Radiological Physics: industry payments
Drug and device makers reported $32,652 in payments to providers registered in this specialty across Open Payments program years 2019–2025.
- Providers
- 25
- Received a payment
- 25 (100.0%)
- Total reported
- $33K
- Average, those paid
- $1,306
The average is computed only over providers who received something, because including the 0 who received nothing would produce a number that describes neither group. Totals are dominated by a small number of large royalty and consulting arrangements; the typical payment in this specialty is far smaller than the average implies.
What Medicare pays radiological physics clinicians
Across 5 radiological physics clinicians who billed Original Medicare Part B in 2024, Medicare allowed $281,041 in total — an average of $56,208 each, of which $56,208 was for services and the rest for drugs administered in the office.
This is not a salary. The rest is what Medicare allowed for services these clinicians billed — Original Medicare fee-for-service only. It excludes Medicare Advantage, which now covers more than half of Medicare enrollees, along with Medicaid and every commercial insurer, so for most clinicians it is a fraction of their practice. It is also gross revenue: staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums all come out of it before anyone is paid. Anyone quoting a figure like this as physician pay is misreading it.
By state
| State | Providers | Total reported | Per provider |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 2 | $15,918 | $7,959 |
| Florida | 8 | $11,529 | $1,441 |
| Texas | 4 | $4,514 | $1,128 |
| New York | 5 | $451 | $90 |
| California | 1 | $70 | $70 |
| Tennessee | 1 | $55 | $55 |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | $47 | $47 |
| Ohio | 1 | $40 | $40 |
| New Jersey | 1 | $15 | $15 |
| Indiana | 1 | $14 | $14 |