# CPT 52332

> Medicare paid $494.46 for CPT 52332 in the office (non-facility) setting and $160.40 in a facility under the Q2 2016 Physician Fee Schedule, effective April 2016. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment. This price has been unchanged since Q1 2016, when it decreased 0.2%.

## What it is

A scope is passed through the urethra into the bladder, the opening of the ureter is identified, and a soft plastic tube is fed up the ureter toward the kidney and left in place. The tube - typically curled at both ends so it anchors in the kidney above and the bladder below - holds the ureter open so urine keeps draining past a blockage. It is a temporary device, removed or exchanged later.

## Selected release

- Release: Q2 2016 (2016 B)
- Effective: April 1 – June 30, 2016
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $494.46
- Facility national allowed amount: $160.40
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 2.82
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 10.67
- Facility practice expense RVU: 1.34
- Malpractice RVU: 0.32
- Conversion factor: 35.8043
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q2 2016)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu16b.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU16_April_V0202.csv, row 9,675
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/52332/2016/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/52332/2016/B
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:06:42+00:00