Table 1.

Current RVUs per the physician fee schedule for pertinent procedures.

Procedure Name	CPT Code	Work RVU	Practice expense RVU	Malpractice RVU	Total RVU
Posterior lumbar mi-crodiscectomy	63030	13.18	10.95	4.16	28.29
Percutaneous discectomy	62287	9.03	6.35	1.14	16.52
Open SI fusion	27280	14.64	12.29	4.22	31.15
MI SI fusion	27279	9.03	5.88	1.14	16.05

CPT: current procedural technology; RVU: relative value unit; SI: sacroiliac; MI: minimally invasive. http://www.cms.gov/apps/physician-fee-schedule/ Accessed 06/26/2015