The charge amount (rounded to whole dollars) for radiology costs (including oncology, excluding MRI) related to a beneficiary's stay.
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This field is derived by accumulating the revenue center total charge amount associated with revenue center codes 028x, 032x, 033x, 034x, 035x and 040x from all claim records included in the stay.
Note that detailed revenue center charge amounts for radiology are available 2011 forward — reference fields: RDLGY_ONCOLOGY_AMT, RDLGY_DGNSTC_AMT, RDLGY_THRPTC_AMT, RDLGY_NUCLR_MDCN_AMT, RDLGY_CT_SCAN_AMT, RDLGY_OTHR_IMGNG_AMT.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) charges appear in a separate field (called MRI_AMT).
This field is derived by accumulating the revenue center total charge amount associated with revenue center codes 028x, 032x, 033x, 034x, 035x and 040x from all claim records included in the stay.
Note that detailed revenue center charge amounts for radiology are available 2011 forward — reference fields: RDLGY_ONCOLOGY_AMT, RDLGY_DGNSTC_AMT, RDLGY_THRPTC_AMT, RDLGY_NUCLR_MDCN_AMT, RDLGY_CT_SCAN_AMT, RDLGY_OTHR_IMGNG_AMT.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) charges appear in a separate field (called MRI_AMT).
Source: MedPAR (derived)