{
    "code": "70553",
    "coding_system": "CPT",
    "canonical_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/70553/2018/A",
    "release_specific_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/70553/2018/B",
    "description": "A magnetic-resonance study of the brain performed both before and after intravenous contrast, giving detailed images of brain tissue and highlighting areas that take up contrast. It uses magnetic fields rather than radiation.",
    "answer": {
        "question": "How much did Medicare pay for CPT 70553 in Q2 2018?",
        "text": "Medicare paid $385.56 for CPT 70553 in the office (non-facility) setting and $385.56 in a facility under the Q2 2018 Physician Fee Schedule, effective April 2018. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment. This price has been unchanged since Q1 2018, when it increased 0.8%."
    },
    "release": {
        "schedule": "pfs",
        "year": 2018,
        "quarter": "B",
        "label": "Q2 2018",
        "effective": "April 1 – June 30, 2018",
        "revision": 1
    },
    "status": {
        "code": "A",
        "non_facility_payable": true,
        "facility_payable": true
    },
    "national_rates_usd": {
        "office_non_facility": 385.56,
        "facility": 385.56,
        "sequestration_applied": false,
        "gpci": 1
    },
    "rvus": {
        "work": 2.29,
        "practice_expense_non_facility": 8.27,
        "practice_expense_facility": 8.27,
        "malpractice": 0.15
    },
    "formula": "(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor",
    "conversion_factor": 35.9996,
    "source": {
        "label": "Physician relative value file (Q2 2018)",
        "cms_url": "https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu18b.zip",
        "local_source_url": "https://localishealth.com/sources/physician-fee-schedule/2018/B",
        "file": "PPRRVU18_APR.csv",
        "row": 11674,
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    },
    "modified_at": "2026-08-04T03:08:19+00:00"
}