Who bills the most Low osmolar contrast material, 200-299 mg/ml iodine concentration, per ml (Q9966) to Medicare in California?
Medicare Part B FFS · CY2024 · as published by CMS26 physician groups billed Low osmolar contrast material, 200-299 mg/ml iodine concentration, per ml (Q9966) to Medicare fee-for-service in California in 2024; the top five named groups hold 80% of that volume, and independent (non-hospital-affiliated) groups deliver 1%.
Q9966 — Low osmolar contrast material, 200-299 mg/ml iodine concentration, per ml · 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 | Q9966 svcs | Share* | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ALTA ORTHOPAEDIC MEDICAL GROUP INC | SANTA BARBARA | CA | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 22 | 23,803 | 8.0% | (805) 963-9377 |
| 2 | MEDHAT F MIKHAEL MD INC | LONG BEACH | CA | PAIN MANAGEMENT | 14 | 22,565 | 7.6% | (562) 595-0060 |
| 3 | HOAG CLINIC | NEWPORT BEACH | CA | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 436 | 8,662 | 2.9% | (949) 791-3370 |
| 4 | INTEGRATED PAIN SPECIALISTS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC | SAN DIEGO | CA | ANESTHESIOLOGY | 2 | 2,774 | 0.9% | (619) 398-2988 |
| 5 | NAPA VALLEY ORTHOPAEDIC MEDICAL GROUP INC | NAPA | CA | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 17 | 2,137 | 0.7% | (707) 254-7117 |
| 6 | SHARP REES-STEALY MEDICAL GROUP INC | SAN DIEGO | CA | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 872 | 1,940 | 0.7% | (858) 499-2600 |
| 7 | CALIFORNIA ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES INC | SAN DIEGO | CA | ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY | 23 | 1,759 | 0.6% | (619) 291-8930 |
| 8 | UNIVERSITY SPINE AND PAIN CENTER INC | HERMOSA BEACH | CA | PAIN MANAGEMENT | 3 | 1,651 | 0.6% | (424) 488-0500 |
| 9 | SUTTER BAY MEDICAL FOUNDATION | PALO ALTO | CA | INTERNAL MEDICINE | 3716 | 1,467 | 0.5% | (415) 600-1020 |
| 10 | MORAN ROWEN AND DORSEY INC | ORANGE | CA | DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY | 35 | 1,400 | 0.5% | (714) 628-3305 |
| 11 | BRIAN BELNAP DO A MEDICAL CORPORATION | ENCINITAS | CA | PAIN MANAGEMENT | 2 | 1,130 | 0.4% | (760) 650-4040 |
| 12 | ROLAND D REINHART M D A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION | PALM DESERT | CA | INTERVENTIONAL PAIN MANAGEMENT | 2 | 1,041 | 0.4% | (760) 341-2360 |
| 13 | COLUMBIA PAIN MANAGEMENT, INC. | HOOD RIVER | CA | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 16 | 895 | 0.3% | (541) 386-9500 |
| 14 | SPINE AND NERVE DIAGNOSTIC CENTER | SACRAMENTO | CA | PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION | 11 | 716 | 0.2% | (916) 419-9900 |
| 15 | REGENTS UNIV OF CALIFORNIA UCSF | SAN FRANCISCO | CA | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 277 | 690 | 0.2% | (415) 476-1000 |
| 16 | DIGNITY HEALTH MEDICAL FOUNDATION | FOLSOM | CA | DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY | 1197 | 658 | 0.2% | (916) 983-7476 |
| 17 | MODESTO ADVANCED DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING MEDICAL CENTER | MODESTO | CA | DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY | 56 | 440 | 0.1% | (209) 524-6800 |
| 18 | NAVDEEP LOOMBA MD INC. | VICTORVILLE | CA | INTERVENTIONAL PAIN MANAGEMENT | 2 | 408 | 0.1% | (760) 245-9999 |
| 19 | NAVARRO PAIN CONTROL GROUP INC | CHULA VISTA | CA | INTERVENTIONAL PAIN MANAGEMENT | 3 | 396 | 0.1% | (619) 600-5309 |
| 20 | SUTTER VALLEY MEDICAL FOUNDATION | SACRAMENTO | CA | DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY | 2420 | 300 | 0.1% | (916) 681-8852 |
| 21 | ROSTAM KHOSHSAR M D INC | LAWNDALE | CA | PAIN MANAGEMENT | 2 | 57 | 0.0% | — |
| 22 | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA | LOS ANGELES | CA | ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY | 136 | 47 | 0.0% | (310) 443-8999 |
| 23 | ARASH ESMAILZADEGAN MD INC | GARDEN GROVE | CA | ANESTHESIOLOGY | 2 | 45 | 0.0% | (954) 326-7842 |
| 24 | REGENERATIVE MEDICAL CLINICS OF SO CAL INC. | WEST COVINA | CA | NURSE PRACTITIONER | 2 | 43 | 0.0% | (626) 965-2334 |
| 25 | XCELL SPORTS AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE INC | CARLSBAD | CA | PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION | 3 | 24 | 0.0% | 76090923551004 |
| 26 | BEAVER MEDICAL GROUP P C | REDLANDS | CA | FAMILY PRACTICE | 247 | 14 | 0.0% | (909) 294-3682 |
*Share of California's disclosed Medicare-FFS services for Q9966, counted once per clinician. Volume is placed in the state it was billed from, so this page ranks the groups actually billing Q9966 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 →