{
    "code": "72141",
    "coding_system": "CPT",
    "canonical_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/72141/2021/A",
    "release_specific_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/72141/2021/C",
    "description": "An MRI scan of the neck portion of the spine - the seven vertebrae between the skull and the upper back - done with no injected contrast dye. It gives a detailed picture of the discs, the spinal cord, and the nerve roots leaving the neck, which plain X-rays cannot show. This is the plain version of the study; separate codes cover the same region done with dye, or done twice, before and after dye.",
    "answer": {
        "question": "How much did Medicare pay for CPT 72141 in Q3 2021?",
        "text": "Medicare paid $215.64 for CPT 72141 in the office (non-facility) setting and $215.64 in a facility under the Q3 2021 Physician Fee Schedule, effective July 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 decreased 2.2%."
    },
    "release": {
        "schedule": "pfs",
        "year": 2021,
        "quarter": "C",
        "label": "Q3 2021",
        "effective": "July 1 – September 30, 2021",
        "revision": 1
    },
    "status": {
        "code": "A",
        "non_facility_payable": true,
        "facility_payable": true
    },
    "national_rates_usd": {
        "office_non_facility": 215.64,
        "facility": 215.64,
        "sequestration_applied": false,
        "gpci": 1
    },
    "rvus": {
        "work": 1.48,
        "practice_expense_non_facility": 4.63,
        "practice_expense_facility": 4.63,
        "malpractice": 0.07
    },
    "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 (Q3 2021)",
        "cms_url": "https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/rvu21c-updated-6302021.zip",
        "local_source_url": "https://localishealth.com/sources/physician-fee-schedule/2021/C",
        "file": "PPRRVU21_JUL.csv",
        "row": 12403,
        "sha256": "ee14b5306942acfe4554d2d7cf3fe95d7b1a0f41fc7a0445bc2d06df857dd7b6"
    },
    "modified_at": "2026-08-04T03:10:45+00:00"
}