# CPT 36246

> The national PFS baseline was $837.64 for CPT 36246 in the office (non-facility) setting and $267.73 in a facility under the Q3 2017 Physician Fee Schedule, effective July 2017. These are the national allowed amounts before locality (GPCI) adjustment; sequestration is excluded. Across payment localities, the office amount is $735.52–$1,054.28 and the facility amount is $239.95–$353.62. This price has been unchanged since Q1 2017, when it decreased 8.0%.

## Selected release

- Release: Q3 2017 (2017 C)
- Effective: July 1 – September 30, 2017
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $837.64
- Facility national allowed amount: $267.73
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 5.02
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 17.35
- Facility practice expense RVU: 1.47
- Malpractice RVU: 0.97
- Conversion factor: 35.8887
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q3 2017)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu17c.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU17_JULY_V0503.csv, row 8,235
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/36246/2017/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/36246/2017/C
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:07:49+00:00