Who bills the most Ultrasound evaluation of blood vessel with review by radiologist, initial vessel (37252) to Medicare in Louisiana?
Medicare Part B FFS · CY2024 · as published by CMS6 physician groups billed Ultrasound evaluation of blood vessel with review by radiologist, initial vessel (37252) to Medicare fee-for-service in Louisiana in 2024; independent (non-hospital-affiliated) groups deliver 0%.
37252 — Ultrasound evaluation of blood vessel with review by radiologist, initial vessel · Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners PUF (Part B), CY2024 release. Medicare fee-for-service only.
Snapshot covers the whole Louisiana market — the table below shows the top 100 groups (free tier).
Medicare fee-for-service covers 43% of Medicare in Louisiana; Medicare Advantage penetration 42% → 57% since 2020.
| # | Physician group | City | St | Specialty | Providers | 37252 svcs | Share* | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LOUISIANA HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE, LLC | COVINGTON | LA | NURSE PRACTITIONER | 15 | 52 | 9.3% | (985) 777-7000 |
| 2 | OCHSNER CLINIC LLC | NEW ORLEANS | LA | NURSE PRACTITIONER | 2839 | 22 | 3.9% | (504) 842-3000 |
| 3 | LOUISIANA VASCULAR LIMB SALVAGE AND CARDIOLOGY APMC | LAFAYETTE | LA | CARDIAC SURGERY | 4 | 22 | 3.9% | (337) 456-6523 |
| 4 | CARDIOVASCULAR INSTITUTE OF THE SOUTH, LLC | LAFAYETTE | LA | NURSE PRACTITIONER | 142 | 21 | 3.8% | (337) 289-8429 |
| 5 | RADIOLOGY ASSOCIATES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA | ALEXANDRIA | LA | DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY | 94 | 13 | 2.3% | (318) 473-3000 |
| 6 | COLORADO CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL ASSOCIATES, P.C. | ENGLEWOOD | LA | VASCULAR SURGERY | 5 | 13 | 2.3% | (303) 778-6527 |
*Share of Louisiana's disclosed Medicare-FFS services for 37252, counted once per clinician. Volume is placed in the state it was billed from, so this page ranks the groups actually billing 37252 in Louisiana — 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 →