How are RVUs calculated for compensation purposes?

I'm a 3rd-year fellow here, starting job next summer in a community hospital-employed position. Pay is base + bonus after RVU threshold. I've heard different answers to this question from the various attendings at my institute. For those of you who are RVU based, how are RVUs calculated, and are the calculations uniform across all jobs you've had experience with? E.g. patient coming in for a double for dyspepsia and chronic diarrhea. You obtain biopsies in the upper, and then remove 2... Read more
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