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CPT 36253 Medicare rate in Q1 2026

Historical · Q1 2026
$1,897.51

National (GPCI 1.000)

$1,653.38–$2,630.62 across payment localities

Participating physician · Before sequestration

CMS evidence · Q1 2026 release

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The national PFS baseline was $1,897.51 for CPT 36253 in the Office (non-facility) setting and $304.95 in a facility under the Q1 2026 Physician Fee Schedule, effective January 2026. These are the national allowed amounts before locality (GPCI) adjustment; sequestration is excluded.

Why are the facility and non-facility amounts different?

Only the practice-expense RVU changes with the setting. For 36253 it's 48.81 RVUs in the Office (non-facility) setting versus 1.13 in a facility—the whole $1,592.56 gap between $1,897.51 and $304.95. In the Office (non-facility) setting the practice bears the overhead, so the allowed amount is higher; in a hospital or ASC the facility bills its own fee, so the professional amount is lower. See facility vs non-facility.

Sources: CMS Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Relative Value Files; CMS Practice Expense methodology (cms.gov).

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Applies to your locality's allowed amount, not the $1,897.51 national baseline. How to find your contract's percentage.

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Allowed amount, Medicare's share, and patient share Copy link

A physician's $1,897.51 Office (non-facility) allowed amount: Medicare pays $1,487.65 after sequestration and the patient owes $379.50, once the Part B deductible is met.

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36253: allowed amount and each party's share by who bills it, Office (non-facility), national baseline
Billed by Allowed amount Participating claim If not participating
What Medicare pays Patient coinsurance Non-participating amount Limiting charge
Physician (MD/DO) 100% Calculator $1,897.51 $1,487.65 $1,518.01 − $30.36 $379.50 $1,802.63 $2,073.02

National Q1 2026, GPCI 1.000. Rows are provider types with at least 1% of 36253’s Medicare services in CMS’s CY2024 Physician & Other Practitioners data; each % applies before the 80/20 split and sequestration.

Is $1,897.51 what a practice actually receives?

It's the national allowed amount—the starting point. Medicare pays 80% of it ($1,518.01) and the patient owes 20% coinsurance ($379.50). Sequestration trims Medicare's share by about 2%, your locality's GPCIs scale the total up or down, and the expected-payment calculator applies all three. That payment is practice revenue that covers staff, space, equipment, and billing. It isn't the clinician's take-home pay. The practice-expense RVU above is CMS's estimate of that overhead share.

Sources: Budget Control Act sequestration provisions; CMS Medicare Fee-for-Service payment guidance; CMS Geographic Practice Cost Index (GPCI) files; CMS Physician Fee Schedule overview (cms.gov).

What's the non-participating amount for 36253?

$1,802.63 in the Office (non-facility) setting—95% of the $1,897.51 participating fee schedule amount above. A participating provider takes the fee schedule amount as payment in full on every claim. A non-participating provider is paid this reduced amount, but chooses claim by claim whether to accept assignment. See participating vs non-participating.

Sources: CMS Physician Fee Schedule overview (cms.gov); CMS Medicare Fee-for-Service payment guidance.

What's the limiting charge for 36253?

$2,073.02 in the Office (non-facility) setting—the ceiling on what a non-participating provider can bill the patient on an unassigned claim. That's 109.25% of the $1,897.51 amount above. The non-participating amount is 95% of the fee schedule rate ($1,802.63), and the statutory cap is 115% of that. See limiting charge.

Sources: CMS Physician Fee Schedule overview (cms.gov); CMS Medicare Fee-for-Service payment guidance.

CMS RVU26AJanuary 1 – March 31, 2026 See file rows

Which billing rules and modifiers apply? Copy link

CMS indicators that apply to 36253: GLOB DAYS 000 (same day only) · MULT PROC 2 (standard reduction applies).

Global surgery period

Same day only

GLOB DAYS

000

The fee covers pre-operative and post-operative work on the day of the procedure only—there is no follow-up window afterward. A visit the next day is separately payable.

Multiple procedures

Standard reduction applies

MULT PROC

2

When billed with other procedures on the same date, the highest-valued one is paid at 100% and the next four at 50% each.

-51 depends on the other codes on the same claim, so it's a claim-level number rather than a per-code one.

