HCPCS code J8541: Hemady dexamethasone, per 0.25 mg2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Vermont

CMS doesn’t publish a rate for J8541 in Vermont.

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

What J8541 covers

J8541 identifies oral Hemady, a branded dexamethasone product used with other antimyeloma medicines to treat multiple myeloma. Oncology practices report the drug by the amount furnished. The code distinguishes Hemady from general oral dexamethasone and injectable dexamethasone; the unit count reflects the drug amount, not the number of tablets or doses.

CMS excludes J8541 from the physician fee schedule under status E. When Medicare covers it, payment is made under another method. HCPCS assigns it Part B drug pricing, generally based on CMS quarterly Average Sales Price files, and coverage is left to the Medicare contractor’s judgment. Each unit represents 0.25 mg, so 1 mg corresponds to four units. Report units based on the amount furnished.

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 Vermont compares for J8541

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How the J8541 rate is calculated

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Payment rules and modifiers for J8541

J8541 has no global surgery period, no multiple-procedure, bilateral or assistant-at-surgery adjustment, and no professional/technical split. What changes the payment is where the service happens: the place of service on the claim decides whether Medicare pays the office or the facility rate.

Codes related to J8541

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How J8541 has changed in Vermont

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Where the Vermont rate applies

Vermont is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 180 cities and communities in Vermont. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Albany
• Alburgh
• Algiers
• Arlington
• Ascutney
• Bakersfield
• Barnet
• Barre

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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.

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