HCPCS 71045

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

Imaging Work RVU per service 0.18 (2022 fee schedule)

25,355
99th percentile among 6,326 codes billed · 2022
$99M
98th percentile among 6,326 codes billed · 2022
14.0M
99th percentile among 6,326 codes billed · 2022
365
94th percentile among 6,326 codes billed · 2022
1,618
91st percentile among 6,326 codes billed · 2022
-8.2%
Medicare payment on the code vs 2021; billers -1.3% · 2022

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
California2,858$9,981,6251,347,7412051,663
Texas1,789$7,676,8721,100,6604311,856
New York1,459$7,671,243943,3423002,026
Florida1,456$7,237,8481,017,8515091,963
Illinois1,024$4,391,846617,6994891,569
Pennsylvania1,211$3,969,543558,8953331,370
Maryland444$3,435,419436,6804911,711
Ohio918$3,390,501487,5723671,506
New Jersey735$2,880,379383,9423511,528
North Carolina867$2,788,572415,2323411,305
Virginia631$2,761,346387,2024651,579
Michigan830$2,729,924394,6023511,331
Tennessee602$2,522,525375,4604311,635
Georgia646$2,511,696370,6744501,537
Minnesota889$2,411,594351,1632841,192

Not listed: 6 billers with an armed-forces or unknown state code (AA, AP, XX); they are in the national totals.

Not listed: 3 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 2022.

Top metro areas

observed calculated calculated calculated calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ1,438$7,943,973961,552317
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA1,025$4,053,500530,902208
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN794$3,572,588495,044490
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD304$2,665,462329,830449
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD656$2,376,356330,008365
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX542$2,176,291309,071409
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL420$2,162,664289,529469
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX438$1,951,788277,466457
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI690$1,938,574279,047275
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH517$1,808,532248,319310
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV319$1,377,662186,708441
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA380$1,338,474192,493399
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI347$1,333,657187,413398
St. Louis, MO-IL311$1,171,162169,533355
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA355$1,161,983150,964186

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 2022.

Specialties billing 71045 nationally

Diagnostic Radiology accounts for 89% of payment for 71045 nationally in 2022, across 15 specialties on claims.

observed calculated calculated calculated calculated calculated
Diagnostic Radiology22,43188%$87,811,84889%12,809,319571
Portable X-Ray Supplier2520.99%$6,909,1217.0%605,0862,401
Interventional Radiology1,0344.1%$2,957,3523.0%430,036416
Emergency Medicine8373.3%$348,0450.35%47,08256
Nuclear Medicine620.24%$185,0110.19%27,173438
Internal Medicine1200.47%$161,7190.16%13,169110
Radiation Oncology360.14%$145,8960.15%20,790578
Family Practice1640.65%$117,0970.12%9,65759
Pulmonary Disease890.35%$88,7200.09%6,44872
Cardiology120.05%$48,1530.05%3,759313
General Practice230.09%$32,7600.03%3,282143
Nurse Practitioner750.30%$24,1250.02%2,03227
Physician Assistant820.32%$18,1500.02%2,49830
Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)280.11%$12,8050.01%83530
Critical Care (Intensivists)120.05%$6,375<0.01%39433

Not listed: 35 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 2022.

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