# CPT 36252

> The national PFS baseline was $1,572.85 for CPT 36252 in the office (non-facility) setting and $391.51 in a facility under the Q3 2015 Physician Fee Schedule, effective July 2015. These are the national allowed amounts before locality (GPCI) adjustment; sequestration is excluded. Across payment localities, the office amount is $1,159.90–$2,054.62 and the facility amount is $327.06–$509.88. This price has been unchanged since Q1 2015, when it increased 0.7%.

## Selected release

- Release: Q3 2015 (2015 C)
- Effective: July 1 – September 30, 2015
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $1572.85
- Facility national allowed amount: $391.51
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 6.99
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 35.46
- Facility practice expense RVU: 2.42
- Malpractice RVU: 1.54
- Conversion factor: 35.7547
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q3 2015)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu15c.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU15_UP0.V0515.csv, row 7,872
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/36252/2015/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/36252/2015/C
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:06:00+00:00