# CPT 35281

> The national PFS baseline was $1,687.71 for CPT 35281 in the office (non-facility) setting and $1,687.71 in a facility under the Q2 2019 Physician Fee Schedule, effective April 2019. These are the national allowed amounts before locality (GPCI) adjustment; sequestration is excluded. Across payment localities, both settings' amount is $1,484.27–$2,197.94. This price has been unchanged since Q1 2018, when it decreased 0.5%.

## Selected release

- Release: Q2 2019 (2019 B)
- Effective: April 1 – June 30, 2019
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $1687.71
- Facility national allowed amount: $1687.71
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 30.06
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 9.84
- Facility practice expense RVU: 9.84
- Malpractice RVU: 6.93
- Conversion factor: 36.0391
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q2 2019)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu19b.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU19_APR.csv, row 8,465
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/35281/2019/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/35281/2019/B
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:08:53+00:00