# CPT 35221

> The national PFS baseline was $1,448.34 for CPT 35221 in the Office (non-facility) setting and $1,448.34 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 $1,268.63–$1,830.81. 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: $1448.34
- Facility national allowed amount: $1448.34
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 26.62
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 10.37
- Facility practice expense RVU: 10.37
- Malpractice RVU: 6.52
- 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 9,940
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/35221/2024/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/35221/2024/C
- Last significant update: 2026-09-14T14:06:18+00:00