Who bills the most Chemical destruction of first incompetent vein of arm or leg using imaging guidance (36482) to Medicare in California?
Medicare Part B FFS · CY2024 · as published by CMS43 physician groups billed Chemical destruction of first incompetent vein of arm or leg using imaging guidance (36482) to Medicare fee-for-service in California in 2024; the top five named groups hold 42% of that volume, and independent (non-hospital-affiliated) groups deliver 1%.
36482 — Chemical destruction of first incompetent vein of arm or leg using imaging guidance · Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners PUF (Part B), CY2024 release. Medicare fee-for-service only.
Snapshot covers the whole California market — the table below shows the top 100 groups (free tier).
Medicare fee-for-service covers 49% of Medicare in California; Medicare Advantage penetration 45% → 51% since 2020.
| # | Physician group | City | St | Specialty | Providers | 36482 svcs | Share* | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BASS MEDICAL GROUP | WALNUT CREEK | CA | OTOLARYNGOLOGY | 318 | 417 | 4.4% | — |
| 2 | NORTH COAST SURGICAL SPECIALISTS | EUREKA | CA | GENERAL SURGERY | 2 | 373 | 3.9% | (707) 445-3674 |
| 3 | NORTHERN HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE INC MEDICAL ASSOCIATES | RED BLUFF | CA | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 2 | 325 | 3.4% | (530) 244-3278 |
| 4 | SPEARMAN MD INC | ARROYO GRANDE | CA | DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY | 2 | 320 | 3.4% | (805) 473-8346 |
| 5 | CENTER FOR ADVANCED CARDIAC AND VASCULAR INTERVENTIONS | TARZANA | CA | CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY) | 11 | 256 | 2.7% | (818) 905-5904 |
| 6 | EMPIRE VEIN AND VASCULAR SPECIALISTS | RANCHO MIRAGE | CA | VASCULAR SURGERY | 6 | 237 | 2.5% | 76056834613 |
| 7 | COASTAL VASCULAR CENTER PC | OXNARD | CA | VASCULAR SURGERY | 4 | 151 | 1.6% | (805) 983-6233 |
| 8 | SCRIPPS HEALTH | LA JOLLA | CA | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 1431 | 135 | 1.4% | (858) 455-9100 |
| 9 | CALIFORNIA CARDIOVASCULAR CARE MEDICAL GROUP, INC | PASADENA | CA | CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY) | 4 | 129 | 1.4% | (626) 577-7050 |
| 10 | SILVER SUMMIT MEDICAL CORPORATION | BAKERSFIELD | CA | CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY) | 9 | 124 | 1.3% | (661) 327-4455 |
| 11 | SEQUOIA MULTISPECIALTY MEDICAL GROUP | VISALIA | CA | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 4 | 119 | 1.3% | (559) 713-6478 |
| 12 | CALIFORNIA HEART SPECIALISTS INC | HUNTINGTON BEACH | CA | NURSE PRACTITIONER | 3 | 117 | 1.2% | (714) 843-6800 |
| 13 | SURGICAL ASSOCIATES OF MONTEREY BAY MEDICAL CORPORATION | SANTA CRUZ | CA | GENERAL SURGERY | 7 | 98 | 1.0% | (831) 464-9962 |
| 14 | KEVIN M CASEY MD APMC | SANTA BARBARA | CA | VASCULAR SURGERY | 4 | 97 | 1.0% | 8054568890127 |
| 15 | SASHA SALLOUM MD INC A PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL CORPORATION | CHULA VISTA | CA | PODIATRY | 9 | 93 | 1.0% | (619) 567-7007 |
| 16 | GOLDEN STATE HEART AND VASCULAR ASSOCIATES | BURLINGAME | CA | CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY) | 9 | 91 | 1.0% | (650) 697-2431 |
| 17 | MONTEREY BAY VASCULAR INC | APTOS | CA | GENERAL SURGERY | 3 | 70 | 0.7% | (831) 318-0010 |
| 18 | INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY MEDICAL GROUP, INC | WEST HILLS | CA | CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY) | 7 | 66 | 0.7% | (818) 702-8800 |
| 19 | LOS ALAMITOS INTERNAL MEDICAL GROUP INC | LOS ALAMITOS | CA | CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY) | 8 | 59 | 0.6% | (562) 430-7533 |
| 20 | CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FACULTY MEDICAL GROUP INC | FRESNO | CA | EMERGENCY MEDICINE | 252 | 57 | 0.6% | (559) 459-6000 |
| 21 | HAO D BUI MD INC | BAKERSFIELD | CA | VASCULAR SURGERY | 5 | 54 | 0.6% | (661) 387-8333 |
| 22 | GENESIS HEALTH SYSTEM | DAVENPORT | CA | NURSE PRACTITIONER | 265 | 54 | 0.6% | (563) 421-1000 |
| 23 | SUTTER COAST HOSPITAL | CRESCENT CITY | CA | INTERNAL MEDICINE | 26 | 48 | 0.5% | (707) 464-6715 |
| 24 | LA VASCULAR AND ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY, A MEDICAL CORPORATION | BURBANK | CA | VASCULAR SURGERY | 2 | 48 | 0.5% | (818) 842-4400 |
