# CPT 52332

> Medicare paid $487.61 for CPT 52332 in the office (non-facility) setting and $162.18 in a facility under the Q3 2019 Physician Fee Schedule, effective July 2019. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment. This price has been unchanged since Q1 2019, when it decreased 4.0%.

## 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: Q3 2019 (2019 C)
- Effective: July 1 – September 30, 2019
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $487.61
- Facility national allowed amount: $162.18
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 2.82
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 10.39
- Facility practice expense RVU: 1.36
- Malpractice RVU: 0.32
- 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 (Q3 2019)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu19c.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU19_JUL.csv, row 10,289
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/52332/2019/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/52332/2019/C
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:09:02+00:00