# CPT 36221

> The national PFS baseline was $1,062.41 for CPT 36221 in the office (non-facility) setting and $204.18 in a facility under the Q3 2022 Physician Fee Schedule, effective July 2022. These are the national allowed amounts before locality (GPCI) adjustment; sequestration is excluded. Across payment localities, the office amount is $908.85–$1,406.17 and the facility amount is $177.14–$271.53. This price has been unchanged since Q1 2022, when it decreased 4.3%.

## Selected release

- Release: Q3 2022 (2022 C)
- Effective: July 1 – September 30, 2022
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $1062.41
- Facility national allowed amount: $204.18
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 3.92
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 25.89
- Facility practice expense RVU: 1.09
- Malpractice RVU: 0.89
- Conversion factor: 34.6062
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q3 2022)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/rvu22c-updated-06172022.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU22_JUL.csv, row 9,193
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/36221/2022/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/36221/2022/C
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:11:49+00:00