# CPT 76882

> Medicare paid $59.04 for CPT 76882 in the office (non-facility) setting and $59.04 in a facility under the Q4 2018 Physician Fee Schedule, effective October 2018. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment. This price has been unchanged since Q1 2018, when it increased 61.3%.

## What it is

A focused, real-time ultrasound of one area in an arm or leg that looks at non-blood-vessel structures - a single joint space, a tendon, a muscle, a nerve, or a soft-tissue lump. Limited means the study answers a specific question about a specific spot, in contrast to the complete extremity joint study, which requires documenting the full set of structures around that joint. Images are saved as part of the exam.

## Selected release

- Release: Q4 2018 (2018 D)
- Effective: October 1 – December 31, 2018
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $59.04
- Facility national allowed amount: $59.04
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 0.49
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 1.11
- Facility practice expense RVU: 1.11
- Malpractice RVU: 0.04
- Conversion factor: 35.9996
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q4 2018)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu18d.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU18_OCT.csv, row 12,696
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/76882/2018/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/76882/2018/D
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:08:37+00:00