# CPT 35261

> The national PFS baseline was $1,026.03 for CPT 35261 in the office (non-facility) setting and $1,026.03 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 $891.15–$1,333.44. This price has been unchanged since Q1 2020, when it increased 0.7%.

## Selected release

- Release: Q3 2020 (2020 C)
- Effective: July 1 – September 30, 2020
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $1026.03
- Facility national allowed amount: $1026.03
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 18.96
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 4.92
- Facility practice expense RVU: 4.92
- Malpractice RVU: 4.55
- 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 8,769
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/35261/2020/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/35261/2020/C
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:09:46+00:00