# CPT 36251

> The national PFS baseline was $1,520.83 for CPT 36251 in the office (non-facility) setting and $282.39 in a facility under the Q2 2013 Physician Fee Schedule, effective April 2013. These are the national allowed amounts before locality (GPCI) adjustment; sequestration is excluded. Across payment localities, the office amount is $1,075.14–$1,821.37 and the facility amount is $235.48–$366.31.

## Selected release

- Release: Q2 2013 (2013 B)
- Effective: April 1 – June 30, 2013
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $1520.83
- Facility national allowed amount: $282.39
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 5.35
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 38.35
- Facility practice expense RVU: 1.95
- Malpractice RVU: 1.00
- Conversion factor: 34.0230
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q2 2013)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu13b.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU13.V0215_04162013.csv, row 7,557
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/36251/2013/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/36251/2013/B
- Last significant update: 2026-09-21T13:42:23+00:00