HCPCS 78816

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

Imaging Work RVU per service none (2023 fee schedule; adds 0 work RVUs)

1,983
91st percentile among 6,405 codes billed · 2023
$38M
95th percentile among 6,405 codes billed · 2023
84K
84th percentile among 6,405 codes billed · 2023
25
52nd percentile among 6,405 codes billed · 2023
132
60th percentile among 6,405 codes billed · 2023
+14.7%
Medicare payment on the code vs 2022; billers +14.0% · 2023

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
California207$6,474,4299,91431140
Florida121$5,123,2037,77743195
New York142$4,521,8547,65537187
Texas153$2,808,8707,98624201
Maryland58$2,061,8682,67132116
Massachusetts60$1,747,9303,39223237
New Jersey50$1,217,8881,6962679
Virginia63$1,198,4882,55126114
Arizona56$1,080,9231,96123107
Pennsylvania81$1,064,2322,9702978
Arkansas38$981,0402,25532125
Colorado42$772,5811,5972195
Illinois75$699,7022,6292188
Washington34$627,3521,79250106
Alabama22$504,1796341959

Not listed: 3 billers with an armed-forces or unknown state code (AA, AP, XX); they are in the national totals.

Not listed: 14 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 2023.

Top metro areas

observed calculated calculated calculated calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ137$4,900,0037,75441
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD38$1,458,7722,10137
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA59$1,455,7202,70232
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX57$1,281,3503,27425
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV35$1,254,4461,25525
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA17$973,23983547
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA25$933,6911,56138
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA23$887,05279227
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD52$885,5651,96624
Jacksonville, FL15$848,61481732
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH38$835,4242,47025
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ41$816,6401,60624
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL34$762,7741,56546
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL20$754,1982,10367
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN54$508,6792,09722

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 43 areas with the most payment among those with at least 11 billers; non-metro parts of each state are one area. Data year 2023.

Specialties billing 78816 nationally

Diagnostic Radiology accounts for 50% of payment for 78816 nationally in 2023, across 7 specialties on claims.

observed calculated calculated calculated calculated calculated
Diagnostic Radiology1,37970%$18,692,51150%52,06938
Nuclear Medicine28815%$8,231,04822%22,05877
Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)834.2%$4,585,79312%3,82446
Hematology-Oncology1286.5%$3,126,0518.3%2,79322
Radiation Oncology291.5%$1,005,7112.7%1,04236
Medical Oncology321.6%$938,6052.5%85427
Interventional Radiology251.3%$510,7541.4%1,05442

Not listed: 8 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 2023.

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