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93880 Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow CPT · Ultrasound imaging
Classification Imaging Ultrasound Duplex Scan - Extracranial Arteries (CMS RBCS)
First observed 2013 — start of our 12-year window; the code predates it
National scale 3.20M services · est. ▲ 0.4% YoY · 1.53M FFS beneficiaries (CY2024, all-Medicare estimate) — 1.58M observed fee-for-service services
CMS descriptor · RBCS classification · Medicare Part B physician/supplier claims, 12-year window · National figures — the MN market is below
Data year CY2024 CY2023 CY2022 locked column CY2021 locked column CY2020 locked column
Market overview
Market Brief 93880
The whole of 93880, written up and sourced.

The Brief is a national document for 93880. Its findings page carries one finding per chapter, each opening the chapter that prints its figure and the table behind it — like these, from Minnesota, CY2024, the market on this page.

  1. 1Size and growth. 37 billing groups and 279 clinicians billed 93880 in Minnesota in CY2024 — ~9,611 all-Medicare services (estimated), 3,904 observed fee-for-service. The market is up 2.5% year over year.
  2. 2Payment. Half the field lists between $125 and $426 per service; the median group lists $184. Submitted charges are provider-set list amounts, not payments.
  3. 3State benchmarks. Minnesota is the #28 state market of 51 for 93880, and its volume moved +23.5% over five years.
Estimated all-Medicare volume estimate
FFS + estimated MA

~29,861 services

12,129 observed fee-for-service (41%) · ~17,732 estimated Medicare Advantage.

Scaled from the observed floor by each state’s fee-for-service share (FFS share as of 2024) — scaled estimate — assumes MA utilization mirrors FFS; not an observation. How we scale
National benchmarks

Minnesota ranks #28 of the 51 state markets by est. all-Medicare services for this code — 31.5 services per 1,000 Part B FFS beneficiaries in CY2024.

2,021 svc (lowest) median 32,488 392,969 (highest)

Each tick is one state market's est. all-Medicare services (scaled estimate) for this code, CY2024, on a value axis — the 50 states and DC; overseas territories are excluded. Rank counts from the highest (#28 of 51 ≈ the 47th percentile). Where each group on this page sits nationally within its specialty renders on its drill-down.

Market position
volume →

Minnesota is a mid-volume, growing market for this code — #4 of 51 state markets by 5-year growth, #28 of 51 by est. all-Medicare services.

5-yr change +23.5% CAGR (avg. yearly growth) +2.1%/yr volume #28 of 51 growth #4 of 51
Volume bands are terciles among all state markets for this search, CY2020–CY2024; growth bands are this market's own 5-year change (±2%). CAGR excludes 2020 and the introduction year.
Average charge
per service, submitted list amounts — not payments · named-group basis, observed FFS
Average payment
per service, Medicare paid amounts — not charges · all disclosed claims, observed FFS basis
Charge-to-payment ratio
average list price vs average Medicare payment per service · named-group basis
What they charge

Half the field lists between $125 and $426

Submitted charges are provider-set list amounts, not payments · median $184 (named groups)
Every group, one dot37 billing groups · median $184

The same field as one dot per billing group: where the cluster sits, and how far the tail reaches

$0$400$800++2 groups list more, to $1,244 →average submitted charge per service, per billing groupmedian $184
One dot per billing group, 93880 in MN CY2024 — average submitted charge per service, provider-set list amounts, not payments. The axis caps near the 95th percentile so the cluster is legible; groups beyond it draw at the cap in accent and are counted on the chart.

Rochester is Minnesota's largest named-group market for this service — drawn to scale

Where the market isbubble = services
Rochester: 1,447 services · 10 groups · median list charge $450Minneapolis: 771 services · 6 groups · median list charge $225Eden Prairie: 483 services · 9 groups · median list charge $139Saint Louis Park: 371 services · 2 groups · median list charge $490Duluth: 191 services · 3 groups · median list charge $216Saint Paul: 171 services · 2 groups · median list charge $227Bemidji: 96 services · 1 groups · median list charge $113Detroit Lakes: 65 services · 1 groups · median list charge $107Edina: 52 services · 2 groups · median list charge $229Sartell: 51 services · 2 groups · median list charge $349Coon Rapids: 47 services · 1 groups · median list charge $148Hibbing: 46 services · 1 groups · median list charge $257Maple Grove: 39 services · 1 groups · median list charge $72Alexandria: 17 services · 1 groups · median list charge $467Mankato: 17 services · 1 groups · median list charge $619Grand Rapids: 16 services · 1 groups · median list charge $1,051Virginia: 13 services · 1 groups · median list charge $1,282St Cloud: 11 services · 1 groups · median list charge $135RochesterMinneapolisEden PrairieDuluthBemidjiDetroit LakesSartellCoon RapidsHibbing
18 of the top 18 billing cities mapped (100.0% of their named-group volume).
Leading city marketsthe map, as a list
1Rochester 1,447 $450
10 groups · median list charge
2Minneapolis 771 $225
6 groups · median list charge
3Eden Prairie 483 $139
9 groups · median list charge
4Saint Louis Park 371 $490
2 groups · median list charge
5Duluth 191 $216
3 groups · median list charge
6Saint Paul 171 $227
2 groups · median list charge
7Bemidji 96 $113
1 group · median list charge
8Detroit Lakes 65 $107
1 group · median list charge
9Edina 52 $229
2 groups · median list charge
10Sartell 51 $349
2 groups · median list charge
11Coon Rapids 47 $148
1 group · median list charge
City grain — the group ranking lives below. 11 cities listed.

Every group in this market, placed by list charge against volume

This market’s groups, on one chart37 groups · bubble = services
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One mark per physician group, 93880 in MN CY2024 — marks are unnamed here: a mark’s position is its average list charge, and that figure is part of the platform. Submitted charges are provider-set list amounts, not payments.

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