# CPT 15821

> The national PFS baseline was $637.29 for CPT 15821 in the office (non-facility) setting and $576.03 in a facility under the Q2 2014 Physician Fee Schedule, effective April 2014. These are the national allowed amounts before locality (GPCI) adjustment; sequestration is excluded. Across payment localities, the office amount is $497.32–$775.73 and the facility amount is $454.93–$709.14. This is a 37.0% increase from the previous quarter.

## Selected release

- Release: Q2 2014 (2014 B)
- Effective: April 1 – June 30, 2014
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $637.29
- Facility national allowed amount: $576.03
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 6.84
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 9.68
- Facility practice expense RVU: 7.97
- Malpractice RVU: 1.27
- Conversion factor: 35.8228
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q2 2014)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu14b.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU14_V0324.csv, row 4,948
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/15821/2014/B
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/15821/2014/B
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:05:19+00:00