# CPT 72197

> Medicare paid $523.01 for CPT 72197 in the office (non-facility) setting and $523.01 in a facility under the Q4 2014 Physician Fee Schedule, effective October 2014. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment.

## What it is

An MRI of the pelvis performed both without and then with contrast dye given through a vein, so the two sets of images can be compared. The pelvis here means the soft tissue contents - bladder, rectum, prostate or uterus and ovaries, and the surrounding muscle and bone. The dye highlights blood flow into abnormal tissue, which is what makes this the version chosen when a mass or an inflammatory process is the concern.

## Selected release

- Release: Q4 2014 (2014 D)
- Effective: October 1 – December 31, 2014
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $523.01
- Facility national allowed amount: $523.01
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 2.26
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 12.22
- Facility practice expense RVU: 12.22
- Malpractice RVU: 0.12
- Conversion factor: 35.8228
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q4 2014)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu14d.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU14_V0815_v5.csv, row 11,238
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/72197/2014/B
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/72197/2014/D
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:05:30+00:00