HCPCS 70553

Imaging service (ClaimLight category; the code descriptor is not shown)

Imaging Work RVU per service 2.29 (2024 fee schedule)

11,330
97th percentile among 6,471 codes billed · 2024
$121M
98th percentile among 6,471 codes billed · 2024
1.0M
96th percentile among 6,471 codes billed · 2024
52
73rd percentile among 6,471 codes billed · 2024
291
72nd percentile among 6,471 codes billed · 2024
-0.5%
Medicare payment on the code vs 2023; billers +0.5% · 2024

Trend

Medicare payment on the code

$0$50M$100M2020: $115M paid20202021: $126M paid20212022: $120M paid20222023: $121M paid20232024: $121M paid2024$121M$0$50M$100M2020: $115M paid20202021: $126M paid20212022: $120M paid20222023: $121M paid20232024: $121M paid2024$121M$0$50M$100M2020: $115M paid20202021: $126M paid20212022: $120M paid20222023: $121M paid20232024: $121M paid2024$121M$0$50M$100M2020: $115M paid20202021: $126M paid20212022: $120M paid20222023: $121M paid20232024: $121M paid2024$121M

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). Data years 2020–2024.

Billers

05,00010K2020: 11K providers20202021: 12K providers20212022: 11K providers20222023: 11K providers20232024: 11K providers202411K05,00010K2020: 11K providers20202021: 12K providers20212022: 11K providers20222023: 11K providers20232024: 11K providers202411K05,00010K2020: 11K providers20202021: 12K providers20212022: 11K providers20222023: 11K providers20232024: 11K providers202411K05,00010K2020: 11K providers20202021: 12K providers20212022: 11K providers20222023: 11K providers20232024: 11K providers202411K

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). Data years 2020–2024.

observed calculated calculated calculated calculated calculated reported
202411,330$120,839,090-0%1,028,334522912.29
202311,271$121,433,194+1%985,641492852.29
202211,384$120,239,788-4%951,442472752.29
202111,567$125,898,956+9%950,922462692.29
202011,402$115,242,874first year in data865,620442482.29

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). Data years 2020–2024.

By state

observed calculated calculated calculated calculated calculated
California1,046$13,745,24494,47349312
New York596$10,233,98670,07468442
Texas791$8,909,10574,69556307
Florida737$8,800,12862,61845264
Massachusetts338$5,181,33745,43974449
Illinois515$4,606,48645,87856281
Pennsylvania479$4,393,80042,92158240
New Jersey274$4,058,90126,23560265
Minnesota399$3,961,95031,14752210
Maryland212$3,894,99124,84464403
North Carolina358$3,665,90735,52160314
Virginia241$3,609,20831,57162398
Arizona230$3,176,80124,62861328
Tennessee297$2,801,39426,15953289
Ohio315$2,748,36429,41461273

Not listed: 7 billers with an armed-forces or unknown state code (AA, AP, XX, ZZ); they are in the national totals.

Not listed: 2 states with fewer than 11 billers (small cells).

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). Providers placed by practice address. Data year 2024.

Top metro areas

observed calculated calculated calculated calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ546$11,149,75773,45587
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA377$5,643,08538,04251
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH282$4,206,04238,42571
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN406$3,604,37236,50556
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD260$3,505,75828,81683
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX267$3,067,30722,75355
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV132$2,767,35418,47381
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD130$2,464,18016,16068
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI266$2,137,93820,37353
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ141$2,102,09417,62980
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX186$2,073,80321,24575
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA138$1,900,39414,31163
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL193$1,869,20915,83851
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA166$1,674,77515,44469
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA127$1,671,03714,36972

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 98 areas with the most payment among those with at least 11 billers; non-metro parts of each state are one area. Data year 2024.

Specialties billing 70553 nationally

Diagnostic Radiology accounts for 87% of payment for 70553 nationally in 2024, across 15 specialties on claims.

observed calculated calculated calculated calculated calculated
Diagnostic Radiology10,00788%$105,287,97587%939,81794
Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)5895.2%$10,707,8248.9%51,67488
Interventional Radiology2222.0%$1,528,7781.3%14,82667
Neurology1841.6%$1,106,0100.92%7,01138
Hematology-Oncology550.49%$389,3900.32%2,42444
Neurosurgery450.40%$266,0430.22%1,62136
Radiation Oncology330.29%$260,3880.22%1,71652
Nuclear Medicine160.14%$237,4160.20%2,001125
Family Practice420.37%$206,3850.17%1,37033
Internal Medicine290.26%$182,3640.15%1,22642
Physician Assistant120.11%$132,7020.11%87273
Nurse Practitioner170.15%$86,8550.07%64738
Medical Oncology120.11%$48,9260.04%30926
Orthopedic Surgery110.10%$37,7350.03%23521
Otolaryngology110.10%$34,0290.03%24022

Not listed: 21 specialties with fewer than 11 billers (small cells).

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). Provider-level lines (fewer than 11 beneficiaries suppressed by CMS); specialty is the provider type on claims. Data year 2024.

Top billers of 70553 nationally

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Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service only; CMS suppresses provider lines with fewer than 11 beneficiaries. How these figures are computed · Limitations