Federal obligations in irradiation apparatus manufacturing (NAICS 334517)

Manufacturing of irradiation apparatus, not hospital NAICS

NAICS 334517 covers establishments that manufacture irradiation apparatus. Federal buys of imaging or radiotherapy equipment can land here when the award is tagged as manufacturing. A hospital operating contract, a radiologist professional-services contract, or a film/PACS software buy will usually sit on other codes. The $4,498,671,448.35 total follows the manufacturing tag, not “federal radiology spending.”

Analytical laboratory instruments (334516) and other measuring devices (334519) are sibling electronics-manufacturing rows. Adding them to 334517 would mix different machine families. SpendingVault reports the USAspending NAICS on the action, not an FDA device-listing census and not an FEC employer string such as “medical device.”

3,942 awards on a $4.50 billion obligation stock

Three thousand nine hundred forty-two awards produced $4,498,671,448.35 in obligations. That action count is moderate: thicker than sparse public-administration residuals, thinner than wholesale codes with hundreds of thousands of delivery orders. Capital imaging systems and spare-parts or tube replacements can share the tag. The packet does not split those action types.

Obligations move with new awards, options, and modifications, including deobligations. Outlays are payments and are not this $4,498,671,448.35 rollup. A multi-year equipment vehicle can show a large commitment while invoices trail installation. The industry page does not convert obligations into a delivery calendar.

Contract NAICS versus health grants

USAspending.gov stores NAICS on contract actions. NIH construction grants, VA major-medical projects funded as assistance, and state imaging-access grants often have no NAICS field. Those dollars will not add to the 3,942 awards even when an X-ray room is the output. Open program pages for grant-funded equipment.

The label is a Census manufacturing classification. It is not a CPT code, not an NRC license roster, and not campaign-finance text. Cite USAspending.gov via SpendingVault for $4,498,671,448.35 and the 3,942-award count.

Reading the 334517 table

The hub lists recipients and awards that share this NAICS tag. A large obligation is a disclosed commitment. It is not a finding that a device was unsafe, recalled, or clinically preferred. SpendingVault does not score image quality from the dollar total.

Use award IDs, not the $4,498,671,448.35 headline, to separate two manufacturers. Service contractors who maintain tubes under a repair NAICS may be missing from this manufacturing row. UEI and name changes are ordinary in the file.

Neighboring instrument codes

Electromedical apparatus, analytical lab instruments, and irradiation apparatus are related but separate six-digit lines. Adding 334516 to $4,498,671,448.35 is a recode, not this page. Repair of electronic precision equipment sits in 8112, not manufacturing.

Assistance without NAICS remains outside the 3,942-award count. For a manufacturer that also holds research grants, open the recipient record. This guide stays on contract NAICS 334517 from USAspending.gov. Keep obligations distinct from outlays.

What “irradiation apparatus” does and does not mean here

Census’s title covers apparatus that uses radiation for medical, industrial, or research work as classified for manufacturing. It is not a count of CT scanners in federal hospitals, not a nuclear-weapons line, and not a food-irradiation plant census unless those awards were tagged 334517. The $4,498,671,448.35 rollup does not split medical from industrial uses. The 3,942 awards likewise do not split use-case.

Searchers who collapse “federal imaging” into one number will overstate 334517 by pulling in hospital, software, and construction codes. SpendingVault keeps Census codes separate. Cite the contract NAICS tag. Do not treat the row as an FEC occupation called radiology. Keep $4,498,671,448.35 on the 334517 contract tag; neighboring 3345 instrument codes remain separate rollups on SpendingVault. Federal imaging programs that buy construction, software, or hospital staffing will not raise the 3,942-award count unless those actions carry NAICS 334517. A tube-replacement order tagged as manufacturing still sits in $4,498,671,448.35; a maintenance contract tagged 811210 does not. The residual temptation is to treat every radiology-adjacent dollar as this code. Census does not. SpendingVault’s hub is the contract NAICS rollup from USAspending.gov: obligations, not outlays, manufacturing of irradiation apparatus only. Open award rows for device-level descriptions. Open recipient records for mixed grant activity. Keep 334516 analytical instruments and 334519 other measuring devices on their own pages. The $4,498,671,448.35 headline does not include those siblings. Do not cite this total as an FEC employer cluster or as a hospital capital-budget line.

Questions

How much has the federal government obligated under NAICS 334517?

USAspending.gov contract aggregates on SpendingVault show $4,498,671,448.35 in obligations across 3,942 awards tagged irradiation apparatus manufacturing. The number is obligations, not outlays. Assistance awards without NAICS are omitted. It is not hospital operations, not a CPT rollup, and not an FEC medical-device string.

Does this include hospital radiology departments?

Hospital operations and physician offices use other NAICS lines. NAICS 334517 is manufacturing of irradiation apparatus. A hospital services award will not add to the $4,498,671,448.35 total unless it was tagged 334517. The 3,942 awards are the manufacturing contract tag from USAspending.gov via SpendingVault.

Are these figures cash outlays for equipment?

No. They are obligations: legally binding commitments on contract actions. Outlays are payments and are not this $4,498,671,448.35 rollup. Installation schedules can trail the obligation date. SpendingVault cites USAspending.gov contract NAICS for the 3,942 awards, not a Treasury payment extract.

Why might an NIH or VA imaging grant be missing?

Assistance awards often lack a NAICS code. A grant that funds an imaging suite will not add to the 3,942 contract awards or $4,498,671,448.35. Open recipient or program pages for mixed activity. This industry page reports only contract actions tagged 334517 in USAspending.gov.