Not payable with 36253: -26/TC · -50 · -80/81/82 · -AS · -62 · -66.

Why would a Medicare claim for 36253 be denied or paid less?

These come from CMS indicators on this page, not general billing advice.

Payer-specific coverage and documentation rules live outside these files, so a claim that clears every check here can still be denied on other grounds.

CMS RVU26AJanuary 1 – March 31, 2026 See file rows

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Four published payment rules can change what 36253 allows on a claim: the office/facility differential, the same-day global package, the standard multiple-procedure reduction and the assistant-at-surgery prohibition. Each is a legitimate reason for a paid amount to differ from the fee-schedule amount on this page.

  • Check the place-of-service code before attributing the gap to the payer: office and facility pricing differ by $1,592.56 nationally at GPCI 1.000, before any locality adjustment.
  • Check the visit date: this code carries no follow-up window, so a related visit the day after the procedure is separately payable and should not have bundled.
  • Rank the claim’s procedure lines before calling this one short-paid: billed with a higher-valued procedure on the same date, its allowed amount is $948.76 instead of $1,897.51 (national, GPCI 1.000). That is the rule, not a payer error.
  • Expect an assistant-at-surgery denial here rather than appealing it—a -80 or -AS line on this procedure is never separately payable.
  • Reprice the line against the release, locality, setting, modifier and participation status that applied to the date of service before treating any difference as an underpayment.

Sources: CMS Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Relative Value Files; CMS Practice Expense methodology (cms.gov); CMS Medicare Claims Processing Manual (Pub. 100-04); 42 USC 1395w-4(i)(2) (SSA §1848(i)(2))—Assistants-at-surgery.

How location and RVUs set the amount Copy link

Office (non-facility): 56.81 RVUs × $33.4009 = $1,897.51 national PFS baseline. Local GPCIs move it from $1,653.38 in Arkansas, AR to $2,630.62 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (San Benito County), CA.

Office (non-facility)

Office (non-facility): each RVU times its GPCI, summed, times the conversion factor
Component RVU × GPCI =
Work 7.12 1.000 7.12
Practice expense 48.81 1.000 48.81
Malpractice 0.88 1.000 0.88
Total RVUs 56.81
× Conversion factor $33.4009
= National PFS baseline $1,897.51

Facility

Facility: each RVU times its GPCI, summed, times the conversion factor
Component RVU × GPCI =
Work 7.12 1.000 7.12
Practice expense 1.13 1.000 1.13
Malpractice 0.88 1.000 0.88
Total RVUs 9.13
× Conversion factor $33.4009
= National PFS baseline $304.95

Rates by locality Copy link

Maine: $1,755.97–$1,871.99 across 2 localities ME Wisconsin: $1,808.69 WI Vermont: $1,866.68 VT New Hampshire: $1,960.67 NH Montana: $1,897.45 MT North Dakota: $1,880.05 ND Minnesota: $1,924.09 MN Michigan: $1,759.46–$1,860.61 across 2 localities MI New York: $1,807.26–$2,246.04 across 5 localities NY Massachusetts: $1,981.75–$2,220.30 across 2 localities MA Rhode Island: $1,952.65 RI Washington: $1,979.98–$2,274.09 across 2 localities WA Idaho: $1,751.59 ID Wyoming: $1,889.86 WY South Dakota: $1,877.99 SD Iowa: $1,741.21 IA Illinois: $1,772.22–$1,965.88 across 4 localities IL Indiana: $1,763.39 IN Ohio: $1,755.90 OH Pennsylvania: $1,762.20–$1,974.30 across 2 localities PA New Jersey: $2,059.86–$2,175.33 across 2 localities NJ Connecticut: $2,033.97 CT Oregon: $1,882.25–$2,074.75 across 2 localities OR Nevada: $1,894.23 NV Utah: $1,796.69 UT Colorado: $1,998.26 CO Nebraska: $1,753.69 NE Missouri: $1,671.76–$1,819.31 across 3 localities MO Kentucky: $1,714.04 KY West Virginia: $1,696.60 WV Virginia: $1,861.15 VA Maryland: $1,917.04–$2,027.29 across 2 localities MD Delaware: $1,876.16 DE California: $2,044.42–$2,630.62 across 29 localities CA Arizona: $1,842.73 AZ New Mexico: $1,768.10 NM Kansas: $1,726.42 KS Oklahoma: $1,716.51 OK Arkansas: $1,653.38 AR Tennessee: $1,735.54 TN North Carolina: $1,777.66 NC South Carolina: $1,769.19 SC District of Columbia: $2,203.86 DC Texas: $1,748.69–$1,989.19 across 8 localities TX Louisiana: $1,708.79–$1,805.31 across 2 localities LA Mississippi: $1,663.22 MS Alabama: $1,680.96 AL Georgia: $1,727.08–$1,930.21 across 2 localities GA Florida: $1,840.56–$2,009.29 across 3 localities FL Alaska: $2,109.18 AK Hawaii: $2,108.48 HI
$1,653–$1,745 $1,745–$1,837 $1,837–$1,929 $1,929–$2,020 $2,020–$2,112 $2,112–$2,204

