# CPT 46505

> The national PFS baseline was $325.20 for CPT 46505 in the office (non-facility) setting and $257.86 in a facility under the Q1 2021 Physician Fee Schedule, effective January 2021. These are the national allowed amounts before locality (GPCI) adjustment; sequestration is excluded. Across payment localities, the office amount is $285.49–$406.27 and the facility amount is $228.45–$323.57. This is a 5.4% increase from the previous quarter.

## Selected release

- Release: Q1 2021 (2021 A)
- Effective: January 1 – March 31, 2021
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $325.20
- Facility national allowed amount: $257.86
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 3.18
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 5.62
- Facility practice expense RVU: 3.69
- Malpractice RVU: 0.52
- 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 (Q1 2021)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/rvu21a-updated-01052021.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU21_JAN.csv, row 9,987
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/46505/2021/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/46505/2021/A
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:10:16+00:00