# CPT 52356

> The national PFS baseline was $434.88 for CPT 52356 in the office (non-facility) setting and $434.88 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 $399.94–$583.10. This price has been unchanged since Q1 2018, when it increased 0.6%.

## Selected release

- Release: Q2 2018 (2018 B)
- Effective: April 1 – June 30, 2018
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $434.88
- Facility national allowed amount: $434.88
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 8.00
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 3.20
- Facility practice expense RVU: 3.20
- Malpractice RVU: 0.88
- 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 10,032
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/52356/2018/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/52356/2018/B
- Last significant update: 2026-09-14T15:22:49+00:00