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37227

Removal of plaque and insertion of stents in arteries of leg

$1.1B in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure 37227 (Removal of plaque and insertion of stents in arteries of leg) received $1.1B in total Medicare payments.

Across 116.3K services, the average Medicare payment was $9.5K per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$77.0M9.1K—
2015$90.2M10.1K+17.2%
2016$101.9M10.9K+12.9%
2017$114.4M12.2K+12.3%
2018$123.2M12.6K+7.7%
2019$147.8M13.6K+19.9%
2020$134.4M12.7K-9.0%
2021$119.9M12.3K-10.8%
2022$101.9M11.7K-15.0%
2023$88.6M11.0K-13.1%

Top Providers for 37227

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Samer SaiedyVascular SurgeryMD$1.6M178$9.2K
2Paramjit ChopraInterventional RadiologyIL$1.5M215$6.8K
3David O'connorVascular SurgeryNJ$1.4M169$8.2K
4Hardeep AhluwaliaVascular SurgeryCA$1.3M114$11.1K
5Pablo GualaPeripheral Vascular DiseaseFL$1.2M156$8.0K
6Dennis KwonInterventional RadiologyNJ$1.2M122$9.9K
7Joseph DegregorioCardiologyNJ$1.1M108$10.0K
8Prateek GuptaVascular SurgeryTN$1.1M147$7.3K
9Karthik GujjaCardiologyNY$988.4K91$10.9K
10Steven HutchinsonVascular SurgeryKS$983.9K149$6.6K
11Lawrence GoldsteinVascular SurgeryCA$971.4K85$11.4K
12Chad LaurichVascular SurgerySD$894.6K101$8.9K
13Rajiv NagesettyVascular SurgeryCA$854.0K70$12.2K
14Manuel GonzalezPeripheral Vascular DiseaseFL$845.3K97$8.7K
15Amir SalemDiagnostic RadiologyNY$771.5K79$9.8K
16Amit ShahVascular SurgeryNY$741.1K72$10.3K
17Mark ZuzgaVascular SurgeryFL$735.5K87$8.5K
18Lev PukinInterventional RadiologyNY$729.5K70$10.4K
19Anton Dias PereraVascular SurgeryTN$710.6K94$7.6K
20Aalok PatelInterventional CardiologyFL$689.9K86$8.0K
21Daniel SimonInterventional RadiologyNJ$677.7K67$10.1K
22James McguckinInterventional RadiologyPA$674.9K83$8.1K
23Ravi PulipatiVascular SurgeryNY$641.9K58$11.1K
24Nikhil PatelInterventional RadiologyCA$617.6K65$9.5K
25Ahmad Abu-GhaidaVascular SurgeryMD$613.8K65$9.4K

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
FL$13.8M1.8K54$254.7K
CA$12.7M1.5K49$259.5K
NY$9.2M98128$328.9K
MD$7.7M83026$298.0K
NJ$7.7M79118$425.1K
TX$7.0M84835$199.2K
TN$4.2M55315$279.3K
IL$2.6M3817$378.3K
PA$2.2M31610$221.7K
KS$1.9M2858$241.3K
MI$1.9M23310$191.4K
SD$1.6M2226$270.0K
AZ$1.5M2387$219.3K
MA$1.2M1578$154.3K
GA$1.2M1809$130.9K
AL$1.1M1548$136.7K
VA$1.1M1125$211.7K
MS$1.0M1544$254.4K
OK$969.2K1836$161.5K
OR$778.5K924$194.6K
NC$681.2K1075$136.2K
KY$634.1K813$211.4K
NV$566.7K633$188.9K
NE$530.0K1184$132.5K
WA$517.8K522$258.9K
LA$489.7K804$122.4K
SC$469.4K593$156.5K
IN$467.7K581$467.7K
AR$396.5K873$132.2K
HI$364.1K411$364.1K

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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.