Physician
Medical Scanning Consultants PA
Medical Scanning Consultants PA was paid $7.50M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 76 billing codes. Its largest line is 72148, Magnetic resonance imaging, lumbar spine; without contrast material — 27% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoMEDICAL SCANNING CONSULTANTS PA
ST LOUIS PARK, MN 55416
ST LOUIS PARK, MN 55416
33aNPI1659348092assigned 03/03/2006
33bProvider typeDiagnostic Radiology Physician
28Total paid$7.50M
24GClaims136,548
24DCodes billed76
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Diagnostic Radiology Physician providers in Minnesota
Rank by total paid#3 of 195
Median peer was paid$2K
This provider vs. median3,018×
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 AHERN, RAMONA controls 12+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
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 | 20,551 | $221K | |
| 2019 | 21,273 | $1.11M | |
| 2020 | 17,207 | $962K | |
| 2021 | 24,143 | $1.49M | |
| 2022 | 19,686 | $1.28M | |
| 2023 | 20,327 | $1.39M | |
| 2024incomplete | 13,361 | $1.03M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72148 | Magnetic resonance imaging, lumbar spine; without contrast material | 27% | 19,319 | 18,355 | $1.99M |
| 73721 | Magnetic resonance imaging, any joint of lower extremity; without contrast material | 15% | 9,630 | 8,706 | $1.10M |
| 72141 | 11% | 7,687 | 7,343 | $813K | |
| 77067 | Screening mammography, bilateral, including computer-aided detection | 7.6% | 9,313 | 9,100 | $572K |
| 73221 | 5.8% | 3,814 | 3,484 | $433K | |
| 74177 | Computed tomography, abdomen and pelvis; with contrast material | 3.6% | 3,314 | 3,133 | $272K |
| 99214 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, moderate complexity | 3.4% | 4,107 | 3,666 | $254K |
| 77063 | Screening digital breast tomosynthesis, bilateral | 3.2% | 8,537 | 8,340 | $238K |
| 64483 | 3.0% | 1,953 | 1,836 | $224K | |
| 76856 | Ultrasound, pelvic (nonobstetric), real time with image documentation; complete | 2.5% | 3,455 | 3,271 | $186K |
| 76830 | Ultrasound, transvaginal | 2.4% | 3,138 | 2,967 | $182K |
| 70553 | Magnetic resonance imaging, brain; without contrast material, followed by contrast material and further sequences | 2.4% | 966 | 930 | $181K |
64 more codes
| 77002 | 1.7% | 2,271 | $128K | |
| 72146 | 1.5% | 1,099 | $116K | |
| A9575 | Injection, gadoterate meglumine, 0.1 ml | 1.1% | 4,680 | $85K |
| 62323 | 1.1% | 673 | $84K | |
| 76816 | Ultrasound, pregnant uterus, real time with image documentation, follow-up | <1% | 1,818 | $57K |
| 76705 | Ultrasound, abdominal, real time with image documentation; limited | <1% | 1,208 | $52K |
| 76642 | <1% | 732 | $38K | |
| 70450 | Computed tomography, head or brain; without contrast material | <1% | 1,687 | $34K |
| 71046 | Radiologic examination, chest; 2 views | <1% | 4,018 | $33K |
| 71260 | Computed tomography, thorax, diagnostic; with contrast material | <1% | 1,106 | $33K |
| 76805 | Ultrasound, pregnant uterus, real time with image documentation, fetal and maternal evaluation | <1% | 483 | $31K |
| 76801 | <1% | 446 | $29K | |
| J0702 | Injection, betamethasone acetate 3 mg and betamethasone sodium phosphate 3 mg | <1% | 2,444 | $27K |
| Q9967 | Low osmolar contrast material, 300-399 mg/ml iodine concentration, per ml | <1% | 2,937 | $26K |
| 72197 | <1% | 122 | $26K | |
