{
    "code": "73552",
    "coding_system": "CPT",
    "canonical_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/73552/2021/A",
    "release_specific_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/73552/2021/B",
    "description": "A plain X-ray of the femur, the long thigh bone running from hip to knee, taken from at least two angles. A companion code covers a single-view study; two or more views are the fuller look, because a fracture line can vanish on one projection. It targets the shaft of the bone rather than the hip or knee joint.",
    "answer": {
        "question": "How much did Medicare pay for CPT 73552 in Q2 2021?",
        "text": "Medicare paid $35.94 for CPT 73552 in the office (non-facility) setting and $35.94 in a facility under the Q2 2021 Physician Fee Schedule, effective April 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 increased 2.7%."
    },
    "release": {
        "schedule": "pfs",
        "year": 2021,
        "quarter": "B",
        "label": "Q2 2021",
        "effective": "April 1 – June 30, 2021",
        "revision": 1
    },
    "status": {
        "code": "A",
        "non_facility_payable": true,
        "facility_payable": true
    },
    "national_rates_usd": {
        "office_non_facility": 35.94,
        "facility": 35.94,
        "sequestration_applied": false,
        "gpci": 1
    },
    "rvus": {
        "work": 0.18,
        "practice_expense_non_facility": 0.83,
        "practice_expense_facility": 0.83,
        "malpractice": 0.02
    },
    "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 (Q2 2021)",
        "cms_url": "https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/rvu21b-updated-03022021.zip",
        "local_source_url": "https://localishealth.com/sources/physician-fee-schedule/2021/B",
        "file": "PPRRVU21_APR.csv",
        "row": 12545,
        "sha256": "524bee7096166c9011a4ea02189783ef8c91f4d444585e5b2d561b879f9262de"
    },
    "modified_at": "2026-08-04T03:10:33+00:00"
}