CPT code 77022: MRI ablation guidance, guidance and monitoring2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Arkansas

CMS doesn’t publish a rate for 77022 in Arkansas.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 77022 nationwide

Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

What 77022 covers

This service covers MRI used during an ablation procedure to help direct the treatment device into organ tissue and monitor the treated area. It may be used for image-guided ablation of a tumor in parenchymal tissue, such as liver or kidney tissue. A radiologist or interventional radiologist typically performs or interprets the imaging in a hospital or other setting equipped for MRI-guided intervention. The ablation itself is a distinct therapeutic service.

Medicare assigns this CPT code physician fee schedule status C, or carrier priced: the Medicare Administrative Contractor sets payment for each claim rather than CMS publishing a national amount. The code has professional and technical portions. Modifier 26 identifies the interpretation; modifier TC identifies the equipment and staff portion. Without either modifier, the code represents the global service. Report the imaging guidance and monitoring separately from the applicable ablation procedure when both services are performed.

This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.

How Arkansas compares for 77022

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77022 rates by state

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How the 77022 rate is calculated

Each of 77022’s three RVUs is multiplied by a geographic index (GPCI) for the payment locality, added up, and multiplied by the conversion factor. Drag the indexes or enter a ZIP to see what moves the rate.

Payment rules and modifiers for 77022

The CMS indicators that decide how 77022 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 26

Codes related to 77022

Related codes aren’t interchangeable: bill the code that matches the service performed.

How 77022 has changed in Arkansas

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Where the Arkansas rate applies

Arkansas is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 626 cities and communities in Arkansas. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Acorn
• Adona
• Alexander
• Alicia
• Alix
• Alleene
• Allport
• Alma

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Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indexes and the conversion factor. Services without a published rate are labeled, never given a made-up amount. Amounts are Medicare allowed amounts before claim adjustments: not a patient’s bill or a commercial rate.

CMS RVU26D · effective Oct 1, 2026 through the day before Jan 1, 2027

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