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36482

Chemical destruction of first incompetent vein of arm or leg using imaging guidance

$338.2M in total Medicare payments across 6 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure 36482 (Chemical destruction of first incompetent vein of arm or leg using imaging guidance) received $338.2M in total Medicare payments.

Across 224.7K services, the average Medicare payment was $1.5K per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2018$38.9M23.6K—
2019$65.1M39.9K+67.2%
2020$53.0M34.2K-18.6%
2021$60.5M39.0K+14.2%
2022$60.3M42.8K-0.4%
2023$60.3M45.2K+0.1%

Top Providers for 36482

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Yong LeeInternal MedicineCA$1.9M1.3K$1.5K
2Sam EbrahimiVascular SurgeryCA$1.2M751$1.6K
3Moinakhtar LalaInterventional CardiologyCA$709.3K443$1.6K
4Rex ManayanGeneral SurgeryAZ$571.5K439$1.3K
5Mehran KhorsandiCardiologyCA$542.1K339$1.6K
6Nabiel AzarGeneral SurgeryAZ$540.0K420$1.3K
7Glenn KlineGeneral SurgeryPA$517.7K412$1.3K
8Armin FoghiCardiologyNM$494.7K384$1.3K
9Michael NelsonCardiologyTN$485.5K411$1.2K
10Joseph FurlongDiagnostic RadiologyTX$477.8K357$1.3K
11Vinod KumarCardiologyCA$443.4K304$1.5K
12Adam PhillipsGeneral SurgeryFL$438.0K345$1.3K
13Michaela KleinGeneral SurgeryIL$428.7K308$1.4K
14Saquib SameeCardiologyVA$426.1K323$1.3K
15James KemmerlingGeneral SurgeryFL$396.6K312$1.3K
16Desiree ClarkeObstetrics & GynecologyCT$390.0K289$1.3K
17Robert CoronadoCardiologyCA$379.4K262$1.4K
18Randall TowneCardiologyTN$378.5K320$1.2K
19Robert OsipovGeneral SurgeryAZ$374.8K287$1.3K
20Sanjeev SaxenaCardiologyFL$367.3K272$1.4K
21Ryan JonesVascular SurgeryAZ$356.0K278$1.3K
22Forrest RubensteinVascular SurgeryFL$355.6K266$1.3K
23Kenneth SpearmanDiagnostic RadiologyCA$355.3K243$1.5K
24Maurice RoulhacVascular SurgeryNC$350.0K250$1.4K
25Charles BellowsGeneral SurgeryCO$339.1K240$1.4K

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
CA$13.9M9.2K103$135.2K
FL$7.5M5.7K77$96.8K
TX$6.2M4.7K86$71.9K
AZ$4.5M3.5K36$124.6K
NY$3.5M2.2K45$77.0K
IL$3.0M2.2K33$91.1K
TN$1.8M1.5K20$92.0K
VA$1.8M1.3K19$93.5K
CO$1.7M1.2K14$119.0K
PA$1.5M1.2K19$77.0K
GA$1.3M1.0K25$52.7K
NJ$1.2M7519$128.4K
NV$1.1M82912$91.3K
MD$992.6K70715$66.2K
MI$983.5K73215$65.6K
IN$954.5K89017$56.1K
UT$748.8K6318$93.6K
AL$662.4K57816$41.4K
NM$657.9K5203$219.3K
NC$618.1K4627$88.3K
CT$608.1K4555$121.6K
IA$608.1K49910$60.8K
SD$450.2K3707$64.3K
MA$413.9K30310$41.4K
LA$382.5K32211$34.8K
MN$327.5K2438$40.9K
NE$314.2K2496$52.4K
OH$311.2K3769$34.6K
OK$301.1K5258$37.6K
WY$275.6K2073$91.9K

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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.