36253 Office (non-facility) by metro, highest first

San Jose, CA $2,626.53 Locality 01112-09 San Francisco, CA $2,571.62 Locality 01112-05 Seattle, WA $2,274.09 Locality 02402-02 Long Island, NY $2,246.04 Locality 13202-02 Queens, NY $2,222.43 Locality 13292-04 Boston, MA $2,220.30 Locality 14212-01
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San Diego, CA $2,210.72 Locality 01182-72 Washington, DC $2,203.86 Locality 12202-01 Los Angeles, CA $2,195.72 Locality 01182-18 New York City, NY $2,194.06 Locality 13202-01 Ventura County, CA $2,189.80 Locality 01182-17 Northern New Jersey, NJ $2,175.33 Locality 12402-01 Sacramento, CA $2,158.17 Locality 01112-63 Anchorage, AK $2,109.18 Locality 02102-01 Honolulu, HI $2,108.48 Locality 01212-01 Portland, OR $2,074.75 Locality 02302-01 Riverside, CA $2,053.97 Locality 01112-62 Bakersfield, CA $2,047.04 Locality 01112-54 Fresno, CA $2,044.42 Locality 01112-56 Hartford, CT $2,033.97 Locality 13102-00 Baltimore, MD $2,027.29 Locality 12302-01 Miami, FL $2,009.29 Locality 09102-04 Denver, CO $1,998.26 Locality 04112-01 Austin, TX $1,989.19 Locality 04412-31 Philadelphia, PA $1,974.30 Locality 12502-01 Suburban Chicago, IL $1,965.88 Locality 06102-15 Providence, RI $1,952.65 Locality 14412-01 Chicago, IL $1,945.38 Locality 06102-16 Fort Lauderdale, FL $1,942.45 Locality 09102-03 Atlanta, GA $1,930.21 Locality 10212-01 Minneapolis, MN $1,924.09 Locality 06202-00 Houston, TX $1,899.05 Locality 04412-18 Las Vegas, NV $1,894.23 Locality 01312-00 Dallas, TX $1,888.95 Locality 04412-11 Fort Worth, TX $1,873.03 Locality 04412-28 Portland, ME $1,871.99 Locality 14112-03 Richmond, VA $1,861.15 Locality 11302-00 Detroit, MI $1,860.61 Locality 08202-01 Phoenix, AZ $1,842.73 Locality 03102-00 Tampa, FL $1,840.56 Locality 09102-99 St. Louis, MO $1,819.31 Locality 05302-01 San Antonio, TX $1,811.51 Locality 04412-99 Milwaukee, WI $1,808.69 Locality 06302-00 Buffalo, NY $1,807.26 Locality 13282-99 New Orleans, LA $1,805.31 Locality 07202-01 Kansas City, MO $1,797.38 Locality 05302-02 Metro East, IL $1,796.89 Locality 06102-12 Salt Lake City, UT $1,796.69 Locality 03502-09 Charlotte, NC $1,777.66 Locality 