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20610

Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint

Top Providers for 20610

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Rahul KhapekarFamily PracticeIL$972.1K14.1K$68.90
2Ermin ArriolaPhysical Medicine and RehabilitationIL$430.0K6.4K$67.65
3Robert StreisandVascular SurgeryNY$390.7K5.3K$73.38
4Hubert FrankeGeneral PracticeNJ$381.8K5.8K$65.92
5Nicholas ManolitsisPhysical Medicine and RehabilitationIL$316.6K4.7K$67.70
6Pamela HarstonPhysical Medicine and RehabilitationKY$293.8K5.4K$54.12
7Faisal AliInternal MedicineNY$242.5K3.3K$73.70
8Andrew McgownSports MedicineSC$235.9K4.7K$50.26
9Jaewoo PakInternal MedicineCA$216.7K3.9K$55.96
10Robert PrichepGeneral SurgeryNY$209.2K4.1K$50.67
11Peter SimonianOrthopedic SurgeryCA$199.8K3.4K$58.47
12Duan CopelandGeneral PracticeAZ$193.3K3.6K$53.45
13Scot ParisGeneral SurgeryPA$190.5K3.4K$55.50
14Mitesh PatelSports MedicineNJ$181.7K2.7K$67.33
15Jason FoggPain ManagementKY$181.1K3.3K$54.42
16Samuel MessiehOrthopedic SurgeryFL$174.0K4.2K$41.31
17Craig RubensteinSports MedicinePA$160.4K2.6K$62.59
18Joezer Lugo RanalPhysical Medicine and RehabilitationPR$160.2K2.8K$56.43
19Valerie StarnesNurse PractitionerFL$159.1K3.5K$45.41
20Patricia BornhorstPhysical Medicine and RehabilitationOH$158.4K2.8K$56.54
21Anas MoureidenRheumatologyFL$141.3K3.9K$36.50
22Peter MinneciFamily PracticeVA$138.9K2.3K$60.90
23Edward StolarskiOrthopedic SurgeryFL$124.5K2.3K$53.86
24Stephen ZabinskiOrthopedic SurgeryNJ$123.8K2.0K$62.30
25John FloresFamily PracticeTX$122.0K2.0K$59.59

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
FL$19.9M404.1K2.8K$7.0K
CA$16.7M314.6K2.8K$6.0K
TX$13.6M283.0K2.5K$5.5K
PA$13.3M261.6K2.0K$6.7K
NY$13.1M230.6K1.9K$7.0K
IL$11.9M225.2K1.6K$7.6K
NJ$11.0M185.6K1.1K$10.0K
NC$8.2M181.0K1.6K$5.1K
OH$7.7M172.4K1.6K$4.7K
GA$7.6M162.9K1.3K$5.8K
VA$7.1M144.7K1.2K$6.1K
MD$6.4M117.9K840$7.6K
SC$5.9M127.3K809$7.3K
MA$5.7M114.2K977$5.8K
TN$5.5M125.5K998$5.5K
AZ$5.1M108.1K951$5.4K
IN$4.6M103.3K1.0K$4.6K
MI$4.5M96.3K1.1K$4.1K
KY$4.2M95.0K639$6.6K
MO$3.8M87.2K832$4.6K
AL$3.1M67.6K597$5.1K
CO$2.8M56.5K731$3.9K
LA$2.7M60.0K585$4.7K
WA$2.6M55.8K786$3.3K
OK$2.6M60.4K550$4.7K
KS$2.5M58.0K578$4.4K
WI$2.5M57.6K805$3.1K
MS$2.5M58.7K430$5.8K
MN$2.4M53.1K857$2.7K
CT$2.2M42.1K416$5.4K

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  • • 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.