Physician
Mountain Empire Radiology INC PC
Mountain Empire Radiology INC PC was paid $4.56M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 94 billing codes. Its largest line is 74177, Computed tomography, abdomen and pelvis; with contrast material — 31% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoMOUNTAIN EMPIRE RADIOLOGY INC PC
JOHNSON CITY, TN 37604
JOHNSON CITY, TN 37604
33aNPI1093762759assigned 05/28/2006
33bProvider typeDiagnostic Radiology Physician
28Total paid$4.56M
24GClaims345,080
24DCodes billed94
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Diagnostic Radiology Physician providers in Tennessee
Rank by total paid#3 of 174
Median peer was paid$21K
This provider vs. median218×
Peers share this provider's primary NPPES type and state. Size alone says nothing about billing quality: a big agency or a hospital system is expected to sit far above the median.
Box 24A · Dates of service
Paid by month
Paid that monthNov–Dec 2024: claims still arriving when the file was cut, so these months run low for every provider
By year, as a table
| Year | Claims | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 55,478 | $608K | |
| 2019 | 56,573 | $671K | |
| 2020 | 41,939 | $523K | |
| 2021 | 49,093 | $688K | |
| 2022 | 49,729 | $737K | |
| 2023 | 54,661 | $858K | |
| 2024incomplete | 37,607 | $480K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74177 | Computed tomography, abdomen and pelvis; with contrast material | 31% | 35,009 | 31,335 | $1.43M |
| 70450 | Computed tomography, head or brain; without contrast material | 13% | 38,394 | 33,721 | $580K |
| 74176 | Computed tomography, abdomen and pelvis; without contrast material | 9.5% | 11,613 | 10,404 | $434K |
| 71045 | Radiologic examination, chest; single view | 8.8% | 115,883 | 99,183 | $400K |
| 71046 | Radiologic examination, chest; 2 views | 5.8% | 46,886 | 44,377 | $265K |
| 70553 | Magnetic resonance imaging, brain; without contrast material, followed by contrast material and further sequences | 4.8% | 4,084 | 3,723 | $219K |
| 77067 | Screening mammography, bilateral, including computer-aided detection | 3.8% | 10,965 | 10,419 | $173K |
| 71275 | Computed tomographic angiography, chest, with contrast material | 3.1% | 5,310 | 4,776 | $143K |
| 74018 | 2.3% | 21,267 | 19,047 | $105K | |
| 76705 | Ultrasound, abdominal, real time with image documentation; limited | 2.3% | 6,805 | 6,204 | $104K |
| 72148 | Magnetic resonance imaging, lumbar spine; without contrast material | 1.8% | 2,795 | 2,541 | $81K |
| 72125 | Computed tomography, cervical spine; without contrast material | 1.5% | 3,397 | 2,910 | $67K |
82 more codes
| 71260 | Computed tomography, thorax, diagnostic; with contrast material | <1% | 2,046 | $42K |
| 70551 | Magnetic resonance imaging, brain; without contrast material | <1% | 1,476 | $42K |
| 76700 | Ultrasound, abdominal, real time with image documentation; complete | <1% | 1,908 | $37K |
| 76830 | Ultrasound, transvaginal | <1% | 1,246 | $29K |
| 73721 | Magnetic resonance imaging, any joint of lower extremity; without contrast material | <1% | 876 | $29K |
| 71250 | <1% | 1,866 | $29K | |
| 70496 | <1% | 590 | $26K | |
| 72141 | <1% | 714 | $21K | |
| 73630 | <1% | 4,505 | $20K | |
| 76770 | <1% | 819 | $19K | |
| 78815 | Positron emission tomography (PET) for limited area imaging | <1% | 748 | $17K |