11502-00 Charleston, SC $1,769.19 Locality 11202-01 Albuquerque, NM $1,768.10 Locality 04212-05 Indianapolis, IN $1,763.39 Locality 08102-00 Pittsburgh, PA $1,762.20 Locality 12502-99 Columbus, OH $1,755.90 Locality 15202-00 Omaha, NE $1,753.69 Locality 05402-00 Boise, ID $1,751.59 Locality 02202-00 Des Moines, IA $1,741.21 Locality 05102-00 Nashville, TN $1,735.54 Locality 10312-35 Wichita, KS $1,726.42 Locality 05202-00 Oklahoma City, OK $1,716.51 Locality 04312-00 Louisville, KY $1,714.04 Locality 15102-00 Birmingham, AL $1,680.96 Locality 10112-00
Maine: $290.82–$293.76 across 2 localities ME Wisconsin: $283.03 WI Vermont: $290.05 VT New Hampshire: $302.82 NH Montana: $304.89 MT North Dakota: $287.49 ND Minnesota: $285.35 MN Michigan: $305.46–$323.79 across 2 localities MI New York: $294.33–$352.49 across 5 localities NY Massachusetts: $304.79–$318.79 across 2 localities MA Rhode Island: $307.54 RI Washington: $303.02–$320.03 across 2 localities WA Idaho: $286.44 ID Wyoming: $297.31 WY South Dakota: $285.43 SD Iowa: $284.02 IA Illinois: $318.21–$344.87 across 4 localities IL Indiana: $287.09 IN Ohio: $301.90 OH Pennsylvania: $300.24–$316.45 across 2 localities PA New Jersey: $320.79–$327.97 across 2 localities NJ Connecticut: $318.79 CT Oregon: $296.07–$305.42 across 2 localities OR Nevada: $300.08 NV Utah: $299.69 UT Colorado: $303.78 CO Nebraska: $283.76 NE Missouri: $298.98–$303.20 across 3 localities MO Kentucky: $298.26 KY West Virginia: $312.67 WV Virginia: $295.67 VA Maryland: $305.37–$318.48 across 2 localities MD Delaware: $302.72 DE California: $298.98–$334.15 across 29 localities CA Arizona: $299.55 AZ New Mexico: $307.73 NM Kansas: $286.75 KS Oklahoma: $294.36 OK Arkansas: $285.37 AR Tennessee: $287.91 TN North Carolina: $291.81 NC South Carolina: $297.67 SC District of Columbia: $327.83 DC Texas: $299.47–$317.64 across 8 localities TX Louisiana: $299.38–$306.72 across 2 localities LA Mississippi: $292.03 MS Alabama: $287.48 AL Georgia: $306.52–$312.18 across 2 localities GA Florida: $318.07–$351.44 across 3 localities FL Alaska: $413.11 AK Hawaii: $297.75 HI
$283–$305 $305–$326 $326–$348 $348–$370 $370–$391 $391–$413

