# CPT 70498

> The national PFS baseline was $294.26 for CPT 70498 in the office (non-facility) setting and $294.26 in a facility under the Q2 2015 Physician Fee Schedule, effective April 2015. These are the national allowed amounts before locality (GPCI) adjustment; sequestration is excluded. Across payment localities, both settings' amount is $224.14–$385.11. This price has been unchanged since Q1 2015, when it decreased 37.2%.

## What it is

Neck CT Angiography

## Selected release

- Release: Q2 2015 (2015 B)
- Effective: April 1 – June 30, 2015
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $294.26
- Facility national allowed amount: $294.26
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 1.75
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 6.36
- Facility practice expense RVU: 6.36
- Malpractice RVU: 0.12
- Conversion factor: 35.7547
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q2 2015)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu15b.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU15_V0213_Current.csv, row 11,080
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/70498/2015/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/70498/2015/B
- Last significant update: 2026-08-13T15:11:57+00:00