# CPT 20500

> The national PFS baseline was $108.00 for CPT 20500 in the office (non-facility) setting and $87.12 in a facility under the Q3 2018 Physician Fee Schedule, effective July 2018. These are the national allowed amounts before locality (GPCI) adjustment; sequestration is excluded. Across payment localities, the office amount is $97.61–$136.37 and the facility amount is $79.44–$113.05. This price has been unchanged since Q1 2018, when it increased 2.7%.

## Selected release

- Release: Q3 2018 (2018 C)
- Effective: July 1 – September 30, 2018
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $108.00
- Facility national allowed amount: $87.12
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 1.28
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 1.59
- Facility practice expense RVU: 1.01
- Malpractice RVU: 0.13
- 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 (Q3 2018)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu18c1.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU18_JUL.csv, row 5,734
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/20500/2018/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/20500/2018/C
- Last significant update: 2026-09-14T15:22:58+00:00