36253 Facility by metro, highest first

Anchorage, AK $413.11 Locality 02102-01 Long Island, NY $352.49 Locality 13202-02 Miami, FL $351.44 Locality 09102-04 Chicago, IL $344.87 Locality 06102-16 New York City, NY $343.51 Locality 13202-01 Queens, NY $340.03 Locality 13292-04
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Metro East, IL $331.74 Locality 06102-12 Suburban Chicago, IL $330.33 Locality 06102-15 San Jose, CA $330.07 Locality 01112-09 Fort Lauderdale, FL $329.19 Locality 09102-03 Northern New Jersey, NJ $327.97 Locality 12402-01 Washington, DC $327.83 Locality 12202-01 San Francisco, CA $326.12 Locality 01112-05 Detroit, MI $323.79 Locality 08202-01 Seattle, WA $320.03 Locality 02402-02 Hartford, CT $318.79 Locality 13102-00 Boston, MA $318.79 Locality 14212-01 Baltimore, MD $318.48 Locality 12302-01 Tampa, FL $318.07 Locality 09102-99 Houston, TX $317.64 Locality 04412-18 Philadelphia, PA $316.45 Locality 12502-01 Atlanta, GA $312.18 Locality 10212-01 Los Angeles, CA $311.73 Locality 01182-18 Riverside, CA $308.53 Locality 01112-62 Albuquerque, NM $307.73 Locality 04212-05 Providence, RI $307.54 Locality 14412-01 Ventura County, CA $307.40 Locality 01182-17 New Orleans, LA $306.72 Locality 07202-01 Sacramento, CA $306.03 Locality 01112-63 San Diego, CA $306.02 Locality 01182-72 Portland, OR $305.42 Locality 02302-01 Austin, TX $304.26 Locality 04412-31 Denver, CO $303.78 Locality 04112-01 St. Louis, MO $303.20 Locality 05302-01 Dallas, TX $302.77 Locality 04412-11 Fort Worth, TX $302.77 Locality 04412-28 Kansas City, MO $301.97 Locality 05302-02 Columbus, OH $301.90 Locality 15202-00 Bakersfield, CA $301.60 Locality 01112-54 Pittsburgh, PA $300.24 Locality 12502-99 San Antonio, TX $300.17 Locality 04412-99 Las Vegas, NV $300.08 Locality 01312-00 Salt Lake City, UT $299.69 Locality 03502-09 Phoenix, AZ $299.55 Locality 03102-00 Fresno, CA $298.98 Locality 01112-56 Louisville, KY $298.26 Locality 15102-00 Honolulu, HI $297.75 Locality 01212-01 Charleston, SC $297.67 Locality 11202-01 Richmond, VA $295.67 Locality 11302-00 Oklahoma City, OK $294.36 Locality 04312-00 Buffalo, NY $294.33 Locality 13282-99 Portland, ME $293.76 Locality 14112-03 Charlotte, NC $291.81 Locality 11502-00 Nashville, TN $287.91 Locality 10312-35 Birmingham, AL $287.48 Locality 10112-00 Indianapolis, IN $287.09 Locality 08102-00 Wichita, KS $286.75 Locality 05202-00 Boise, ID $286.44 Locality 02202-00 Minneapolis, MN $285.35 Locality 06202-00 Des Moines, IA $284.02 Locality 05102-00 Omaha, NE $283.76 Locality 05402-00 Milwaukee, WI $283.03 Locality 06302-00

Q1 2026, each locality's GPCIs, before sequestration. Multi-locality states are shaded by their mean. Look up your exact locality →

CMS RVU26AJanuary 1 – March 31, 2026 See file rows

Source & method Copy link

  1. 01 PPRRVU2026_Jan_nonQPP.csv · Q1 2026 (RVU26A) · row 4,361—status A, RVUs limits
    Source
    Physician relative value file (PPRRVU), Q1 2026 release
    Effective
    January 1 – March 31, 2026
    Locator
    PPRRVU2026_Jan_nonQPP.csv in rvu26a-updated-12-29-2025.zip · row 4,361 of 19,226 · via CMS
    Fields read
    Status A (col 4) Work RVU 7.12 (col 6) Office (non-facility) PE RVU 48.81 (col 7) Facility PE RVU 1.13 (col 9) Malpractice RVU 0.88 (col 11)
    SHA-256 9a15cb9cc117f079…
    Doesn’t establish
    A locality-adjusted allowed amount, or the payment after sequestration. National baselines use GPCI 1.000 and exclude sequestration.
    Note
    Whether a national amount exists depends on the status and CMS’s payment instructions; blank RVUs are never treated as zero.
  2. 02 Conversion factor · same file · row 4,361 · column 26—$33.4009
    Source
    Conversion factor, read from the same file as the RVUs
  3. 03 Physician & Other Practitioners · CY2024—volume and who bills it limits
    Source
    CMS Physician & Other Practitioners dataset
    Effective
    Calendar-year snapshot, on a different cycle from the Q1 2026 fee schedule
    Doesn’t establish
    Medicare Advantage, Medicaid or commercial volume.
    Note
    The dataset suppresses rows under 11 beneficiaries.

Cite this rate

CPT 36253 National PFS baseline: Office (non-facility) $1,897.51; Facility $304.95 (Q1 2026; participating physician; whole service; GPCI 1.000; sequestration excluded). CMS RVU26A, PPRRVU2026_Jan_nonQPP.csv row 4,361. Localis. https://localishealth.com/cpt/36253/2026/A

Past releases are never edited, so the citation stays checkable after CMS publishes a newer one. Methodology · Plain-text summary · JSON

How has it changed? Copy link

$1,897.51 Office (non-facility) and $304.95 Facility since Jan 1, 2026, after a +2.1% increase in the Office (non-facility) amount. -18.2% decrease since Q1 2013; peak $2,319.01 in Q1 2013.

