# CPT 27181

> The national PFS baseline was $1,167.83 for CPT 27181 in the office (non-facility) setting and $1,167.83 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, both settings' amount is $1,032.51–$1,479.11. This is a 11.7% decrease from the previous quarter.

## Selected release

- Release: Q1 2018 (2018 A)
- Effective: January 1 – March 31, 2018
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $1167.83
- Facility national allowed amount: $1167.83
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 16.18
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 12.97
- Facility practice expense RVU: 12.97
- Malpractice RVU: 3.29
- 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 6,714
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/27181/2018/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/27181/2018/A
- Last significant update: 2026-09-14T15:22:39+00:00