HCPCS 78816

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

Imaging Work RVU per service none (2022 fee schedule; adds 0 work RVUs)

1,740
90th percentile among 6,326 codes billed · 2022
$33M
94th percentile among 6,326 codes billed · 2022
71K
83rd percentile among 6,326 codes billed · 2022
25
52nd percentile among 6,326 codes billed · 2022
122
59th percentile among 6,326 codes billed · 2022
+14.9%
Medicare payment on the code vs 2021; billers +9.7% · 2022

Trend

Medicare payment on the code

$0$20M$40M2020: $24M paid20202021: $29M paid20212022: $33M paid20222023: $38M paid20232024: $44M paid2024$44M$0$20M$40M2020: $24M paid20202021: $29M paid20212022: $33M paid20222023: $38M paid20232024: $44M paid2024$44M$0$20M$40M2020: $24M paid20202021: $29M paid20212022: $33M paid20222023: $38M paid20232024: $44M paid2024$44M$0$20M$40M2020: $24M paid20202021: $29M paid20212022: $33M paid20222023: $38M paid20232024: $44M paid2024$44M

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

Billers

01,0002,0002020: 1,443 providers20202021: 1,586 providers20212022: 1,740 providers20222023: 1,983 providers20232024: 2,229 providers20242,22901,0002,0002020: 1,443 providers20202021: 1,586 providers20212022: 1,740 providers20222023: 1,983 providers20232024: 2,229 providers20242,22901,0002,0002020: 1,443 providers20202021: 1,586 providers20212022: 1,740 providers20222023: 1,983 providers20232024: 2,229 providers20242,22901,0002,0002020: 1,443 providers20202021: 1,586 providers20212022: 1,740 providers20222023: 1,983 providers20232024: 2,229 providers20242,229

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
20242,229$43,620,648+16%96,985261340.00
20231,983$37,684,833+15%84,368251320.00
20221,740$32,844,278+15%71,406251220.00
20211,586$28,575,106+18%64,246251180.00
20201,443$24,253,455first year in data54,706231050.00

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
California184$5,307,9508,18531123
Florida121$4,859,2347,11636153
New York122$4,164,0176,68636176
Texas126$2,419,8997,07329186
Maryland52$1,814,0712,21724117
Massachusetts44$1,435,0252,45832185
Pennsylvania86$1,109,5142,9102096
New Jersey51$1,084,1381,3671970
Arkansas35$963,8722,12639169
Arizona52$958,2291,74520117
Virginia56$929,4392,15524103
Washington36$674,3681,4783790
Colorado38$625,5311,3022072
Alabama19$533,7566392468
Illinois68$510,4431,7962252

Not listed: 2 billers with an armed-forces or unknown state code (AA, XX); they are in the national totals.

Not listed: 17 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-NJ128$4,559,8156,72335
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD33$1,273,0291,76135
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA54$1,191,8122,33727
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX41$1,082,1463,04752
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD54$995,2261,90122
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV25$955,00586023
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA15$866,15579753
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA28$832,3471,32638
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL37$828,0001,46132
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH32$745,3001,90333
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ40$745,1381,50722
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA20$734,75193831
Jacksonville, FL13$723,49973156
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL22$612,8841,97437
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR18$464,24890540

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 32 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 78816 nationally

Diagnostic Radiology accounts for 48% of payment for 78816 nationally in 2022, across 7 specialties on claims.

observed calculated calculated calculated calculated calculated
Diagnostic Radiology1,18268%$15,915,77748%43,41137
Nuclear Medicine27616%$7,367,51322%18,86468
Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)885.1%$4,550,69114%3,75543
Hematology-Oncology1046.0%$2,501,0997.6%2,32222
Medical Oncology291.7%$822,4302.5%76226
Radiation Oncology261.5%$797,0342.4%79731
Interventional Radiology211.2%$442,6751.3%87742

Not listed: 7 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 78816 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