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20550

Injection into tendon or ligament

$238.8M in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure 20550 (Injection into tendon or ligament) received $238.8M in total Medicare payments.

Across 6.4M services, the average Medicare payment was $37.46 per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$24.8M628.6K—
2015$25.8M644.4K+4.0%
2016$26.0M665.7K+0.9%
2017$22.8M660.2K-12.3%
2018$23.2M663.7K+1.8%
2019$24.0M670.9K+3.2%
2020$21.1M577.9K-12.0%
2021$24.1M631.7K+14.2%
2022$23.3M610.4K-3.0%
2023$23.8M621.8K+2.1%

Top Providers for 20550

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Rufat AgayevPodiatryNY$290.3K5.2K$55.49
2Jaewoo PakInternal MedicineCA$155.3K3.9K$40.03
3Craig CampbellPodiatryNY$108.0K2.0K$54.29
4Jimmy SeesePodiatryNJ$107.8K2.1K$50.65
5Isabella LaiInternal MedicineCA$105.6K3.8K$27.70
6Brett HuttonRheumatologyFL$101.0K3.3K$30.80
7Narinder GuptaAnesthesiologyLA$83.1K3.7K$22.20
8Marc HirshRheumatologyFL$65.0K1.7K$39.27
9Edward HuiInternal MedicineCA$52.8K1.1K$48.76
10Charles BirbaraRheumatologyMA$48.6K1.7K$28.75
11Brandon LuskinHand SurgeryFL$47.6K1.2K$38.23
12Jiyong JeonPodiatryNY$47.1K924$50.96
13Cynthia HardingOrthopedic SurgeryFL$43.7K1.3K$32.67
14Ashraf HannaPain ManagementFL$39.3K868$45.27
15David KimPain ManagementNJ$38.1K1.3K$29.68
16Parker GennettPodiatryNY$37.5K783$47.85
17Simon BeckerPodiatryNJ$36.3K1.1K$33.38
18George WhiteOrthopedic SurgeryFL$35.7K1.3K$28.43
19Salvatore ZummoPhysician AssistantAZ$33.9K1.2K$28.31
20Katie HuFamily PracticeCA$33.6K699$48.01
21Peter SteinHand SurgeryNY$33.3K707$47.10
22Lawrence TawInternal MedicineCA$33.1K661$50.02
23Kristina MitchellNurse PractitionerMO$32.4K1.6K$20.40
24Javier ChiribogaNurse PractitionerFL$32.2K1.0K$32.00
25Edward BieberHand SurgeryMD$32.1K662$48.43

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
FL$3.0M78.8K970$3.1K
CA$2.7M65.4K793$3.3K
NY$2.1M44.9K592$3.6K
NJ$1.5M31.8K419$3.5K
TX$1.3M35.0K681$1.9K
PA$1.2M30.0K559$2.1K
VA$775.7K20.5K352$2.2K
IL$774.7K19.8K351$2.2K
AZ$723.3K22.1K268$2.7K
NC$690.0K19.6K365$1.9K
MD$675.1K16.4K262$2.6K
MA$665.5K17.3K270$2.5K
GA$644.8K17.7K335$1.9K
OH$593.9K17.4K367$1.6K
SC$498.3K13.6K227$2.2K
MI$443.2K11.9K246$1.8K
TN$409.9K11.9K254$1.6K
MO$403.8K12.3K196$2.1K
WA$393.4K10.4K202$1.9K
LA$351.6K11.0K156$2.3K
IN$325.6K9.4K208$1.6K
CT$281.0K6.7K123$2.3K
CO$257.2K6.6K153$1.7K
AL$245.4K7.0K136$1.8K
KY$196.3K5.5K126$1.6K
MS$192.8K5.6K115$1.7K
NV$183.5K4.8K76$2.4K
MN$176.3K5.4K131$1.3K
WI$175.9K5.4K146$1.2K
OK$174.8K4.8K106$1.6K

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Data Sources

  • • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
  • • Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data (2014-2023)
  • • CMS National Health Expenditure Data

Last Updated: February 2026 (data through 2023, the latest CMS release)

Note: All data is from publicly available Medicare records. OpenMedicare is an independent journalism project not affiliated with CMS.