# CPT 36224

> The national PFS baseline was $2,049.54 for CPT 36224 in the office (non-facility) setting and $377.69 in a facility under the Q3 2019 Physician Fee Schedule, effective July 2019. These are the national allowed amounts before locality (GPCI) adjustment; sequestration is excluded. Across payment localities, the office amount is $1,782.29–$2,655.90 and the facility amount is $327.78–$483.53. This price has been unchanged since Q1 2019, when it increased 4.3%.

## Selected release

- Release: Q3 2019 (2019 C)
- Effective: July 1 – September 30, 2019
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $2049.54
- Facility national allowed amount: $377.69
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 6.25
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 48.95
- Facility practice expense RVU: 2.56
- Malpractice RVU: 1.67
- 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 (Q3 2019)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu19c.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU19_JUL.csv, row 8,635
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/36224/2019/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/36224/2019/C
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:09:02+00:00