# CPT 71250

> Medicare paid $139.95 for CPT 71250 in the office (non-facility) setting and $139.95 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 1.6%.

## 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: Q4 2023 (2023 D)
- Effective: October 1 – December 31, 2023
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $139.95
- Facility national allowed amount: $139.95
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 1.08
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 2.98
- Facility practice expense RVU: 2.98
- Malpractice RVU: 0.07
- 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 13,021
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/71250/2023/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/71250/2023/D
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:13:13+00:00