{
    "code": "88304",
    "coding_system": "CPT",
    "canonical_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/88304/2014/B",
    "release_specific_url": "https://localishealth.com/cpt/88304/2014/C",
    "description": "A pathologist's examination of a tissue specimen, first by eye and then under the microscope after it is processed onto slides. Surgical pathology is graded into levels by how much work the specimen demands, and this is one of the lower rungs: routine tissue removed for a benign or already-known reason, where the exam mostly confirms the expected. Typical material includes a gallbladder taken out for stones, tonsils, an appendix removed for ordinary inflammation, or a small skin cyst.",
    "answer": {
        "question": "How much did Medicare pay for CPT 88304 in Q3 2014?",
        "text": "Medicare paid $43.35 for CPT 88304 in the office (non-facility) setting and $43.35 in a facility under the Q3 2014 Physician Fee Schedule, effective July 2014. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment."
    },
    "release": {
        "schedule": "pfs",
        "year": 2014,
        "quarter": "C",
        "label": "Q3 2014",
        "effective": "July 1 – September 30, 2014",
        "revision": 1
    },
    "status": {
        "code": "A",
        "non_facility_payable": true,
        "facility_payable": true
    },
    "national_rates_usd": {
        "office_non_facility": 43.35,
        "facility": 43.35,
        "sequestration_applied": false,
        "gpci": 1
    },
    "rvus": {
        "work": 0.22,
        "practice_expense_non_facility": 0.97,
        "practice_expense_facility": 0.97,
        "malpractice": 0.02
    },
    "formula": "(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor",
    "conversion_factor": 35.8228,
    "source": {
        "label": "Physician relative value file (Q3 2014)",
        "cms_url": "https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu14c.zip",
        "local_source_url": "https://localishealth.com/sources/physician-fee-schedule/2014/C",
        "file": "PPRRVU14_V0515.csv",
        "row": 14148,
        "sha256": "c77da0d012ff73dec8680d5f6f50582fc7e72005bc55edb2f131a02f0b1c293c"
    },
    "modified_at": "2026-08-04T03:05:22+00:00"
}