Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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Norcal Imaging

Norcal Imaging was paid $1.76M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 19 billing codes. Its largest line is 78815, Positron emission tomography (PET) for limited area imaging — 66% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoNORCAL IMAGING
WALNUT CREEK, CA 94598
33aNPI1376667022assigned 03/19/2007
28Total paid$1.76M
24GClaims5,902
24DCodes billed19
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Diagnostic Radiology Physician providers in California

Rank by total paid#53 of 797
Median peer was paid$6K
This provider vs. median313×

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.

Auditor's notes

Automated statistical signals. Not evidence of fraud — how these are computed.

Entity ProliferationAuthorized official BERGER, HOWARD controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$20K$40K$60K2018201920202021202220232024
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
YearClaimsPaid
2018383$24K
2019736$181K
2020722$260K
2021920$292K
2022799$291K
20231,385$433K
2024incomplete957$281K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
78815 Positron emission tomography (PET) for limited area imaging 66% 743 639 $1.17M
A9552 Fluorodeoxyglucose f-18 fdg, diagnostic, per study dose, up to 45 millicuries 15% 908 901 $271K
77067 Screening mammography, bilateral, including computer-aided detection 10% 1,287 1,265 $183K
77049 <1% 90 66 $17K
76856 Ultrasound, pelvic (nonobstetric), real time with image documentation; complete <1% 271 266 $17K
A9575 Injection, gadoterate meglumine, 0.1 ml <1% 863 850 $17K
76830 Ultrasound, transvaginal <1% 254 249 $16K
77080 <1% 292 289 $14K
76642 <1% 133 123 $12K
77066 Tomosynthesis, mammo <1% 66 65 $12K
Q9967 Low osmolar contrast material, 300-399 mg/ml iodine concentration, per ml <1% 674 666 $7K
73721 Magnetic resonance imaging, any joint of lower extremity; without contrast material <1% 52 25 $6K
7 more codes
72148 Magnetic resonance imaging, lumbar spine; without contrast material <1% 51 $5K
77059 <1% 24 $4K
71250 <1% 20 $3K
71046 Radiologic examination, chest; 2 views <1% 130 $3K
72197 <1% 20 $1K
76700 Ultrasound, abdominal, real time with image documentation; complete <1% 12 $971.24
76770 <1% 12 $645.76

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.

From NPPES

Who's on the registration

Authorized officialBERGER, HOWARD (PRESIDENT)
Same official

Other billing entities under BERGER, HOWARD

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ProviderLocationPaid
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Norcal ImagingOakland, CA$2.04M
Norcal ImagingPleasanton, CA$1.96M
Beverly Radiology Medical Group IIISan Bernardino, CA$1.11M
Diagnostic Radiological ImagingSacramento, CA$1.09M
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Beverly Radiology Medical Group IIIBurbank, CA$373K
Beverly Radiology Medical GroupLancaster, CA$147K
Beverly Radiology Medical Group IIIEncino, CA$122K
Fresno Imaging CenterFresno, CA$105K
Beverly Radiology Medical Group IIIVictorville, CA$77K
Beverly Radiology Medical Group IIIRedlands, CA$60K
Santa Rosa Imaging Medical CenterSanta Rosa, CA$49K

Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.