, transurethral resection2026 Medicare rate & RVUs

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

What 00912 covers

This service covers anesthesia for transurethral endoscopic resection of a bladder tumor, commonly called TURBT. A urologist works through the urethra to resect tumor tissue from the bladder; the anesthesia practitioner provides care during the operative procedure, typically in a hospital or ambulatory surgery facility. The anesthesia claim is reported by the anesthesiologist or other qualified anesthesia practitioner who furnished the service.

Choose this code when the operative procedure is bladder tumor resection, rather than a transurethral prostate procedure, control of urinary bleeding, or ureteral stone removal. The operative report should identify the bladder tumor resection, and the anesthesia record should support the practitioner’s service and its start and end times. Medicare payment is (5 base units + time units) × the locality’s anesthesia conversion factor, which varies by locality. Anesthesia time is reported in minutes and converted to 15-minute units to one decimal place; it starts when the anesthesia practitioner begins preparing the patient and ends 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 00912 pays more and less

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

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00912 rates by state

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

How the 00912 rate is calculated

Each of 00912’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 00912

00912 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.

00912 compared with similar codes

How to choose

00910Transurethral anesthesiaOther transurethral procedures

Choose 00912 for transurethral bladder tumor resection. Use 00910 when the transurethral procedure does not fit a more specific anesthesia code.

00914Prostate resection anesthesiaTransurethral approach

00914 applies to transurethral prostate resection; 00912 applies to resection of a bladder tumor.

00916Bleeding-control anesthesiaAfter transurethral resection

00916 is for transurethral treatment of bleeding, while 00912 is for resection of a bladder tumor.

00918Ureteral stone anesthesiaTransurethral removal

00918 covers transurethral removal of a ureteral calculus; 00912 covers bladder tumor resection.

Codes related to 00912

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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