# CPT 71046

> 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%.

## What it is

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.

## Selected release

- Release: Q4 2023 (2023 D)
- Effective: October 1 – December 31, 2023
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $34.23
- Facility national allowed amount: $34.23
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 0.22
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 0.77
- Facility practice expense RVU: 0.77
- Malpractice RVU: 0.02
- Conversion factor: 33.8872
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q4 2023)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/rvu23d.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU23_OCT.csv, row 12,994
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/71046/2023/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/71046/2023/D
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:13:13+00:00