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Interventional Radiology Is the Fastest-Growing Specialty.
Most Practices Have Zero Online Presence.

IR is the least-marketed specialty in medicine, so the first practices to build real marketing own the market. Patients are searching for minimally invasive options right now. They find you, or they find a surgeon.

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Live Market Pulse
Updated Nov 2026
$3.61
Avg Google
CPC
157K
Monthly
Searches (US)
Low
Google Ads
Competition
Sep
Peak Demand
Month
Source: Google Ads Keyword Planner data via DataForSEO, United States, averaged across "fibroids", "radiologist near me". CPC is the top-of-page bid average, searches are the 12-month monthly mean, competition is Google's advertiser density index. Refreshed on the first of each month.

What the Data Says About Interventional Radiology in 2026

Live numbers from government and public sources. Refreshed every month through DataPulse.

Top IR Procedures by Search Demand (Google, 2026)
Uterine Fibroid Treatment
100
Varicose Vein Treatment
88
PAD Treatment
65
Prostate Artery Embolization
55 ↑
Kyphoplasty
45
Liver Cancer TACE
38
Varicocele Embolization
32 ↑
Genicular Artery Embolization
25 ↑
Prostate artery embolization, varicocele embolization, and genicular artery embolization are trending, up 68%, 45%, and 120% YoY. Patients search for these themselves. That is a direct-to-patient opportunity most IR practices haven't touched.
Cost Per Lead by Channel
Google Ads$65
SEO / Organic$22
Meta Ads$45
Physician Referral$150
Content Marketing$18

Direct-to-patient through SEO and content is the biggest open door in IR. Most practices pay $150+ per patient through physician referrals. Organic search brings them in at $18-22.

Case Value by Procedure
UFE (Fibroids)$12,000+
PAD Intervention$8,500
Prostate Embolization$7,200
Varicose Veins$4,500
Varicocele$3,800

UFE has the highest case value and the most patient searches. Rank for fibroid keywords and you reach patients who would otherwise default to hysterectomy.

Sources: BLS Occupational Employment (bls.gov) · Census Business Patterns (census.gov) · FRED Health Expenditure (stlouisfed.org) · DataForSEO (keyword data) · Updated monthly via DataPulse

Why Most IR Practices Can't Grow Beyond Physician Referrals

"Every time we work with an IR practice doing $100K-$300K/month, the same pattern shows up..."

What They Think

× "We get our patients from referring physicians"
× "Direct-to-patient marketing isn't appropriate for IR"
× "Patients don't know what interventional radiology is"
× "We need more physician referral relationships"

What s Actually Happening

✓ Physician referrals are shrinking as surgeons keep procedures in-house. Direct-to-patient isn't just appropriate. It's how you survive.
✓ Direct-to-patient marketing is the #1 growth lever in IR. Practices doing DTP grow 3-5x faster than the ones waiting on referrals.
✓ Nobody searches for 'interventional radiology'. They search their symptom. 'Uterine fibroid treatment without surgery' gets 12K searches/month.
✓ More referral relationships won't help if surgeons keep the cases. You need patients who pick you first, then bring the referral with them.
Data proof: Of the IR practices we've audited, 88% had zero direct-to-patient marketing. 100% dependent on physician referrals, while referral volume dropped 15-20% a year as surgeons added minimally invasive options.

How Does Your Practice Compare?

Benchmarks pulled from government data and industry sources. Refreshed every month.

MetricBottom 25%MedianTop 25%Yours
Monthly Revenue$100K$250K$600K+--
New Patients / Month82255--
Cost Per Patient$200$65$25--
Referral vs Direct %95/570/3040/60--
Avg Case Value$4,500$8,000$12,000--
Patient Satisfaction90%95%99%--
Google Reviews535150+--
Website Conversion Rate0.8%2.5%5.5%--

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How to read this: Referral vs. direct at 95/5 or worse? You're one lost referring physician away from a revenue crisis. A direct-to-patient channel isn't a growth play.

It's insurance.

Interventional Radiology Result

From 8 to 35 Direct-to-Patient Cases/Month in 9 Months

Before Anar
$0/mo
DTP marketing spend
8
Total patients/month
95%
From referrals
0
Google reviews
$180K/mo
Revenue
After Anar
$6,500/mo
DTP marketing spend
35
Total patients/month
45%
From referrals
85
Google reviews
$420K/mo
Revenue
▼ Anar Engagement Starts
$180K
Mo 1
$210K
Mo 2
$260K
Mo 4
$320K
Mo 6
$380K
Mo 8
$420K
Mo 9
"Month 3: We published a patient-facing guide titled 'Fibroid Treatment Without Surgery' that ranked #2 on Google within 60 days. This single piece of content generates 45 leads per month and has become the practice's top patient acquisition channel."

This Is for You If

  • Your IR practice does $100K+/month and wants more than referrals
  • You want a direct-to-patient channel
  • You're ready to invest in content and the system under it
  • You want every patient tracked from first search to booked procedure

This Is Not for You If

  • You're hospital-employed and can't market on your own
  • You think direct-to-patient marketing doesn't belong in IR
  • You only want to grow through physician referrals
  • You won't invest in patient-facing content
What Happens Next
01

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02

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