# CPT 36901

> The national PFS baseline was $686.39 for CPT 36901 in the office (non-facility) setting and $147.30 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. Across payment localities, the office amount is $599.20–$937.97 and the facility amount is $134.64–$195.77. This is a 5.0% increase from the previous quarter.

## Selected release

- Release: Q1 2026 (2026 A)
- Effective: January 1 – March 31, 2026
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $686.39
- Facility national allowed amount: $147.30
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 3.28
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 16.76
- Facility practice expense RVU: 0.62
- Malpractice RVU: 0.51
- Conversion factor: 33.4009
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q1 2026)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/rvu26a-updated-12-29-2025.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU2026_Jan_nonQPP.csv, row 4,462
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/36901/2026/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/36901/2026/A
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:16:00+00:00