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20611

Aspiration and/or injection of fluid large joint using ultrasound guidance

$579.8M in total Medicare payments across 9 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure 20611 (Aspiration and/or injection of fluid large joint using ultrasound guidance) received $579.8M in total Medicare payments.

Across 7.8M services, the average Medicare payment was $74.81 per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2015$53.8M745.3K—
2016$58.2M821.0K+8.2%
2017$60.4M856.0K+3.8%
2018$61.4M869.7K+1.6%
2019$65.8M906.9K+7.2%
2020$59.0M782.2K-10.3%
2021$71.8M892.9K+21.7%
2022$72.9M915.4K+1.5%
2023$76.3M961.4K+4.7%

Top Providers for 20611

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Chin KimInternal MedicineCA$273.3K2.5K$109.85
2Edward HumbertOrthopedic SurgeryFL$263.2K3.1K$84.43
3George BranovackiOrthopedic SurgeryIL$224.3K2.3K$96.69
4Daniel KuesisOrthopedic SurgeryIL$189.1K2.2K$87.74
5Andrew RosenOrthopedic SurgeryNY$187.7K1.6K$117.49
6Aman KhanOrthopedic SurgeryCA$177.1K2.1K$85.13
7Eric PuttermanOrthopedic SurgeryNY$173.6K1.5K$113.15
8Gregory LiebermanOrthopedic SurgeryNY$155.0K1.5K$104.70
9Darren EgamiOrthopedic SurgeryHI$154.9K1.9K$81.67
10Douglas PetracoOrthopedic SurgeryNY$153.2K1.5K$105.43
11Chad RoghairFamily PracticeCA$150.6K1.5K$103.61
12Steven WaltripOrthopedic SurgeryCA$149.8K1.7K$87.01
13Maykel DesirSports MedicineNY$147.5K1.9K$76.82
14Jerome FriedlandOrthopedic SurgeryCA$145.9K1.7K$84.03
15Brett HuttonRheumatologyFL$144.8K1.8K$82.43
16Scott LevinOrthopedic SurgeryNY$135.8K1.4K$96.05
17Alpesh ShahOrthopedic SurgeryNY$131.5K1.2K$110.63
18Todd SoiferOrthopedic SurgeryNY$129.5K1.4K$95.04
19Tigran AvoianOrthopedic SurgeryCA$127.3K1.1K$114.27
20Ajith CastelinoPhysical Medicine and RehabilitationIL$122.9K1.5K$84.12
21Luis RedondoOrthopedic SurgeryIL$122.5K1.4K$90.44
22Yehuda KleinmanOrthopedic SurgeryNY$118.3K1.5K$79.24
23Sharukh ShroffRheumatologyVA$116.6K1.9K$61.74
24Sean DingleOrthopedic SurgeryFL$116.1K1.4K$81.39
25Marc HirshRheumatologyFL$113.4K1.3K$87.26

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
NY$11.9M126.2K744$15.9K
CA$11.6M134.7K879$13.2K
FL$5.6M73.3K622$9.0K
IL$4.7M57.8K387$12.2K
TX$4.1M53.7K565$7.2K
NJ$3.4M36.6K341$10.0K
PA$2.5M31.1K312$7.9K
AZ$2.4M31.4K274$8.7K
VA$2.4M31.9K226$10.5K
MI$2.3M31.4K312$7.2K
OH$1.9M26.7K284$6.8K
MD$1.8M20.7K197$9.0K
MA$1.7M22.0K180$9.6K
SC$1.6M22.4K160$10.1K
TN$1.3M19.6K207$6.3K
NC$1.3M17.3K203$6.4K
GA$1.2M15.9K191$6.1K
WA$1.1M14.9K167$6.9K
MN$952.1K13.4K173$5.5K
NV$937.6K13.0K88$10.7K
CT$920.2K10.7K109$8.4K
CO$909.3K11.6K185$4.9K
MO$822.0K12.0K142$5.8K
AL$819.9K11.3K130$6.3K
OR$739.4K10.0K122$6.1K
IN$733.3K10.1K142$5.2K
MS$655.3K10.1K65$10.1K
WI$633.0K9.8K150$4.2K
OK$619.6K8.6K54$11.5K
UT$561.8K8.8K93$6.0K

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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.