{
    "code": "71046",
    "coding_system": "CPT",
    "canonical_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/71046/2023/A",
    "release_specific_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/71046/2023/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 2023?",
        "text": "Medicare paid $34.23 for CPT 71046 in the office (non-facility) setting and $34.23 in a facility under the Q4 2023 Physician Fee Schedule, effective October 2023. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment. This price has been unchanged since Q1 2023, when it decreased 1.1%."
    },
    "release": {
        "schedule": "pfs",
        "year": 2023,
        "quarter": "D",
        "label": "Q4 2023",
        "effective": "October 1 – December 31, 2023",
        "revision": 1
    },
    "status": {
        "code": "A",
        "non_facility_payable": true,
        "facility_payable": true
    },
    "national_rates_usd": {
        "office_non_facility": 34.23,
        "facility": 34.23,
        "sequestration_applied": false,
        "gpci": 1
    },
    "rvus": {
        "work": 0.22,
        "practice_expense_non_facility": 0.77,
        "practice_expense_facility": 0.77,
        "malpractice": 0.02
    },
    "formula": "(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor",
    "conversion_factor": 33.8872,
    "source": {
        "label": "Physician relative value file (Q4 2023)",
        "cms_url": "https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/rvu23d.zip",
        "local_source_url": "https://localishealth.com/sources/physician-fee-schedule/2023/D",
        "file": "PPRRVU23_OCT.csv",
        "row": 12994,
        "sha256": "6558dc4fa634f462f996db05a7e6af5cbe365e93e508b8e24d1cbfb1f610dcbd"
    },
    "modified_at": "2026-08-04T03:13:13+00:00"
}