# CPT 15740

> The national PFS baseline was $1,042.19 for CPT 15740 in the office (non-facility) setting and $879.11 in a facility under the Q1 2018 Physician Fee Schedule, effective January 2018. These are the national allowed amounts before locality (GPCI) adjustment; sequestration is excluded. Across payment localities, the office amount is $929.35–$1,300.17 and the facility amount is $787.47–$1,118.01. This price has been unchanged since Q1 2017, when it increased 0.3%.

## Selected release

- Release: Q1 2018 (2018 A)
- Effective: January 1 – March 31, 2018
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $1042.19
- Facility national allowed amount: $879.11
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 11.80
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 15.34
- Facility practice expense RVU: 10.81
- Malpractice RVU: 1.81
- Conversion factor: 35.9996
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q1 2018)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu18ar1.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU18_JAN.csv, row 5,488
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/15740/2018/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/15740/2018/A
- Last significant update: 2026-09-14T15:22:39+00:00