{
    "code": "76937",
    "coding_system": "CPT",
    "canonical_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/76937/2020/A",
    "release_specific_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/76937/2020/D",
    "description": "Use of ultrasound to guide a needle into a vein or artery while a catheter or line is being placed. The clinician scans the target vessel to pick the best puncture site, confirms the vessel is open and not clotted, and then watches the needle tip enter it live on screen instead of relying on landmarks and feel. A permanent image of the vessel is saved to document the guidance. It is reported alongside the line placement it supports, not on its own.",
    "answer": {
        "question": "How much did Medicare pay for CPT 76937 in Q4 2020?",
        "text": "Medicare paid $37.17 for CPT 76937 in the office (non-facility) setting and $37.17 in a facility under the Q4 2020 Physician Fee Schedule, effective October 2020. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment. This price has been unchanged since Q1 2020, when it increased 7.4%."
    },
    "release": {
        "schedule": "pfs",
        "year": 2020,
        "quarter": "D",
        "label": "Q4 2020",
        "effective": "October 1 – December 31, 2020",
        "revision": 1
    },
    "status": {
        "code": "A",
        "non_facility_payable": true,
        "facility_payable": true
    },
    "national_rates_usd": {
        "office_non_facility": 37.17,
        "facility": 37.17,
        "sequestration_applied": false,
        "gpci": 1
    },
    "rvus": {
        "work": 0.3,
        "practice_expense_non_facility": 0.71,
        "practice_expense_facility": 0.71,
        "malpractice": 0.02
    },
    "formula": "(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor",
    "conversion_factor": 36.0896,
    "source": {
        "label": "Physician relative value file (Q4 2020)",
        "cms_url": "https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/rvu20d-updated-11232020.zip",
        "local_source_url": "https://localishealth.com/sources/physician-fee-schedule/2020/D",
        "file": "PPRRVU20_OCT.csv",
        "row": 13242,
        "sha256": "504fd19a9bc1d2eeebb290adac2d7de6c56d4e86cde7532df1862fe42494d319"
    },
    "modified_at": "2026-08-04T03:10:00+00:00"
}