CPT code 01941: Spine procedure anesthesia, cervical or thoracic2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Michigan
Reports anesthesia for percutaneous image-guided neuromodulation or intravertebral treatment involving the cervical or thoracic spine or spinal cord.
CMS doesn’t publish an office rate for 01941 in Michigan.
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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What 01941 covers
This service covers anesthesia for percutaneous, image-guided neuromodulation and intravertebral procedures involving the cervical or thoracic spine or spinal cord. Typical cases include spinal cord neuromodulation procedures and vertebral augmentation such as kyphoplasty or vertebroplasty. An anesthesiologist or CRNA reports the anesthesia service in settings where these procedures are performed.
Choose this code for those procedure types in the cervical or thoracic region, rather than the lumbar or sacral counterpart, 01942. The anesthesia and operative records should identify the spinal region, the image-guided procedure performed, and the anesthesia practitioner’s care. Medicare payment is (5 base units + time units) multiplied by the locality’s anesthesia conversion factor. Time is reported in minutes and converted to 15-minute units to one decimal place, starting with preparation for anesthesia and ending when personal attendance ends 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 01941 pays more and less in Michigan
| Payment locality | Office | Facility |
|---|---|---|
| Detroit, MI | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Rest of Michigan | Unavailable | Unavailable |
How the 01941 rate is calculated
Each of 01941’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 · 01941
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 01941
01941 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 · 01941
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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01941 isn’t priced in this setting.
01941 compared with similar codes
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4 codes, side by side
How to choose
- 01942Spinal procedure anesthesiaLumbar and sacral
- 01942 is for the corresponding percutaneous image-guided neuromodulation or intravertebral procedures in the lumbar or sacral region; 01941 is for cervical or thoracic work.
- 01937Spinal procedure anesthesiaCervical or thoracic region
- 01937 applies to anesthesia for image-guided drainage or aspiration in the cervical or thoracic region. 01941 is for neuromodulation or intravertebral procedures.
- 01939Neurolysis anesthesiaCervical or thoracic
- 01939 applies to anesthesia for image-guided neurolytic-agent procedures in the cervical or thoracic region, rather than the neuromodulation or intravertebral procedures covered by 01941.
01941 billing questions
When should 01941 be chosen over 01942?
Use 01941 for the covered percutaneous image-guided neuromodulation or intravertebral procedure in the cervical or thoracic region. Use 01942 for the corresponding lumbar or sacral region.
How does 01941 differ from anesthesia for drainage or neurolytic-agent procedures?
01937 is for anesthesia for image-guided drainage or aspiration in these regions, while 01939 is for image-guided neurolytic-agent procedures. 01941 covers neuromodulation or intravertebral procedures.
Who reports the anesthesia and spine procedure?
The anesthesia practitioner reports the anesthesia service, and the procedural clinician reports the spine intervention under its applicable procedure code. The operative record should support the intervention and its region.
How are units calculated for 01941?
The code has 5 base units. Medicare adds time units, calculated from reported anesthesia minutes in 15-minute units to one decimal place, then multiplies the total by the locality’s anesthesia conversion factor.
What documentation supports reporting 01941?
The record should establish that the procedure was percutaneous and image-guided, identify the neuromodulation or intravertebral treatment, and show that it involved the cervical or thoracic spine or spinal cord. The anesthesia record should support the practitioner’s care and time.
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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