| A4550 | Surgical trays | <1% | 10,363 | $25K |
| 62321 | <1% | 256 | $23K | |
| 71045 | Radiologic examination, chest; single view | <1% | 4,604 | $21K |
| 72131 | <1% | 214 | $17K | |
| 76536 | <1% | 199 | $15K | |
| 72100 | <1% | 658 | $15K | |
| Q9966 | Low osmolar contrast material, 200-299 mg/ml iodine concentration, per ml | <1% | 12,730 | $14K |
| 74183 | <1% | 62 | $13K | |
| 74176 | Computed tomography, abdomen and pelvis; without contrast material | <1% | 208 | $12K |
| 76819 | Fetal biophysical profile; without non-stress testing | <1% | 344 | $10K |
| 70551 | Magnetic resonance imaging, brain; without contrast material | <1% | 67 | $9K |
| 20553 | <1% | 248 | $9K | |
| 99204 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (more involved) | <1% | 99 | $8K |
| 72110 | <1% | 253 | $8K | |
| 73700 | <1% | 76 | $6K | |
| 20610 | <1% | 249 | $5K | |
| 71250 | <1% | 138 | $5K | |
| 76700 | Ultrasound, abdominal, real time with image documentation; complete | <1% | 53 | $4K |
| 72125 | Computed tomography, cervical spine; without contrast material | <1% | 188 | $3K |
| G0279 | Diagnostic digital breast tomosynthesis, unilateral or bilateral (list separately in addition to 77065 or 77066) | <1% | 100 | $3K |
| 71271 | <1% | 42 | $3K | |
| 72040 | <1% | 100 | $3K | |
| J1100 | Injection, dexamethasone sodium phosphate, 1 mg | <1% | 2,543 | $2K |
| 73630 | <1% | 437 | $2K | |
| 64493 | <1% | 17 | $2K | |
| 74018 | <1% | 404 | $2K | |
| 76770 | <1% | 26 | $2K | |
| 93970 | <1% | 14 | $1K | |
| 23350 | <1% | 13 | $1K | |
| 93971 | <1% | 85 | $1K | |
| 93923 | <1% | 15 | $1K | |
| 70486 | <1% | 13 | $979.02 | |
| 99443 | <1% | 41 | $769.32 | |
| 76817 | Ultrasound, pregnant uterus, real time with image documentation, transvaginal | <1% | 30 | $706.91 |
| 93975 | <1% | 58 | $525.22 | |
| 73030 | <1% | 125 | $518.31 | |
| 73610 | <1% | 123 | $516.17 | |
| 77080 | <1% | 28 | $494.01 | |
| J2795 | Injection, ropivacaine hydrochloride, 1 mg | <1% | 153 | $484.25 |
| J1030 | Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg | <1% | 62 | $454.07 |
| 73110 | <1% | 12 | $71.17 | |
| 73130 | <1% | 12 | $63.58 | |
| A9579 | Injection, gadolinium-based magnetic resonance contrast agent, not otherwise specified (nos), per ml | <1% | 15 | $2.09 |
| J8499 | Prescription drug, oral, non chemotherapeutic, nos | 0% | 17 | $0.00 |
| 73562 | 0% | 13 | $0.00 | |
| 74019 | 0% | 26 | $0.00 | |
| 73502 | 0% | 29 | $0.00 | |
| 94761 | 0% | 16 | $0.00 | |
| 76815 | Ultrasound, pregnant uterus, real time with image documentation, limited | 0% | 13 | $0.00 |
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 officialAHERN, RAMONA (SPECIAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Scanning Consultants PA | Carmel, IN | $1.61M |
| Chelmsford Mri, P.C. | Dedham, MA | $1.50M |
| Insight-Premier Health LLC | Scarborough, ME | $638K |
| Medical Scanning Consultants PA | Federal Way, WA | $518K |
| Chelmsford Mri, P.C. | Springfield, MA | $251K |
| Insight-Premier Health LLC | Bangor, ME | $113K |
| Maine Molecular Imaging LLC | Lewiston, ME | $107K |
| Maine Molecular Imaging LLC | Biddeford, ME | $62K |
| Insight-Premier Health LLC | Skowhegan, ME | $58K |
| Maine Molecular Imaging LLC | Brunswick, ME | $28K |
| Insight Health Corp | Woodbridge, VA | $12K |
| Cdi Twin Cities Asc LLC | St Louis Park, MN | $873.20 |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.