$579.8M in total Medicare payments across 9 years
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.
| Year | Payments | Services | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | $53.8M | 745.3K | — |
| 2016 | $58.2M | 821.0K | +8.2% |
| 2017 | $60.4M | 856.0K | +3.8% |
| 2018 | $61.4M | 869.7K | +1.6% |
| 2019 | $65.8M | 906.9K | +7.2% |
| 2020 | $59.0M | 782.2K | -10.3% |
| 2021 | $71.8M | 892.9K | +21.7% |
| 2022 | $72.9M | 915.4K | +1.5% |
| 2023 | $76.3M | 961.4K | +4.7% |
| # | Provider | Specialty | State | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chin Kim | Internal Medicine | CA | $273.3K | 2.5K | $109.85 |
| 2 | Edward Humbert | Orthopedic Surgery | FL | $263.2K | 3.1K | $84.43 |
| 3 | George Branovacki | Orthopedic Surgery | IL | $224.3K | 2.3K | $96.69 |
| 4 | Daniel Kuesis | Orthopedic Surgery | IL | $189.1K | 2.2K | $87.74 |
| 5 | Andrew Rosen | Orthopedic Surgery | NY | $187.7K | 1.6K | $117.49 |
| 6 | Aman Khan | Orthopedic Surgery | CA | $177.1K | 2.1K | $85.13 |
| 7 | Eric Putterman | Orthopedic Surgery | NY | $173.6K | 1.5K | $113.15 |
| 8 | Gregory Lieberman | Orthopedic Surgery | NY | $155.0K | 1.5K | $104.70 |
| 9 | Darren Egami | Orthopedic Surgery | HI | $154.9K | 1.9K | $81.67 |
| 10 | Douglas Petraco | Orthopedic Surgery | NY | $153.2K | 1.5K | $105.43 |
| 11 | Chad Roghair | Family Practice | CA | $150.6K | 1.5K | $103.61 |
| 12 | Steven Waltrip | Orthopedic Surgery | CA | $149.8K | 1.7K | $87.01 |
| 13 | Maykel Desir | Sports Medicine | NY | $147.5K | 1.9K | $76.82 |
| 14 | Jerome Friedland | Orthopedic Surgery | CA | $145.9K | 1.7K | $84.03 |
| 15 | Brett Hutton | Rheumatology | FL | $144.8K | 1.8K | $82.43 |
| 16 | Scott Levin | Orthopedic Surgery | NY | $135.8K | 1.4K | $96.05 |
| 17 | Alpesh Shah | Orthopedic Surgery | NY | $131.5K | 1.2K | $110.63 |
| 18 | Todd Soifer | Orthopedic Surgery | NY | $129.5K | 1.4K | $95.04 |
| 19 | Tigran Avoian | Orthopedic Surgery | CA | $127.3K | 1.1K | $114.27 |
| 20 | Ajith Castelino | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | IL | $122.9K | 1.5K | $84.12 |
| 21 | Luis Redondo | Orthopedic Surgery | IL | $122.5K | 1.4K | $90.44 |
| 22 | Yehuda Kleinman | Orthopedic Surgery | NY | $118.3K | 1.5K | $79.24 |
| 23 | Sharukh Shroff | Rheumatology | VA | $116.6K | 1.9K | $61.74 |
| 24 | Sean Dingle | Orthopedic Surgery | FL | $116.1K | 1.4K | $81.39 |
| 25 | Marc Hirsh | Rheumatology | FL | $113.4K | 1.3K | $87.26 |
| State | Payments | Services | Providers | Avg/Provider |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NY | $11.9M | 126.2K | 744 | $15.9K |
| CA | $11.6M | 134.7K | 879 | $13.2K |
| FL | $5.6M | 73.3K | 622 | $9.0K |
| IL | $4.7M | 57.8K | 387 | $12.2K |
| TX | $4.1M | 53.7K | 565 | $7.2K |
| NJ | $3.4M | 36.6K | 341 | $10.0K |
| PA | $2.5M | 31.1K | 312 | $7.9K |
| AZ | $2.4M | 31.4K | 274 | $8.7K |
| VA | $2.4M | 31.9K | 226 | $10.5K |
| MI | $2.3M | 31.4K | 312 | $7.2K |
| OH | $1.9M | 26.7K | 284 | $6.8K |
| MD | $1.8M | 20.7K | 197 | $9.0K |
| MA | $1.7M | 22.0K | 180 | $9.6K |
| SC | $1.6M | 22.4K | 160 | $10.1K |
| TN | $1.3M | 19.6K | 207 | $6.3K |
| NC | $1.3M | 17.3K | 203 | $6.4K |
| GA | $1.2M | 15.9K | 191 | $6.1K |
| WA | $1.1M | 14.9K | 167 | $6.9K |
| MN | $952.1K | 13.4K | 173 | $5.5K |
| NV | $937.6K | 13.0K | 88 | $10.7K |
| CT | $920.2K | 10.7K | 109 | $8.4K |
| CO | $909.3K | 11.6K | 185 | $4.9K |
| MO | $822.0K | 12.0K | 142 | $5.8K |
| AL | $819.9K | 11.3K | 130 | $6.3K |
| OR | $739.4K | 10.0K | 122 | $6.1K |
| IN | $733.3K | 10.1K | 142 | $5.2K |
| MS | $655.3K | 10.1K | 65 | $10.1K |
| WI | $633.0K | 9.8K | 150 | $4.2K |
| OK | $619.6K | 8.6K | 54 | $11.5K |
| UT | $561.8K | 8.8K | 93 | $6.0K |
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.