  1. Jan 1, 2026 – present

    Q1 2026

    Still in effect · 4 releases at this rate
    Office
    $1,897.51 (+$39.20, +2.1% increase)
    Facility
    $304.95 (−$29.84, -8.9% decrease)

    Q1 2026 Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026 · Q2 2026 Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026 · Q3 2026 Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026 · Q4 2026 Oct 1, 2026 – present

    • +$60.58 the conversion factor
    • −$16.37 practice-expense RVUs
    • −$6.01 work RVUs
    • +$1.00 malpractice RVUs

  2. Jan 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025

    Q1 2025

    4 releases at this rate
    Office
    $1,858.31 (−$106.32, -5.4% decrease)
    Facility
    $334.79 (−$7.74, -2.3% decrease)

    Q1 2025 Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025 · Q2 2025 Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025 · Q3 2025 Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025 · Q4 2025 Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025

    • −$55.54 the conversion factor
    • −$49.81 practice-expense RVUs
    • −$0.97 malpractice RVUs

  3. Mar 9, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024

    Q1 2024

    4 releases at this rate
    Office
    $1,964.63 (+$32.07, +1.7% increase)
    Facility
    $342.53 (+$5.59, +1.7% increase)

    Q1 2024 Mar 9, 2024 – Mar 31, 2024 · Q2 2024 Apr 1, 2024 – Jun 30, 2024 · Q3 2024 Jul 1, 2024 – Sep 30, 2024 · Q4 2024 Oct 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024

    • +$32.07 the conversion factor

  4. Jan 1, 2024 – Mar 8, 2024 · Superseded revision

    Q1 2024 rev 1

    Revision 1, later corrected by CMS
    Office
    $1,932.56
    Facility
    $336.94

  5. Jan 1, 2023 – Dec 31, 2023

    Q1 2023

    4 releases at this rate
    Office
    $2,054.24 (−$102.07, -4.7% decrease)
    Facility
    $348.70 (−$7.74, -2.2% decrease)

    Q1 2023 Jan 1, 2023 – Mar 31, 2023 · Q2 2023 Apr 1, 2023 – Jun 30, 2023 · Q3 2023 Jul 1, 2023 – Sep 30, 2023 · Q4 2023 Oct 1, 2023 – Dec 31, 2023

    • −$57.61 practice-expense RVUs
    • −$44.80 the conversion factor
    • +$0.34 malpractice RVUs

  6. Jan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022

    Q1 2022

    4 releases at this rate
    Office
    $2,156.31 (−$120.81, -5.3% decrease)
    Facility
    $356.44 (−$1.56, -0.4% decrease)

    Q1 2022 Jan 1, 2022 – Mar 31, 2022 · Q2 2022 Apr 1, 2022 – Jun 30, 2022 · Q3 2022 Jul 1, 2022 – Sep 30, 2022 · Q4 2022 Oct 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022

    • −$103.47 practice-expense RVUs
    • −$18.72 the conversion factor
    • +$1.38 malpractice RVUs

National baseline (GPCI 1.000), before sequestration.

How each change is split
The chips under each change split the Office (non-facility) move into the conversion factor's share, which CMS sets for every code, and 36253's own work, practice-expense and malpractice RVUs. CMS doesn't publish this split; we derive it from each release's RVUs and conversion factor. We apply the new conversion factor to the earlier RVUs first, then price each RVU change at the new conversion factor. Another order would move a few cents between columns, but every total stays the same.
When does this rate change?

CMS publishes a fee schedule release every quarter (January, April, July, October), and each is versioned here. See what changed each release, or get an email when a new release moves rates.

The 36253 rate last moved in Q1 2026. See its rate history.

Sources: CMS Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Relative Value Files.

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Usage and related codes Copy link

In CY2024, 36253 ranked #3,843 of the 7,879 CPT codes billed to Medicare that year, by patients served or total allowed dollars.

Services
1,810
Allowed
$422,720
Beneficiaries
1,728

CY2024 Medicare fee-for-service, from the CMS Physician & Other Practitioners dataset (limits).