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    "code": "71046",
    "coding_system": "CPT",
    "canonical_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/71046/2021/A",
    "release_specific_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/71046/2021/D",
    "description": "A radiographic examination of the chest using two views, typically frontal and lateral. It is among the most common imaging studies, used to evaluate the lungs, heart silhouette, and chest structures.",
    "answer": {
        "question": "How much did Medicare pay for CPT 71046 in Q4 2021?",
        "text": "Medicare paid $34.20 for CPT 71046 in the office (non-facility) setting and $34.20 in a facility under the Q4 2021 Physician Fee Schedule, effective October 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 increased 3.0%."
    },
    "release": {
        "schedule": "pfs",
        "year": 2021,
        "quarter": "D",
        "label": "Q4 2021",
        "effective": "October 1 – December 31, 2021",
        "revision": 1
    },
    "status": {
        "code": "A",
        "non_facility_payable": true,
        "facility_payable": true
    },
    "national_rates_usd": {
        "office_non_facility": 34.2,
        "facility": 34.2,
        "sequestration_applied": false,
        "gpci": 1
    },
    "rvus": {
        "work": 0.22,
        "practice_expense_non_facility": 0.74,
        "practice_expense_facility": 0.74,
        "malpractice": 0.02
    },
    "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 (Q4 2021)",
        "cms_url": "https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/rvu21d.zip",
        "local_source_url": "https://localishealth.com/sources/physician-fee-schedule/2021/D",
        "file": "PPRRVU21_OCT.csv",
        "row": 12303,
        "sha256": "f1972bd23bdc51795ceba7d536bb413a0ba0b47fad8c2ed594e7ee7799877297"
    },
    "modified_at": "2026-08-04T03:10:59+00:00"
}