Anthem's own press release:<p><a href="https://providernews.anthem.com/connecticut/articles/anesthesia-billed-time-units-commercial-22477" rel="nofollow">https://providernews.anthem.com/connecticut/articles/anesthe...</a><p>They don't say what the "established number of minutes" are. Presumably there's a table somewhere. I darkly suspect it's based on the average time -- in which case half of the procedures will go over.<p>Are the other providers also paid by the minute? I wonder if there's a surgeon going, "Well, that was easy. Let's just hang out here for a few minutes before closing up."