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    "code": "64494",
    "coding_system": "CPT",
    "canonical_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/64494/2015/A",
    "release_specific_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/64494/2015/C",
    "description": "The second facet joint level injected in the lumbar or sacral spine during the same session, again with imaging guidance. Facet pain rarely sits at a single segment, so physicians commonly treat two or three neighbouring levels in one visit; this entry covers the second of them. The technique is identical to the first-level injection - only the spinal segment differs.",
    "answer": {
        "question": "How much did Medicare pay for CPT 64494 in Q3 2015?",
        "text": "Medicare paid $88.31 for CPT 64494 in the office (non-facility) setting and $53.63 in a facility under the Q3 2015 Physician Fee Schedule, effective July 2015. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment. This price has been unchanged since Q1 2015, when it decreased 0.2%."
    },
    "release": {
        "schedule": "pfs",
        "year": 2015,
        "quarter": "C",
        "label": "Q3 2015",
        "effective": "July 1 – September 30, 2015",
        "revision": 1
    },
    "status": {
        "code": "A",
        "non_facility_payable": true,
        "facility_payable": true
    },
    "national_rates_usd": {
        "office_non_facility": 88.31,
        "facility": 53.63,
        "sequestration_applied": false,
        "gpci": 1
    },
    "rvus": {
        "work": 1,
        "practice_expense_non_facility": 1.38,
        "practice_expense_facility": 0.41,
        "malpractice": 0.09
    },
    "formula": "(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor",
    "conversion_factor": 35.7547,
    "source": {
        "label": "Physician relative value file (Q3 2015)",
        "cms_url": "https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu15c.zip",
        "local_source_url": "https://localishealth.com/sources/physician-fee-schedule/2015/C",
        "file": "PPRRVU15_UP0.V0515.csv",
        "row": 10427,
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    },
    "modified_at": "2026-08-04T03:06:00+00:00"
}