# CPT 82286

> Medicare pays $5.16 for CPT 82286 under the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule (CLFS) — a single national rate, the same in every locality, before the ~2% sequestration cut. On the Physician Fee Schedule CPT 82286 carries status X (statutory exclusion) because lab services are paid under the CLFS instead. Figure from the Q3 2026 CLFS file, effective January 1, 2026.

## Selected release

- Release: Q3 2026 (2026 C)
- Effective: July 1 – September 30, 2026
- Status indicator: X
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: not published
- Facility national allowed amount: not published
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: not published
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: not published
- Facility practice expense RVU: not published
- Malpractice RVU: not published
- Conversion factor: 33.4009
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## NCCI edits

- Never-billable pair count: 1
- Modifier-allowed pair count: 0
- MUE units per patient per date of service: not published
- Complete list: https://localishealth.com/cpt/82286/ncci-edits.txt

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q3 2026)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/rvu26c-updated-06-30-2026.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU2026_Jul_nonQPP.csv, row 10,053
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/82286
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/82286/2026/C
- Last significant update: 2026-08-11T00:15:57+00:00