HCPCS R0070

Transportation of portable x-ray equipment and personnel to home or nursing home, per trip to facility or location, one patient seen (CMS descriptor)

Other services Work RVU per service none (2021 fee schedule; adds 0 work RVUs)

288
75th percentile among 6,253 codes billed · 2021
$112M
98th percentile among 6,253 codes billed · 2021
760K
94th percentile among 6,253 codes billed · 2021
798
96th percentile among 6,253 codes billed · 2021
7,788
97th percentile among 6,253 codes billed · 2021
-3.7%
Medicare payment on the code vs 2020; billers +1.1% · 2021

Trend

Medicare payment on the code

$0$50M$100M2020: $116M paid20202021: $112M paid20212022: $110M paid20222023: $119M paid20232024: $128M paid2024$128M$0$50M$100M2020: $116M paid20202021: $112M paid20212022: $110M paid20222023: $119M paid20232024: $128M paid2024$128M$0$50M$100M2020: $116M paid20202021: $112M paid20212022: $110M paid20222023: $119M paid20232024: $128M paid2024$128M$0$50M$100M2020: $116M paid20202021: $112M paid20212022: $110M paid20222023: $119M paid20232024: $128M paid2024$128M

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

Billers

02002020: 285 providers20202021: 288 providers20212022: 285 providers20222023: 285 providers20232024: 286 providers202428602002020: 285 providers20202021: 288 providers20212022: 285 providers20222023: 285 providers20232024: 286 providers202428602002020: 285 providers20202021: 288 providers20212022: 285 providers20222023: 285 providers20232024: 286 providers202428602002020: 285 providers20202021: 288 providers20212022: 285 providers20222023: 285 providers20232024: 286 providers2024286

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
2024286$127,887,522+8%723,6998307,8790.00
2023285$118,902,626+8%724,9497567,1520.00
2022285$110,401,865-1%722,8107877,4260.00
2021288$111,723,269-4%760,2387987,7880.00
2020285$115,974,852first year in data843,7418967,5150.00

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
Maryland12$25,347,048186,18828881,515
Texas32$16,432,38576,0571,5266,466
California32$10,277,06559,3748635,513
New York23$7,979,85347,6921,3336,037
Florida15$5,357,03653,6262,2369,794
Pennsylvania11$3,273,27626,5188308,030
Illinois16$2,319,14323,6788863,974
Louisiana15$2,288,11916,5055664,001

Not listed: 37 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 2021.

Top metro areas

observed calculated calculated calculated calculated
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA19$7,969,14446,1231,905
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ20$7,313,32344,3621,737
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN15$2,283,88923,0301,124

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 3 areas with the most payment among those with at least 11 billers; non-metro parts of each state are one area. Data year 2021.

Specialties billing R0070 nationally

observed calculated calculated calculated calculated calculated

Not listed: 3 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 2021.

Top billers of R0070 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