| 70498 | <1% | 584 | $15K | |
| 73562 | <1% | 2,977 | $14K | |
| 76817 | Ultrasound, pregnant uterus, real time with image documentation, transvaginal | <1% | 472 | $13K |
| 74230 | <1% | 1,177 | $12K | |
| 76885 | <1% | 465 | $12K | |
| 76536 | <1% | 886 | $12K | |
| 77063 | Screening digital breast tomosynthesis, bilateral | <1% | 1,756 | $12K |
| 73610 | <1% | 2,347 | $11K | |
| 72100 | <1% | 1,930 | $11K | |
| 93975 | <1% | 276 | $11K | |
| 71271 | <1% | 855 | $11K | |
| 73130 | <1% | 1,746 | $8K | |
| 76816 | Ultrasound, pregnant uterus, real time with image documentation, follow-up | <1% | 246 | $8K |
| 72158 | <1% | 153 | $7K | |
| 72131 | <1% | 324 | $6K | |
| 73030 | <1% | 1,525 | $6K | |
| 93971 | <1% | 725 | $6K | |
| 76856 | Ultrasound, pelvic (nonobstetric), real time with image documentation; complete | <1% | 333 | $6K |
| 76815 | Ultrasound, pregnant uterus, real time with image documentation, limited | <1% | 234 | $6K |
| 74240 | <1% | 222 | $5K | |
| 78227 | <1% | 187 | $4K | |
| 99231 | Subsequent hospital care, per day, straightforward or low complexity | <1% | 351 | $4K |
| 93976 | <1% | 207 | $4K | |
| 99232 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day | <1% | 245 | $3K |
| 73221 | <1% | 117 | $3K | |
| 74022 | <1% | 355 | $3K | |
| 70491 | <1% | 124 | $3K | |
| 73110 | <1% | 492 | $2K | |
| G0297 | Low dose ct scan (ldct) for lung cancer screening | <1% | 173 | $2K |
| 72156 | <1% | 41 | $2K | |
| 77072 | <1% | 351 | $2K | |
| 76775 | <1% | 220 | $2K | |
| 76376 | <1% | 939 | $2K | |
| 99152 | <1% | 194 | $2K | |
| 93970 | <1% | 198 | $2K | |
| 74019 | <1% | 266 | $2K | |
| 99222 | Initial hospital care, per day, moderate complexity | <1% | 59 | $2K |
| 49083 | <1% | 18 | $2K | |
| 73502 | <1% | 358 | $1K | |
| 76506 | <1% | 68 | $1K | |
| 74245 | <1% | 39 | $1K | |
| 99221 | <1% | 41 | $956.22 | |
| 74183 | <1% | 30 | $879.52 | |
| 78264 | <1% | 46 | $794.34 | |
| 72128 | <1% | 27 | $744.34 | |
| 76641 | <1% | 25 | $741.86 | |
| 76801 | <1% | 15 | $633.36 | |
| 76886 | <1% | 28 | $627.35 | |
| 76819 | Fetal biophysical profile; without non-stress testing | <1% | 21 | $554.42 |
| 73080 | <1% | 112 | $521.81 | |
| 74178 | <1% | 18 | $504.29 | |
| 93922 | <1% | 151 | $500.01 | |
| 93880 | <1% | 73 | $484.43 | |
| 73590 | <1% | 120 | $459.98 | |
| 77080 | <1% | 159 | $433.68 | |
| 76642 | <1% | 27 | $424.58 | |
| 77012 | <1% | 32 | $381.51 | |
| 76937 | <1% | 103 | $330.91 | |
| 70486 | <1% | 15 | $319.87 | |
| 77085 | <1% | 280 | $315.77 | |
| 72081 | <1% | 31 | $302.55 | |
| 78226 | <1% | 12 | $285.20 | |
| 77065 | Tomosynthesis, mammo | <1% | 15 | $273.34 |
| 73090 | <1% | 58 | $245.47 | |
| 72110 | <1% | 45 | $201.22 | |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) | <1% | 30 | $194.53 |
| 72072 | <1% | 27 | $130.66 | |
| 72040 | <1% | 29 | $128.88 | |
| 99153 | Mod sedat endo service >5yrs | <1% | 45 | $89.97 |
| 73140 | <1% | 14 | $57.91 | |
| 78306 | <1% | 14 | $39.75 |
Claims and beneficiary counts add up across code × month rows, so one patient seen every month counts many times. Rows with fewer than 12 claims are suppressed by HHS, so small lines can be missing.
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Authorized officialLUCAS, DAVID (PRACTICE ADMINISTRATOR)