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    "code": "74178",
    "coding_system": "CPT",
    "canonical_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/74178/2016/A",
    "release_specific_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/74178/2016/A",
    "description": "A CT scan covering both the abdomen and the pelvis in which images are taken first without contrast and then again after intravenous dye is given. The unenhanced pass is what separates this from the simpler single-phase studies: it establishes a baseline so the radiologist can tell true enhancement from something that was already dense, such as a calcification, a bleed, or a stone. Abdomen-and-pelvis CT done with contrast only, or without contrast only, has its own codes.",
    "answer": {
        "question": "How much did Medicare pay for CPT 74178 in Q1 2016?",
        "text": "Medicare paid $355.54 for CPT 74178 in the office (non-facility) setting and $355.54 in a facility under the Q1 2016 Physician Fee Schedule, effective January 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%."
    },
    "release": {
        "schedule": "pfs",
        "year": 2016,
        "quarter": "A",
        "label": "Q1 2016",
        "effective": "January 1 – March 31, 2016",
        "revision": 1
    },
    "status": {
        "code": "A",
        "non_facility_payable": true,
        "facility_payable": true
    },
    "national_rates_usd": {
        "office_non_facility": 355.54,
        "facility": 355.54,
        "sequestration_applied": false,
        "gpci": 1
    },
    "rvus": {
        "work": 2.01,
        "practice_expense_non_facility": 7.79,
        "practice_expense_facility": 7.79,
        "malpractice": 0.13
    },
    "formula": "(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor",
    "conversion_factor": 35.8043,
    "source": {
        "label": "Physician relative value file (Q1 2016)",
        "cms_url": "https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu16a.zip",
        "local_source_url": "https://localishealth.com/sources/physician-fee-schedule/2016/A",
        "file": "PPRRVU16_V0122.csv",
        "row": 11787,
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    },
    "modified_at": "2026-08-04T03:06:29+00:00"
}