# CPT 38780

> The national PFS baseline was $1,068.47 for CPT 38780 in the office (non-facility) setting and $1,068.47 in a facility under the Q2 2018 Physician Fee Schedule, effective April 2018. These are the national allowed amounts before locality (GPCI) adjustment; sequestration is excluded. Across payment localities, both settings' amount is $962.72–$1,396.89. This price has been unchanged since Q1 2018, when it increased 0.3%.

## Selected release

- Release: Q2 2018 (2018 B)
- Effective: April 1 – June 30, 2018
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $1068.47
- Facility national allowed amount: $1068.47
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 17.70
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 9.22
- Facility practice expense RVU: 9.22
- Malpractice RVU: 2.76
- Conversion factor: 35.9996
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q2 2018)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu18b.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU18_APR.csv, row 8,648
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/38780/2018/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/38780/2018/B
- Last significant update: 2026-09-14T15:22:49+00:00