# CPT 71250

> Medicare paid $181.89 for CPT 71250 in the office (non-facility) setting and $181.89 in a facility under the Q2 2016 Physician Fee Schedule, effective April 2016. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment. This price has been unchanged since Q1 2016, when it increased 0.4%.

## What it is

A CT scan of the chest - lungs, airways, the space between the lungs, chest wall, and the ribs and spine within the field - taken without any iodinated dye in the veins. Lung tissue shows up well on its own against air, so the plain study is a good look at nodules, scarring, and infection. Companion codes cover the same scan after contrast and before-and-after contrast, which are preferred when the question is about blood vessels, lymph nodes, or a mass that needs its blood supply assessed.

## Selected release

- Release: Q2 2016 (2016 B)
- Effective: April 1 – June 30, 2016
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $181.89
- Facility national allowed amount: $181.89
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 1.02
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 3.99
- Facility practice expense RVU: 3.99
- Malpractice RVU: 0.07
- Conversion factor: 35.8043
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q2 2016)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu16b.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU16_April_V0202.csv, row 11,387
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/71250/2016/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/71250/2016/B
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:06:42+00:00