# CPT 36516

> The national PFS baseline was $2,027.92 for CPT 36516 in the Office (non-facility) setting and $88.66 in a facility under the Q1 2019 Physician Fee Schedule, effective January 2019. These are the national allowed amounts before locality (GPCI) adjustment; sequestration is excluded. Across payment localities, the office amount is $1,750.24–$2,721.17 and the facility amount is $79.57–$116.58. This is a 9.1% decrease from the previous quarter.

## Selected release

- Release: Q1 2019 (2019 A)
- Effective: January 1 – March 31, 2019
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $2027.92
- Facility national allowed amount: $88.66
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 1.56
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 54.44
- Facility practice expense RVU: 0.63
- Malpractice RVU: 0.27
- Conversion factor: 36.0391
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q1 2019)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu19a.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU19_V1213.csv, row 8,645
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/36516/2019/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/36516/2019/A
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:08:45+00:00