# CPT 73060

> Medicare paid $26.82 for CPT 73060 in the office (non-facility) setting and $26.82 in a facility under the Q1 2015 Physician Fee Schedule, effective January 2015. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment. This is a 9.8% decrease from the previous quarter.

## What it is

A plain X-ray of the humerus, the single long bone between the shoulder and the elbow, taken from at least two different angles. Two views matter because a crack can hide completely on one projection and be obvious on another. It covers the shaft of the bone rather than the shoulder or elbow joints themselves, which have their own studies.

## Selected release

- Release: Q1 2015 (2015 A)
- Effective: January 1 – March 31, 2015
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $26.82
- Facility national allowed amount: $26.82
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 0.17
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 0.55
- Facility practice expense RVU: 0.55
- Malpractice RVU: 0.03
- Conversion factor: 35.7547
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q1 2015)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu15a.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU15_V1223c.csv, row 11,381
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/73060/2015/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/73060/2015/A
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:05:39+00:00