# CPT 76856

> Medicare paid $110.84 for CPT 76856 in the office (non-facility) setting and $110.84 in a facility under the Q3 2015 Physician Fee Schedule, effective July 2015. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment. This price has been unchanged since Q1 2015, when it decreased 11.8%.

## What it is

A full ultrasound survey of the pelvis performed through the lower abdominal wall, usually with a full bladder acting as a window. Complete means the sonographer documents the whole expected set of structures - uterus, both ovaries and adnexa, the bladder, and any free fluid in the pelvis - rather than answering one narrow question about a single organ, which is what the limited version of the study covers. It is the non-obstetric study, so it is not the scan used to follow a pregnancy.

## Selected release

- Release: Q3 2015 (2015 C)
- Effective: July 1 – September 30, 2015
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $110.84
- Facility national allowed amount: $110.84
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 0.69
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 2.37
- Facility practice expense RVU: 2.37
- Malpractice RVU: 0.04
- Conversion factor: 35.7547
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q3 2015)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu15c.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU15_UP0.V0515.csv, row 12,150
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/76856/2015/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/76856/2015/C
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:06:00+00:00