HCPCS code J9022: Atezolizumab injection, per 10 mg2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Illinois

Reports intravenous atezolizumab, an immune checkpoint inhibitor used in cancer treatment, in units representing 10 mg of drug.

CMS RVU26DEffective Oct 1, 20264 payment localities

CMS doesn’t publish an office rate for J9022 in Illinois.

—Office (non-facility)
—Hospital or facility

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

Your location

Medicare pays by the payment locality where the service is performed.

On this page 9 sections
  1. Rate in Illinois
  2. What J9022 covers
  3. By payment locality
  4. How it’s calculated
  5. Payment rules
  6. Similar codes
  7. Related codes
  8. Billing questions
  9. Sources

What J9022 covers

Atezolizumab is an intravenous monoclonal antibody that blocks PD-L1, an immune checkpoint protein. Oncology clinicians use it in treatment regimens for several cancers, including lung, bladder, and liver cancers. The drug is administered by infusion in settings such as a physician’s office or hospital outpatient department. Atezolizumab may be given alone or with other cancer drugs; the regimen and administration service are distinct from the drug itself.

J9022 represents 10 mg of atezolizumab, so 1,200 mg corresponds to 120 units. CMS excludes the code from the physician fee schedule (status E). When Medicare covers the drug, payment is under another method; CMS classifies it as a Part B drug generally priced using its quarterly Average Sales Price drug files. Coverage is left to the Medicare contractor’s judgment. Report the drug units separately from any applicable infusion administration service.

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.

Where J9022 pays more and less in Illinois

The same RVUs, adjusted for each area’s costs. Open a locality for its calculation, history and nearby areas.

J9022 office and facility rates by payment locality
Payment localityOfficeFacility
Chicago, ILUnavailableUnavailable
East St. Louis, ILUnavailableUnavailable
Rest of IllinoisUnavailableUnavailable
Suburban Chicago, ILUnavailableUnavailable

How the J9022 rate is calculated

Each of J9022’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.

How the rate is built · J9022

RVUs × geographic indexes × conversion factor

Office or facility?

Work0.00

0.00 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI

Practice expense0.00

0.00 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI

Malpractice0.00

0.00 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI

Adjusted RVUs

0.0000

Conversion factor

$33.4009

Medicare rate

$0.00

Every GPCI starts at 1.000, the national rate. Enter a ZIP or drag a slider.

Payment rules and modifiers for J9022

J9022 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.

Place of service · J9022

Which rate does Medicare pay?

The POS code on the claim line (CMS-1500 box 24B).

POS 11 · non-facility rate · national

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J9022 isn’t priced in this setting.

J9022 compared with similar codes

Compare codes · National

4 codes, side by side

Office or facility?

  • J9022

    Atezolizumab injection, per 10 mg0 wRVU

    Not priced

  • J9024

    Atezolizumab injection, per 5 mg0 wRVU

    Not priced

  • J9023

    Avelumab injection, per 10 mg0 wRVU

    Not priced

  • J9035

    Bevacizumab, per 10 mg0 wRVU

    Not priced

How to choose

J9024Atezolizumab injectionPer 5 mg
J9024 describes atezolizumab with hyaluronidase for subcutaneous administration; J9022 is the atezolizumab injection code in 10 mg units.
J9023Avelumab injectionPer 10 mg
J9023 identifies avelumab, a different immune checkpoint drug. Use the code for the drug actually administered, not the shared drug class.
J9035BevacizumabPer 10 mg
J9035 identifies bevacizumab, a separate drug that may accompany atezolizumab in a cancer regimen. It does not represent atezolizumab.

J9022 billing questions

How many units should be reported?

Each unit represents 10 mg of atezolizumab. Divide the documented dose in milligrams by 10 to determine the units.

How does J9022 differ from J9024?

J9022 identifies atezolizumab injection in 10 mg units. J9024 identifies a different atezolizumab formulation combined with hyaluronidase and uses a separate code.

Is the infusion administration included in J9022?

J9022 represents the drug, not the infusion service. Report an applicable infusion administration code separately when that service is performed.

What is J9022’s Medicare payment status?

CMS assigns status E, excluding J9022 from the physician fee schedule. When Medicare covers the drug, it pays under another method and generally uses quarterly ASP drug pricing files for this Part B drug; coverage is left to the Medicare contractor’s judgment.

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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