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    "code": "70553",
    "coding_system": "CPT",
    "canonical_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/70553/2021/A",
    "release_specific_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/70553/2021/C",
    "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 Q3 2021?",
        "text": "Medicare paid $362.54 for CPT 70553 in the office (non-facility) setting and $362.54 in a facility under the Q3 2021 Physician Fee Schedule, effective July 2021. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment. This price has been unchanged since Q1 2021, when it decreased 2.2%."
    },
    "release": {
        "schedule": "pfs",
        "year": 2021,
        "quarter": "C",
        "label": "Q3 2021",
        "effective": "July 1 – September 30, 2021",
        "revision": 1
    },
    "status": {
        "code": "A",
        "non_facility_payable": true,
        "facility_payable": true
    },
    "national_rates_usd": {
        "office_non_facility": 362.54,
        "facility": 362.54,
        "sequestration_applied": false,
        "gpci": 1
    },
    "rvus": {
        "work": 2.29,
        "practice_expense_non_facility": 7.97,
        "practice_expense_facility": 7.97,
        "malpractice": 0.13
    },
    "formula": "(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor",
    "conversion_factor": 34.8931,
    "source": {
        "label": "Physician relative value file (Q3 2021)",
        "cms_url": "https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/rvu21c-updated-6302021.zip",
        "local_source_url": "https://localishealth.com/sources/physician-fee-schedule/2021/C",
        "file": "PPRRVU21_JUL.csv",
        "row": 12253,
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    },
    "modified_at": "2026-08-04T03:10:45+00:00"
}