Palm Desert Radiology Medical Group, INC

Palm Desert Radiology Medical Group, INC was paid $5.86M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 81 billing codes. Its largest line is 78815, Positron emission tomography (PET) for limited area imaging — 20% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoPALM DESERT RADIOLOGY MEDICAL GROUP, INC
RANCHO MIRAGE, CA 92270

33aNPI1124079868assigned 05/15/2006

33bProvider typeDiagnostic Radiology Physician

28Total paid$5.86M

24GClaims170,631

24DCodes billed81

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Diagnostic Radiology Physician providers in California

Rank by total paid#21 of 797

Median peer was paid$6K

This provider vs. median1,042×

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	16,660	$504K
2019	23,835	$726K
2020	20,945	$769K
2021	26,436	$950K
2022	26,460	$983K
2023	31,178	$1.10M
2024incomplete	25,117	$826K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
78815	Positron emission tomography (PET) for limited area imaging	20%	1,090	1,074	$1.16M
74176	Computed tomography, abdomen and pelvis; without contrast material	16%	17,683	16,726	$965K
74178		14%	9,915	9,462	$833K
70450	Computed tomography, head or brain; without contrast material	5.1%	13,224	12,314	$301K
71045	Radiologic examination, chest; single view	4.8%	49,927	42,337	$284K
73721	Magnetic resonance imaging, any joint of lower extremity; without contrast material	4.5%	1,918	1,791	$266K
71270		3.2%	2,628	2,575	$187K
71275	Computed tomographic angiography, chest, with contrast material	3.0%	3,430	3,300	$174K
72148	Magnetic resonance imaging, lumbar spine; without contrast material	2.4%	1,740	1,726	$140K
A9552	Fluorodeoxyglucose f-18 fdg, diagnostic, per study dose, up to 45 millicuries	2.3%	1,007	993	$136K
71046	Radiologic examination, chest; 2 views	1.9%	15,801	15,405	$111K
70553	Magnetic resonance imaging, brain; without contrast material, followed by contrast material and further sequences	1.7%	1,202	1,151	$99K

69 more codes

76705	Ultrasound, abdominal, real time with image documentation; limited	1.6%	5,666	$95K
71250		1.4%	3,429	$81K
74174		1.2%	1,034	$72K
73700		1.2%	1,279	$71K
78830		1.1%	279	$67K
73221		1.1%	504	$64K
72125	Computed tomography, cervical spine; without contrast material	1.1%	2,173	$62K
49083		<1%	974	$53K
72141		<1%	568	$49K
76856	Ultrasound, pelvic (nonobstetric), real time with image documentation; complete	<1%	1,919	$41K
93970		<1%	1,148	$41K
70551	Magnetic resonance imaging, brain; without contrast material	<1%	1,232	$40K
72131		<1%	1,208	$40K
93971		<1%	2,786	$38K
70498		<1%	864	$34K
76830	Ultrasound, transvaginal	<1%	1,620	$34K
70496		<1%	685	$32K
76817	Ultrasound, pregnant uterus, real time with image documentation, transvaginal	<1%	849	$25K
78452	Myocardial perfusion imaging, tomographic (SPECT); multiple studies at rest and/or stress	<1%	692	$24K
A9585	Injection, gadobutrol, 0.1 ml	<1%	1,553	$21K
Q9967	Low osmolar contrast material, 300-399 mg/ml iodine concentration, per ml	<1%	3,354	$19K
76775		<1%	1,301	$18K
76815	Ultrasound, pregnant uterus, real time with image documentation, limited	<1%	717	$16K
74177	Computed tomography, abdomen and pelvis; with contrast material	<1%	204	$16K
78320		<1%	119	$14K
74183		<1%	112	$11K
74018		<1%	1,756	$10K
70486		<1%	388	$9K
70492		<1%	209	$9K
73630		<1%	1,589	$9K
73030		<1%	1,418	$8K
73718		<1%	119	$8K
73610		<1%	1,173	$7K
A9503	Technetium tc-99m medronate, diagnostic, per study dose, up to 30 millicuries	<1%	699	$6K
73562		<1%	1,289	$6K
73502		<1%	1,011	$6K
76870		<1%	252	$5K
77012		<1%	117	$5K
73130		<1%	805	$4K
72100		<1%	570	$4K
93975		<1%	53	$4K
76801		<1%	106	$3K
73560		<1%	1,013	$3K
93976		<1%	79	$3K
72158		<1%	26	$2K
73702		<1%	80	$2K
73110		<1%	311	$2K
73020		<1%	247	$957.67
73620		<1%	250	$874.44
76937		<1%	127	$840.96
73564		<1%	137	$839.19
93018		<1%	59	$778.49
72170		<1%	175	$682.36
72128		<1%	39	$673.99
77001		<1%	101	$672.56
73590		<1%	121	$516.54
76857		<1%	25	$407.86
76536		<1%	39	$366.43
73120		<1%	74	$363.48
73080		<1%	56	$294.82
73600		<1%	66	$284.07
73070		<1%	58	$255.12
72040		<1%	39	$253.40
76700	Ultrasound, abdominal, real time with image documentation; complete	<1%	15	$230.06
73100		<1%	56	$206.94
93925		<1%	12	$143.88
71101		<1%	13	$135.68
82565		<1%	12	$17.45
G9637	Final reports with documentation of one or more dose reduction techniques (e.g., automated exposure control, adjustment of the ma and/or kv according to patient size, use of iterative reconstruction technique)	<1%	13	$0.01

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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