# CPT 76705

> Medicare paid $92.75 for CPT 76705 in the office (non-facility) setting and $92.75 in a facility under the Q1 2020 Physician Fee Schedule, effective January 2020. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment. This is a 0.5% increase from the previous quarter.

## What it is

A focused ultrasound of part of the abdomen - a single organ, one quadrant, or a follow-up look at a known finding - with images saved. The contrast with the complete abdominal ultrasound is how much is examined: the complete study works through the full set of upper abdominal organs, while this one deliberately targets the area in question. The gallbladder is far and away the most common single target.

## Selected release

- Release: Q1 2020 (2020 A)
- Effective: January 1 – March 31, 2020
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $92.75
- Facility national allowed amount: $92.75
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 0.59
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 1.94
- Facility practice expense RVU: 1.94
- Malpractice RVU: 0.04
- Conversion factor: 36.0896
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q1 2020)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/rvu20a-updated-01312020.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU20_Jan.csv, row 13,026
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/76705/2020/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/76705/2020/A
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:09:22+00:00