00731 — Anesthesia for other procedure on esophagus, stomach, or upper small bowel using an endoscope

What the market charges

Across 2,668 negotiated rates, the middle 80% fall between $61 and $800, with a median of $325.

What Medicare pays

Medicare allowed an average of $103 for this code, across 1,174,539 services billed by 39,669 providers. At the median, the market charges 3.2 times what Medicare pays for this code.

Where this is billed, and what it costs there

The states billing 00731 most, by Medicare service volume, each compared against the national average of $103. Each links to the providers Mishe lists there.

  • Florida — 2,944 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $106 — 3% above the national average
  • Texas — 2,856 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $97 — 6% below the national average
  • New York — 2,282 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $121 — 17% above the national average
  • California — 2,661 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $137 — 33% above the national average
  • Pennsylvania — 2,361 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $88 — 15% below the national average
  • Ohio — 1,694 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $97 — 6% below the national average
  • Illinois — 1,731 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $106 — 3% above the national average
  • North Carolina — 1,350 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $90 — 13% below the national average

Claim-editing rules

These are National Correct Coding Initiative procedure-to-procedure edits — the rules a payer applies when deciding whether two codes billed together are both payable.

Codes this one absorbs

Billed together, 00731 is the payable code and these are not separately payable. 241 pairs in total.

  • 31505 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 31515 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 31527 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 31622 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 31634 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 31645 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 31647 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 36000 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 36010 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 36011 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 36012 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 36013 — a modifier may allow both to be paid

Codes that absorb this one

Billed alongside any of these, 00731 is not separately payable. 167 pairs in total.

  • 43180 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 43191 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 43192 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 43193 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 43194 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 43195 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 43196 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 43197 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 43198 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 43200 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 43201 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 43202 — no modifier can override this edit

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Every figure on this page came from published payer and Medicare data, assembled by Mishe. The same pricing, claim-editing and care-pathway intelligence runs underneath the plans Mishe operates.

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