# CPT 36556

> The national PFS baseline was $176.26 for CPT 36556 in the office (non-facility) setting and $89.00 in a facility under the Q1 2013 Physician Fee Schedule, effective January 2013. These are the national allowed amounts before locality (GPCI) adjustment; sequestration is excluded. Across payment localities, the office amount is $130.55–$211.98 and the facility amount is $71.39–$118.88.

## Selected release

- Release: Q1 2013 (2013 A)
- Effective: January 1 – March 31, 2013
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $176.26
- Facility national allowed amount: $89.00
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 2.50
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 4.24
- Facility practice expense RVU: 0.75
- Malpractice RVU: 0.31
- Conversion factor: 25.0008
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q1 2013)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu13a.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU13.csv, row 7,594
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/36556/2013/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/36556/2013/A
- Last significant update: 2026-09-14T15:21:59+00:00