{
    "code": "73562",
    "coding_system": "CPT",
    "canonical_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/73562/2020/A",
    "release_specific_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/73562/2020/C",
    "description": "A plain X-ray of the knee taken from three angles. The third picture - often a skyline view of the kneecap or an angled shot through the back of the joint - shows areas the standard front and side images hide. It sits between the brief one-or-two-view knee study and the four-or-more-view complete series.",
    "answer": {
        "question": "How much did Medicare pay for CPT 73562 in Q3 2020?",
        "text": "Medicare paid $39.70 for CPT 73562 in the office (non-facility) setting and $39.70 in a facility under the Q3 2020 Physician Fee Schedule, effective July 2020. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment. This price has been unchanged since Q1 2020, when it increased 4.9%."
    },
    "release": {
        "schedule": "pfs",
        "year": 2020,
        "quarter": "C",
        "label": "Q3 2020",
        "effective": "July 1 – September 30, 2020",
        "revision": 1
    },
    "status": {
        "code": "A",
        "non_facility_payable": true,
        "facility_payable": true
    },
    "national_rates_usd": {
        "office_non_facility": 39.7,
        "facility": 39.7,
        "sequestration_applied": false,
        "gpci": 1
    },
    "rvus": {
        "work": 0.18,
        "practice_expense_non_facility": 0.9,
        "practice_expense_facility": 0.9,
        "malpractice": 0.02
    },
    "formula": "(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor",
    "conversion_factor": 36.0896,
    "source": {
        "label": "Physician relative value file (Q3 2020)",
        "cms_url": "https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/rvu20c-updated-06192020.zip",
        "local_source_url": "https://localishealth.com/sources/physician-fee-schedule/2020/C",
        "file": "PPRRVU20_V0618.csv",
        "row": 12575,
        "sha256": "ebde66539c09d959dffb822c31f25e7c77955ac2e54e8c120994bef894ac5342"
    },
    "modified_at": "2026-08-04T03:09:46+00:00"
}