# CPT 36597

> The national PFS baseline was $127.01 for CPT 36597 in the office (non-facility) setting and $61.41 in a facility under the Q3 2021 Physician Fee Schedule, effective July 2021. These are the national allowed amounts before locality (GPCI) adjustment; sequestration is excluded. Across payment localities, the office amount is $112.17–$158.81 and the facility amount is $56.36–$82.32. This price has been unchanged since Q1 2021, when it decreased 7.1%.

## Selected release

- Release: Q3 2021 (2021 C)
- Effective: July 1 – September 30, 2021
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $127.01
- Facility national allowed amount: $61.41
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 1.21
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 2.29
- Facility practice expense RVU: 0.41
- Malpractice RVU: 0.14
- Conversion factor: 34.8931
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q3 2021)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/rvu21c-updated-6302021.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU21_JUL.csv, row 9,033
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/36597/2021/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/36597/2021/C
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:10:45+00:00