# CPT 33018

> The national PFS baseline was $291.96 for CPT 33018 in the office (non-facility) setting and $291.96 in a facility under the Q3 2020 Physician Fee Schedule, effective July 2020. These are the national allowed amounts before locality (GPCI) adjustment; sequestration is excluded. Across payment localities, both settings' amount is $262.15–$385.69.

## Selected release

- Release: Q3 2020 (2020 C)
- Effective: July 1 – September 30, 2020
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $291.96
- Facility national allowed amount: $291.96
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 5.40
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 1.77
- Facility practice expense RVU: 1.77
- Malpractice RVU: 0.92
- Conversion factor: 36.0896
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q3 2020)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/rvu20c-updated-06192020.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU20_V0618.csv, row 8,299
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/33018/2020/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/33018/2020/C
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:09:46+00:00