Radiology

Training path

1. College (bachelor’s degree) 4 years
2. Medical school (MD or DO) 4 years
3. Diagnostic radiology residency (including first clinical year) 5 years

Training after medical school: 5 years. From the start of college: about 13 years.

Many radiologists add a 1-year fellowship.

Usual minimum program lengths from ACGME program requirements. Some doctors take extra research years or a second fellowship.

Who they are

• MD (DOs make up the rest) 94%
• Women 26%
• Graduated 35 or more years ago 21%
• Offer telehealth 1%
• Accept Medicare’s approved amount 95%

Sex and credentials from NPPES. Graduation year, telehealth and Medicare assignment from Medicare Care Compare, which covers clinicians enrolled in Medicare.

What they do most for Medicare patients

• X-ray of chest, 1 view 10,968,096
• Screening mammography 5,447,233
• Screening 3d breast mammography 5,129,488
• X-ray of chest, 2 views 4,622,350
• Ct scan head or brain without contrast 4,197,646
• Ct scan of abdomen and pelvis with contrast 3,051,607
• Ct scan of chest without contrast 2,071,569
• Dxa bone density measurement of hip, pelvis, spine 1,982,198
• Ct scan of abdomen and pelvis without contrast 1,734,841
• Ct scan of chest with contrast 1,520,301
• X-ray of abdomen, 1 view 1,422,078
• Ct scan of blood vessels of chest with contrast 1,260,317

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Services billed to traditional Medicare in 2023 (Physician and Other Practitioners data); drugs given in the office are left out.

What they prescribe most

• Methylprednisolone (Medrol) 9.7%
• Prednisone (Rayos) 7.6%
• Clopidogrel Bisulfate (Clopidogrel, Plavix) 7.4%
• Oxycodone Hcl (Oxycontin, Roxicodone, Roxybond) 4.3%
• Metoprolol Tartrate (Lopressor) 4.2%
• Ibuprofen (Caldolor, Ibu) 2.4%
• Gabapentin (Gralise, Neurontin) 2.3%
• Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen (Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen) 2.1%
• Atorvastatin Calcium (Atorvaliq, Lipitor) 2.1%
• Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen (Endocet, Oxycodone-Acetaminophen, Percocet) 2.0%
• Tamsulosin Hcl (Flomax) 1.5%
• Apixaban (Eliquis) 1.4%
• Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim (Bactrim Ds, Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim) 1.3%
• Rivaroxaban (Xarelto) 1.3%
• Famotidine (Pepcid) 1.3%

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Share of this specialty’s Medicare Part D prescriptions in 2024, including refills. Select a drug to see which of these clinicians prescribe it most, and where.

Hospitals where the most work

• Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA 361 Radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital
• Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA 317 Radiology at Brigham and Women's Hospital
• Newton-Wellesley Hospital Newton, MA 272 Radiology at Newton-Wellesley Hospital
• Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester Rochester, MN 257 Radiology at Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester
• New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY 253 Radiology at New York-Presbyterian Hospital
• NYU Langone Hospitals New York, NY 251 Radiology at NYU Langone Hospitals
• Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH 250 Radiology at Cleveland Clinic
• Adventhealth Orlando Orlando, FL 224 Radiology at Adventhealth Orlando
• Memorial Hermann Hospital System Houston, TX 221 Radiology at Memorial Hermann Hospital System
• Hillcrest Hospital Mayfield Heights, OH 221 Radiology at Hillcrest Hospital

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Clinicians who list the hospital in Medicare Care Compare. The number opens the list of who works there.

Schools they graduated from most

• Wayne State University School of Medicine 472
• New York Medical College 453
• Indiana University School of Medicine 393
• Medical College of Wisconsin 320
• University of Illinois College of Med (chi/peor/rock/chm-Urb) 317
• Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University 312
• University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas 312
• University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston 299
• New York University School of Medicine 289
• University of Tennessee, Hsc, College of Medicine 287

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From Medicare Care Compare (Medicare-enrolled clinicians only).