# CPT 50953

> The national PFS baseline is $417.18 for CPT 50953 in the Office (non-facility) setting and $287.58 in a facility under the Q4 2026 Physician Fee Schedule, effective October 2026. These are the national allowed amounts before locality (GPCI) adjustment; sequestration is excluded. Across payment localities, the office amount is $377.87–$518.92 and the facility amount is $266.54–$380.91. This amount has been unchanged since Q1 2026, when it increased 6.4%.

## Selected release

- Release: Q4 2026 (2026 D)
- Effective: October 1 – December 31, 2026
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $417.18
- Facility national allowed amount: $287.58
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 6.07
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 5.63
- Facility practice expense RVU: 1.75
- Malpractice RVU: 0.79
- Conversion factor: 33.4009
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## NCCI edits

- Never-billable pair count: 67
- Modifier-allowed pair count: 168
- MUE units per patient per date of service: 1
- Complete list: https://localishealth.com/cpt/50953/ncci-edits.txt

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q4 2026)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/rvu26d-updated-08-26-2026.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv, row 6,006
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/50953
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/50953/2026/D
- Last significant update: 2026-09-01T06:33:29+00:00