# CPT 34451

> The national PFS baseline was $1,505.30 for CPT 34451 in the office (non-facility) setting and $1,505.30 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 $1,305.74–$1,963.13. This amount has been unchanged since Q1 2020, when it increased 0.8%.

## Selected release

- Release: Q3 2020 (2020 C)
- Effective: July 1 – September 30, 2020
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $1505.30
- Facility national allowed amount: $1505.30
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 28.52
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 6.34
- Facility practice expense RVU: 6.34
- Malpractice RVU: 6.85
- 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 8,653
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/34451/2020/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/34451/2020/C
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:09:46+00:00