# CPT 36252

> The national PFS baseline was $1,545.00 for CPT 36252 in the office (non-facility) setting and $376.41 in a facility under the Q4 2020 Physician Fee Schedule, effective October 2020. These are the national allowed amounts before locality (GPCI) adjustment; sequestration is excluded. Across payment localities, the office amount is $1,340.38–$1,997.38 and the facility amount is $331.91–$490.33. This price has been unchanged since Q1 2020, when it increased 1.0%.

## Selected release

- Release: Q4 2020 (2020 D)
- Effective: October 1 – December 31, 2020
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $1545.00
- Facility national allowed amount: $376.41
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 6.74
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 34.65
- Facility practice expense RVU: 2.27
- Malpractice RVU: 1.42
- Conversion factor: 36.0896
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q4 2020)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/rvu20d-updated-11232020.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU20_OCT.csv, row 8,943
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/36252/2020/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/36252/2020/D
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:10:00+00:00