Who bills the most Removal of external hemorrhoids by rubber banding (46221) to Medicare in California?
Medicare Part B FFS · CY2024 · as published by CMS36 physician groups billed Removal of external hemorrhoids by rubber banding (46221) to Medicare fee-for-service in California in 2024; the top five named groups hold 54% of that volume, and independent (non-hospital-affiliated) groups deliver 0%.
46221 — Removal of external hemorrhoids by rubber banding · 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 | 46221 svcs | Share* | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GENESIS HEALTHCARE PARTNERS PC | TORRANCE | CA | GASTROENTEROLOGY | 211 | 722 | 13.4% | (310) 534-8400 |
| 2 | REGENTS UNIV OF CALIFORNIA UCSF | SAN FRANCISCO | CA | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 277 | 360 | 6.7% | (415) 476-1000 |
| 3 | JAY P DILIBERTO MD INC | HUNTINGTON BEACH | CA | INTERNAL MEDICINE | 2 | 299 | 5.6% | (714) 596-2800 |
| 4 | DAVID YAMINI MD INC | SANTA MONICA | CA | GASTROENTEROLOGY | 2 | 236 | 4.4% | (310) 285-3005 |
| 5 | SCRIPPS HEALTH | LA JOLLA | CA | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 1431 | 200 | 3.7% | (858) 455-9100 |
| 6 | SANTA MARIA GASTROENTEROLOGY MEDICAL GROUP INC. | SANTA MARIA | CA | CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST (CRNA) | 23 | 195 | 3.6% | (805) 922-6581 |
| 7 | GASTROENTEROLOGY MEDICAL CLINIC | FOLSOM | CA | GASTROENTEROLOGY | 8 | 166 | 3.1% | (916) 983-4444 |
| 8 | MINIMALLY INVASIVE MEDICAL GROUP | MISSION VIEJO | CA | CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST (CRNA) | 6 | 114 | 2.1% | (949) 333-2224 |
| 9 | DIGESTIVE CARE ASSOCIATES, A MEDICAL CORPORATION | SAN CARLOS | CA | GASTROENTEROLOGY | 6 | 101 | 1.9% | (650) 596-8800 |
| 10 | SUTTER BAY MEDICAL FOUNDATION | PALO ALTO | CA | INTERNAL MEDICINE | 3716 | 93 | 1.7% | (415) 600-1020 |
| 11 | SAN FRANCISCO SURGICAL | SAN FRANCISCO | CA | GENERAL SURGERY | 5 | 89 | 1.7% | (415) 213-7971 |
| 12 | JEFFREY P LAKE MD INC | ENCINO | CA | COLORECTAL SURGERY (PROCTOLOGY) | 4 | 82 | 1.5% | (818) 387-8725 |
| 13 | EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER | RANCHO MIRAGE | CA | NURSE PRACTITIONER | 457 | 74 | 1.4% | (760) 340-3911 |
| 14 | TAM H LE MD INC | FOUNTAIN VALLEY | CA | COLORECTAL SURGERY (PROCTOLOGY) | 2 | 66 | 1.2% | (714) 861-4560 |
| 15 | THE SURGERY GROUP OF LOS ANGELES PC | Los Angeles | CA | COLORECTAL SURGERY (PROCTOLOGY) | 3 | 52 | 1.0% | — |
| 16 | CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CARE FOUNDATION | LOS ANGELES | CA | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 1699 | 52 | 1.0% | (310) 423-0674 |
| 17 | PROVIDENCE MEDICAL FOUNDATION | FULLERTON | CA | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 1455 | 44 | 0.8% | (714) 871-3006 |
| 18 | STANFORD HEALTH CARE | STANFORD | CA | DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY | 3039 | 43 | 0.8% | (650) 723-4000 |
| 19 | MADHU K. KRIS, M.D., INC. | MERCED | CA | GASTROENTEROLOGY | 3 | 43 | 0.8% | (209) 384-3115 |
| 20 | ON CALL SPECIALISTS MEDICAL GROUP OF SAN DIEGO INC | SAN DIEGO | CA | CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY) | 146 | 39 | 0.7% | (619) 359-6600 |
| 21 | JOHN MUIR PHYSICIAN NETWORK | WALNUT CREEK | CA | FAMILY PRACTICE | 489 | 30 | 0.6% | (925) 296-9720 |
| 22 | PRAHALAD B JAJODIA MD INC | FRESNO | CA | GASTROENTEROLOGY | 2 | 29 | 0.5% | (559) 431-8888 |
| 23 | DIGESTIVE DISEASE CONSULTANTS OF ORANGE COUNTY INC | IRVINE | CA | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 14 | 27 | 0.5% | (949) 612-9090 |
| 24 | COTTAGE MEDICAL FOUNDATION | GOLETA | CA | INTERNAL MEDICINE | 74 | 26 | 0.5% | (805) 879-4240 |
| 25 | BASS MEDICAL GROUP | WALNUT CREEK | CA | OTOLARYNGOLOGY | 318 | 23 | 0.4% | — |
| 26 | ANNAPOLIS COLON AND RECTAL SURGEONS LLC | ANNAPOLIS | CA | COLORECTAL SURGERY (PROCTOLOGY) | 2 | 23 | 0.4% | (410) 573-1699 |
| 27 | SUTTER VALLEY MEDICAL FOUNDATION | SACRAMENTO | CA | DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY | 2420 | 21 | 0.4% | (916) 681-8852 |
| 28 | SOUTH ORANGE COUNTY SURGICAL MEDICAL GROUP INC | LAGUNA HILLS | CA | GENERAL SURGERY | 22 | 20 | 0.4% | (949) 457-7900 |
| 29 | FACULTY PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS OF LLUSM | LOMA LINDA | CA | DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY | 1317 | 19 | 0.4% | — |
| 30 | PETAR VUKASIN M D INC | GLENDALE | CA | COLORECTAL SURGERY (PROCTOLOGY) | 3 | 18 | 0.3% | (818) 244-8161 |
| 31 | DIGNITY HEALTH MEDICAL FOUNDATION | FOLSOM | CA | DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY | 1197 | 17 | 0.3% | (916) 983-7476 |
| 32 | SURGICAL ASSOCIATES OF MONTEREY BAY MEDICAL CORPORATION | SANTA CRUZ | CA | GENERAL SURGERY | 7 | 17 | 0.3% | (831) 464-9962 |
| 33 | GLENDALE ADVENTIST MEDICAL CENTER | GLENDALE | CA | ANESTHESIOLOGY | 100 | 16 | 0.3% | (818) 863-4099 |
| 34 | ASSOCIATED SURGEONS OF SAN LUIS OBISPO | PISMO BEACH | CA | GENERAL SURGERY | 9 | 15 | 0.3% | (805) 546-0411 |
| 35 | SAINT AGNES MEDICAL FOUNDATION | FRESNO | CA | INTERNAL MEDICINE | 155 | 14 | 0.3% | (559) 450-5777 |
| 36 | SUTTER COAST HOSPITAL | CRESCENT CITY | CA | INTERNAL MEDICINE | 26 | 11 | 0.2% | (707) 464-6715 |
*Share of California's disclosed Medicare-FFS services for 46221, counted once per clinician. Volume is placed in the state it was billed from, so this page ranks the groups actually billing 46221 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 →