HCPCS 71045

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

Imaging Work RVU per service 0.18 (2024 fee schedule)

25,223
99th percentile among 6,471 codes billed · 2024
$83M
97th percentile among 6,471 codes billed · 2024
12.6M
99th percentile among 6,471 codes billed · 2024
307
92nd percentile among 6,471 codes billed · 2024
1,502
89th percentile among 6,471 codes billed · 2024
-8.5%
Medicare payment on the code vs 2023; billers -0.1% · 2024

Trend

Medicare payment on the code

$0$50M$100M2020: $115M paid20202021: $108M paid20212022: $99M paid20222023: $91M paid20232024: $83M paid2024$83M$0$50M$100M2020: $115M paid20202021: $108M paid20212022: $99M paid20222023: $91M paid20232024: $83M paid2024$83M$0$50M$100M2020: $115M paid20202021: $108M paid20212022: $99M paid20222023: $91M paid20232024: $83M paid2024$83M$0$50M$100M2020: $115M paid20202021: $108M paid20212022: $99M paid20222023: $91M paid20232024: $83M paid2024$83M

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

Billers

010K20K2020: 26K providers20202021: 26K providers20212022: 25K providers20222023: 25K providers20232024: 25K providers202425K010K20K2020: 26K providers20202021: 26K providers20212022: 25K providers20222023: 25K providers20232024: 25K providers202425K010K20K2020: 26K providers20202021: 26K providers20212022: 25K providers20222023: 25K providers20232024: 25K providers202425K010K20K2020: 26K providers20202021: 26K providers20212022: 25K providers20222023: 25K providers20232024: 25K providers202425K

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
202425,223$83,043,962-9%12,632,0943071,5020.18
202325,249$90,773,152-8%13,011,2403271,5420.18
202225,355$99,083,463-8%14,009,5723651,6180.18
202125,687$107,978,463-7%14,968,8253931,7130.18
202025,827$115,499,506first year in data15,475,1953981,7860.18

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
California2,987$9,551,6671,375,8062041,555
New York1,326$6,736,851892,0022902,213
Texas1,835$6,470,2311,003,3563531,716
Florida1,454$6,140,090935,4214281,790
Illinois1,074$3,715,652563,0553631,458
Pennsylvania1,181$3,237,134491,9882791,267
Maryland423$3,032,939408,5794541,673
New Jersey745$2,758,706394,2563101,589
Ohio936$2,697,854420,2212881,257
North Carolina877$2,419,472385,9313031,292
Virginia629$2,122,329337,3824001,569
Georgia646$2,058,218325,2333891,376
Tennessee598$2,042,642326,5313541,515
Michigan789$1,992,624310,6632791,105
Massachusetts616$1,961,851291,8262621,475

Not listed: 14 billers with an armed-forces or unknown state code (AA, AE, 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-NJ1,334$7,296,819954,538311
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA1,090$3,967,897560,543189
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN795$2,974,706442,957380
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD290$2,426,163316,154404
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD640$2,062,305310,794300
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX573$2,049,896319,513356
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL436$1,920,883282,800394
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX463$1,581,583247,354349
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH486$1,546,021227,635273
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI697$1,543,983246,594228
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA393$1,284,830170,407152
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV309$1,117,796168,337399
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA394$1,084,341166,431323
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ338$1,017,877152,773175
St. Louis, MO-IL324$1,014,649158,759308

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 100 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 71045 nationally

Diagnostic Radiology accounts for 86% of payment for 71045 nationally in 2024, across 15 specialties on claims.

observed calculated calculated calculated calculated calculated
Diagnostic Radiology22,07087%$71,676,42786%11,343,643514
Portable X-Ray Supplier2591.0%$7,255,7638.7%674,3272,604
Interventional Radiology1,2004.8%$2,931,7453.5%462,455385
Emergency Medicine9823.9%$363,8840.44%52,19853
Nuclear Medicine590.23%$136,2960.16%21,546365
Internal Medicine1070.42%$130,0480.16%12,616118
Family Practice1170.46%$84,5040.10%7,66165
Radiation Oncology260.10%$82,4970.10%12,747490
Pulmonary Disease650.26%$53,8570.06%3,64656
Pediatric Medicine110.04%$42,7110.05%6,302573
Nurse Practitioner910.36%$24,0620.03%2,35926
Physician Assistant910.36%$22,5170.03%3,39037
General Practice160.06%$22,1670.03%2,364148
Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)250.10%$15,9760.02%1,34354
Critical Care (Intensivists)110.04%$7,625<0.01%48344

Not listed: 34 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 71045 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