# CPT 20956

> The national PFS baseline was $2,712.24 for CPT 20956 in the office (non-facility) setting and $2,712.24 in a facility under the Q3 2021 Physician Fee Schedule, effective July 2021. These are the national allowed amounts before locality (GPCI) adjustment; sequestration is excluded. Across payment localities, both settings' amount is $2,401.88–$3,494.50. This price has been unchanged since Q1 2021, when it decreased 1.8%.

## Selected release

- Release: Q3 2021 (2021 C)
- Effective: July 1 – September 30, 2021
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $2712.24
- Facility national allowed amount: $2712.24
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 41.18
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 28.33
- Facility practice expense RVU: 28.33
- Malpractice RVU: 8.22
- Conversion factor: 34.8931
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q3 2021)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/rvu21c-updated-6302021.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU21_JUL.csv, row 6,342
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/20956/2021/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/20956/2021/C
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:10:45+00:00