(a) Participating supplier. The fee schedule amount for a participating supplier for a physician service as defined in §414.2 is computed as the product of the following amounts:

(1) The RVUs for the service.

(2) The GAF for the fee schedule area.

(3) The CF.

(b) Nonparticipating supplier. The fee schedule amount for a nonparticipating supplier for a physician service as defined in §414.2 is 95 percent of the fee schedule amount as calculated in paragraph (a) of this section.

[62 FR 59101, Oct. 31, 1997]