| 25 | DON W LEE M D A MEDICAL CORPORATION | GLENDALE | CA | CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY | 3 | 46 | 0.5% | (818) 247-0160 |
| 26 | EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER | RANCHO MIRAGE | CA | NURSE PRACTITIONER | 457 | 42 | 0.4% | (760) 340-3911 |
| 27 | POLYXENE GAZETAS KOKINOS MD PC | CAMPBELL | CA | VASCULAR SURGERY | 5 | 42 | 0.4% | (408) 376-3626 |
| 28 | GLENDALE INTERNAL MEDICINE AND CARDIOLOGY MEDICAL GROUP INC | GLENDALE | CA | CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY) | 4 | 40 | 0.4% | (818) 242-4191 |
| 29 | WALLACE G GOSNEY MD AND GILBERT R TURNER MD PTRS | UPLAND | CA | GENERAL SURGERY | 3 | 34 | 0.4% | (909) 920-0525 |
| 30 | HURWITZ-ROBERTS A MEDICAL CORPORATION | GLENDALE | CA | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 7 | 31 | 0.3% | (818) 244-4374 |
| 31 | ANTELOPE VALLEY CARDIOLOGY ASSOCIATES | LANCASTER | CA | CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY) | 5 | 30 | 0.3% | (661) 674-4222 |
| 32 | CENTER FOR VASCULAR MEDICINE LLC | GREENBELT | CA | INTERNAL MEDICINE | 9 | 29 | 0.3% | (301) 982-2000 |
| 33 | COASTAL HEART INC | CHINO | CA | CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY) | 2 | 26 | 0.3% | (714) 754-1684 |
| 34 | WEST LA MEDICAL GROUP | ENCINO | CA | ANESTHESIOLOGY | 3 | 25 | 0.3% | (818) 774-2755 |
| 35 | UNITED MEDICAL DOCTORS | FALLBROOK | CA | GASTROENTEROLOGY | 160 | 22 | 0.2% | (760) 728-9560 |
| 36 | ORANGE COUNTY HEART INSTITUTE AND RESEARCH CENTER A MEDICAL GROUP | ORANGE | CA | INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY | 13 | 22 | 0.2% | 71456433001157 |
| 37 | CARDIOVASCULAR CONSULTANTS OF FRESNO, A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION | FRESNO | CA | INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY | 6 | 20 | 0.2% | (559) 432-4303 |
| 38 | ORANGE COUNTY VASCULAR AND ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY CENTER INC | FOUNTAIN VALLEY | CA | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 8 | 18 | 0.2% | (714) 430-1414 |
| 39 | OC CARDIOVASCULAR CARE, INC. | FOUNTAIN VALLEY | CA | CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY) | 2 | 16 | 0.2% | (714) 486-2120 |
| 40 | USC CARE MEDICAL GROUP INC | LOS ANGELES | CA | DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY | 1374 | 15 | 0.2% | (800) 872-2273 |
| 41 | EDWARD SAMOURJIAN MEDICAL CORPORATION INC | GLENDALE | CA | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 2 | 15 | 0.2% | (818) 230-6522 |
| 42 | HOAG CLINIC | NEWPORT BEACH | CA | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 436 | 14 | 0.1% | (949) 791-3370 |
| 43 | DIGNITY HEALTH MEDICAL FOUNDATION | FOLSOM | CA | DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY | 1197 | 11 | 0.1% | (916) 983-7476 |
*Share of California's disclosed Medicare-FFS services for 36482, counted once per clinician. Volume is placed in the state it was billed from, so this page ranks the groups actually billing 36482 in California — including groups registered elsewhere ("City" is each group's registered location). Group figures sum clinicians affiliated with exactly one group; clinicians in several groups are listed in each group's drill-down but not volume-attributed to any single group.
How to read this. Figures are Medicare fee-for-service only — not all-payer — from the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners Public Use File (Part B), CY2024 release. CMS suppresses any provider×code row under 11 beneficiaries, so a missing group means "suppressed," never zero. "Charges" are provider-submitted amounts, not payments. Groups are ranked by measured service volume attributed to clinicians in exactly one group — clinicians affiliated with several groups are listed in rosters but never volume-attributed to a single group — a direct read of the public record, not a rating or quality score. Full method: Methods & Sources.
Comparing against an all-payer estimate?
These are exact counts from Medicare fee-for-service claims — roughly a third to half of most procedure markets, depending on payer mix. Modeled all-payer databases project the remainder statistically; we publish the audited floor and label it as such. Same market, different denominator. How the numbers reconcile →