# CPT 36253

> The national PFS baseline was $2,306.18 for CPT 36253 in the office (non-facility) setting and $394.37 in a facility under the Q2 2015 Physician Fee Schedule, effective April 2015. These are the national allowed amounts before locality (GPCI) adjustment; sequestration is excluded. Across payment localities, the office amount is $1,690.91–$3,084.61 and the facility amount is $343.08–$528.68. This price has been unchanged since Q2 2014, when it increased 35.1%.

## Selected release

- Release: Q2 2015 (2015 B)
- Effective: April 1 – June 30, 2015
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $2306.18
- Facility national allowed amount: $394.37
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 7.55
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 55.96
- Facility practice expense RVU: 2.49
- Malpractice RVU: 0.99
- 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 (Q2 2015)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu15b.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU15_V0213_Current.csv, row 7,872
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/36253/2015/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/36253/2015/B
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:05:48+00:00