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CPT code 01730: Closed orthopedic anesthesia, humerus or elbow2026 Medicare rate & RVUs

Anesthesia for closed procedures involving the humerus or elbow, including closed fracture treatment performed without an open or arthroscopic approach.

CMS RVU26DEffective Oct 1, 2026109 payment localities656 Medicare services in 2024

Medicare rate · 01730

Closed orthopedic anesthesia, humerus or elbow

Office or facility?

Work RVUs
0
Total RVUs
0.00
Global days
XXX

National rate · 2026

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Not priced in the facility setting.

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

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Medicare pays by the payment locality where the service is performed.

On this page 10 sections
  1. Medicare rate
  2. What 01730 covers
  3. By payment locality
  4. Rate map
  5. How it’s calculated
  6. Payment rules
  7. Similar codes
  8. Related codes
  9. Billing questions
  10. Sources

What 01730 covers

01730 applies to anesthesia for closed orthopedic procedures involving the humerus or elbow, such as closed treatment of a fracture or dislocation. Anesthesia practitioners provide and report the anesthesia service for these procedures. The operative documentation should identify the treated bone or joint and establish that the procedure was closed, rather than open or arthroscopic.

Choose 01730 for the closed procedure, not for upper-arm or elbow nerve surgery, diagnostic elbow arthroscopy, or an open or arthroscopic elbow operation. The operative report should establish the procedure and approach, while the anesthesia record should support the service and its start and end times. Medicare assigns 3 base units; payment is (base units plus time units) multiplied by the locality’s anesthesia conversion factor. Anesthesia time runs from when the practitioner begins preparing the patient 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, and 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 01730 pays more and less

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

109 of 109 payment localities

01730 office and facility rates by payment locality
Payment localityOfficeFacility
AlabamaUnavailableUnavailable
AlaskaUnavailableUnavailable
ArizonaUnavailableUnavailable
ArkansasUnavailableUnavailable
Atlanta, GAUnavailableUnavailable
Austin, TXUnavailableUnavailable
Bakersfield, CAUnavailableUnavailable
Baltimore area, MDUnavailableUnavailable
Beaumont, TXUnavailableUnavailable
Brazoria, TXUnavailableUnavailable

01730 rates by state

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

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01730 office rate range by state
State / territoryOffice rate rangeLocalities
AKNo published base rate1
ALNo published base rate1
ARNo published base rate1
AZNo published base rate1
CANo published base rate29
CONo published base rate1
CTNo published base rate1
DCNo published base rate1
DENo published base rate1
FLNo published base rate3
GANo published base rate2
GUNo published base rate1
HINo published base rate1
IANo published base rate1
IDNo published base rate1
ILNo published base rate4
INNo published base rate1
KSNo published base rate1
KYNo published base rate1
LANo published base rate2
MANo published base rate2
MDNo published base rate3
MENo published base rate2
MINo published base rate2
MNNo published base rate1
MONo published base rate3
MSNo published base rate1
MTNo published base rate1
NCNo published base rate1
NDNo published base rate1
NENo published base rate1
NHNo published base rate1
NJNo published base rate2
NMNo published base rate1
NVNo published base rate1
NYNo published base rate5
OHNo published base rate1
OKNo published base rate1
ORNo published base rate2
PANo published base rate2
PRNo published base rate1
RINo published base rate1
SCNo published base rate1
SDNo published base rate1
TNNo published base rate1
TXNo published base rate8
UTNo published base rate1
VANo published base rate2
VINo published base rate1
VTNo published base rate1
WANo published base rate2
WINo published base rate1
WVNo published base rate1
WYNo published base rate1

How the 01730 rate is calculated

Each of 01730’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 · 01730

RVUs × geographic indexes × conversion factor

Office or facility?

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 01730

01730 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 · 01730

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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01730 isn’t priced in this setting.

01730 compared with similar codes

Compare codes · National

5 codes, side by side

Office or facility?

  • 01730

    Closed orthopedic anesthesia, humerus or elbow0 wRVU

    Not priced

  • 01710

    Upper-arm/elbow anesthesia, nerve, muscle, tendon NOS0 wRVU

    Not priced

  • 01732

    Elbow arthroscopy anesthesia, diagnostic joint inspection0 wRVU

    Not priced

  • 01740

    Other elbow anesthesia, open or arthroscopic, unspecified0 wRVU

    Not priced

  • 01744

    Elbow repair anesthesia, humeral nonunion or malunion0 wRVU

    Not priced

How to choose

01710Upper-arm/elbow anesthesiaNerve, muscle, tendon NOS
01710 covers anesthesia for nerve procedures involving the upper arm or elbow. Choose 01730 when the anesthetized procedure is a closed orthopedic procedure on the humerus or elbow.
01732Elbow arthroscopy anesthesiaDiagnostic joint inspection
01732 is for diagnostic arthroscopy of the elbow joint. 01730 is for a closed procedure, not an arthroscopic examination.
01740Other elbow anesthesiaOpen or arthroscopic, unspecified
01740 covers open or arthroscopic elbow procedures not represented by a more specific code; 01730 is for closed procedures involving the humerus or elbow.
01744Elbow repair anesthesiaHumeral nonunion or malunion
01744 applies to open or arthroscopic elbow repair involving the humerus. Use 01730 when the humerus or elbow procedure is performed closed.

Codes related to 01730

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

Codes related to 01730
CodeHow it relatesNational office range
Used instead
01740Other elbow anesthesia, open or arthroscopic, unspecifiedFor an open or arthroscopic elbow procedure rather than a closed procedure.No office rate
01742Elbow osteotomy, open or arthroscopic osteotomyFor elbow osteotomy performed through an open or arthroscopic approach.No office rate
01744Elbow repair anesthesia, humeral nonunion or malunionFor open or arthroscopic elbow repair involving the humerus.No office rate

01730 billing questions

When should 01730 be chosen instead of 01740?

Use 01730 for a closed procedure involving the humerus or elbow. Code 01740 describes anesthesia for open or arthroscopic elbow procedures.

Does closed fracture treatment involving the humerus or elbow fit 01730?

Yes, when the procedure is closed. The operative report should establish the treated site and closed approach.

What documentation supports reporting 01730?

The operative report should identify the humerus or elbow procedure and show that it was performed closed. The anesthesia record should support the anesthesia service and its start and end times.

How are Medicare anesthesia units and payment calculated?

This code has 3 base units. Medicare adds time units, computed from anesthesia minutes in 15-minute units to one decimal place, and multiplies the total by the locality’s anesthesia conversion factor.

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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