# CPT 70553

> Medicare paid $346.41 for CPT 70553 in the office (non-facility) setting and $346.41 in a facility under the Q3 2022 Physician Fee Schedule, effective July 2022. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment. Across payment localities, both settings' amount is $303.31–$452.26. This price has been unchanged since Q1 2022, when it decreased 4.4%.

## What it is

Brain MRI With and Without Contrast

## Selected release

- Release: Q3 2022 (2022 C)
- Effective: July 1 – September 30, 2022
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $346.41
- Facility national allowed amount: $346.41
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 2.29
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 7.57
- Facility practice expense RVU: 7.57
- Malpractice RVU: 0.15
- Conversion factor: 34.6062
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q3 2022)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/rvu22c-updated-06172022.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU22_JUL.csv, row 12,513
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/70553/2022/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/70553/2022/C
- Last significant update: 2026-08-13T15:11:57+00:00