# CPT 37227

> Medicare paid $16,033.80 for CPT 37227 in the office (non-facility) setting and $762.95 in a facility under the Q1 2019 Physician Fee Schedule, effective January 2019. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment. Across payment localities, the office amount is $13,862.50–$21,464.75 and the facility amount is $675.64–$1,004.10. This is a 6.5% increase from the previous quarter.

## What it is

Leg Artery Plaque Removal With Stent

## Selected release

- Release: Q1 2019 (2019 A)
- Effective: January 1 – March 31, 2019
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $16033.80
- Facility national allowed amount: $762.95
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 14.25
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 427.61
- Facility practice expense RVU: 3.88
- Malpractice RVU: 3.04
- 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 8,747
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/37227/2019/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/37227/2019/A
- Last significant update: 2026-08-13T15:11:57+00:00