# CPT 34820

> The national PFS baseline was $326.88 for CPT 34820 in the office (non-facility) setting and $326.88 in a facility under the Q3 2024 Physician Fee Schedule, effective July 2024. These are the national allowed amounts before locality (GPCI) adjustment; sequestration is excluded. Across payment localities, both settings' amount is $283.79–$422.83. This amount has been unchanged since Q1 2024, when it increased 1.7%.

## Selected release

- Release: Q3 2024 (2024 C)
- Effective: July 1 – September 30, 2024
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $326.88
- Facility national allowed amount: $326.88
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 7.00
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 1.09
- Facility practice expense RVU: 1.09
- Malpractice RVU: 1.73
- Conversion factor: 33.2875
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q3 2024)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/rvu24c-updated-09/09/2024.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU24_JUL.csv, row 9,870
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/34820/2024/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/34820/2024/C
- Last significant update: 2026-09-14T14:06:18+00:00