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36465

Injection of chemical agent into single incompetent vein of leg using ultrasound guidance

$293.8M in total Medicare payments across 6 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure 36465 (Injection of chemical agent into single incompetent vein of leg using ultrasound guidance) received $293.8M in total Medicare payments.

Across 253.0K services, the average Medicare payment was $1.2K per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2018$12.4M9.9K—
2019$31.9M25.5K+157.4%
2020$38.4M30.6K+20.4%
2021$62.7M49.9K+63.1%
2022$67.9M60.7K+8.4%
2023$80.5M76.4K+18.5%

Top Providers for 36465

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Kenneth GoldmanGeneral SurgeryNJ$1.0M824$1.2K
2Salvador BorromeoCardiologyNV$934.1K892$1.0K
3Rami SartawiInterventional RadiologyNY$822.2K648$1.3K
4Sam EbrahimiVascular SurgeryCA$745.1K598$1.2K
5Vinod KumarCardiologyCA$652.2K571$1.1K
6Nazar GolewaleDiagnostic RadiologyIN$638.3K676$944.22
7Steven SamuelGeneral SurgeryIN$630.4K668$943.78
8Vahe MelkonyanVascular SurgeryCA$624.3K512$1.2K
9Christopher BoyesVascular SurgeryFL$581.5K551$1.1K
10John ChubackVascular SurgeryNJ$547.8K445$1.2K
11Elliot SambolGeneral SurgeryNJ$520.7K423$1.2K
12Dominic TolitanoCardiac SurgeryIL$497.0K506$982.28
13Ravi SharmaVascular SurgeryFL$484.9K487$995.70
14Hadi ShalhoubVascular SurgeryFL$481.2K473$1.0K
15Anjani ThakurGeneral SurgeryCA$469.3K416$1.1K
16Dev BatraDiagnostic RadiologyTX$464.0K438$1.1K
17Gerard VitaleVascular SurgeryNY$456.6K359$1.3K
18John HoggDiagnostic RadiologyTX$451.0K456$988.94
19Sean StewartEmergency MedicineMD$437.9K387$1.1K
20Terrill ApplewhiteInternal MedicineIL$437.4K430$1.0K
21Lonnie HarrisonCardiologyAR$424.0K468$906.04
22Thomas LackeyGeneral SurgeryFL$423.9K486$872.15
23Elizabeth PenslerVascular SurgeryMI$417.5K399$1.0K
24Michael BezuevskyVascular SurgeryNY$413.7K325$1.3K
25Adam PhillipsGeneral SurgeryFL$413.0K461$895.84

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
FL$12.9M12.9K143$90.1K
CA$10.8M9.3K100$107.7K
TX$7.6M7.5K106$71.8K
NY$7.6M6.1K75$101.4K
NJ$4.6M3.8K43$107.3K
AZ$4.0M4.0K53$76.2K
IL$3.3M3.1K46$71.2K
MD$2.6M2.3K36$73.0K
NC$2.2M2.3K31$71.8K
CO$2.2M2.1K22$100.2K
IN$1.9M2.0K18$107.1K
TN$1.9M2.0K34$56.2K
OH$1.7M1.8K19$90.9K
NV$1.6M1.6K10$163.0K
MI$1.6M1.5K28$56.3K
VA$1.4M1.3K17$84.7K
GA$1.3M1.3K25$51.6K
PA$1.3M1.3K20$63.7K
AR$1.2M1.3K8$150.2K
CT$1.2M1.1K18$66.6K
LA$1.0M1.1K16$62.5K
AL$924.4K1.0K10$92.4K
MO$874.5K93812$72.9K
SC$763.7K81916$47.7K
NM$340.4K3455$68.1K
WI$327.8K3263$109.3K
KS$315.0K3545$63.0K
KY$311.6K3195$62.3K
IA$295.3K3185$59.1K
MN$274.1K2666$45.7K

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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.