# CPT 74176

> Medicare paid $201.94 for CPT 74176 in the office (non-facility) setting and $201.94 in a facility under the Q4 2016 Physician Fee Schedule, effective October 2016. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment. This price has been unchanged since Q4 2015, when it increased 0.5%.

## What it is

A combined computed-tomography study of the abdomen and pelvis acquired without intravenous contrast. It gives cross-sectional detail of the organs, and the no-contrast version is often used to look for kidney stones.

## Selected release

- Release: Q4 2016 (2016 D)
- Effective: October 1 – December 31, 2016
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $201.94
- Facility national allowed amount: $201.94
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 1.74
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 3.79
- Facility practice expense RVU: 3.79
- Malpractice RVU: 0.11
- Conversion factor: 35.8043
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q4 2016)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu16d.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU16_V0804.csv, row 11,815
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/74176/2016/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/74176/2016/D
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:07:13+00:00