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64490

Injection of upper or middle spine facet joint using imaging guidance, single level

$331.1M in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure 64490 (Injection of upper or middle spine facet joint using imaging guidance, single level) received $331.1M in total Medicare payments.

Across 1.8M services, the average Medicare payment was $179.26 per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$28.7M165.0K—
2015$31.0M180.5K+8.1%
2016$36.9M193.8K+19.0%
2017$33.2M200.3K-10.0%
2018$35.2M211.7K+6.1%
2019$38.8M219.4K+10.1%
2020$30.7M167.0K-20.9%
2021$32.3M172.7K+5.3%
2022$31.3M167.2K-3.3%
2023$33.0M169.7K+5.4%

Top Providers for 64490

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1The Southeastern Spine Institute Ambulatory Surgery Center, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterSC$164.6K622$264.58
2Interventional Therapeutics Institute, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterFL$135.1K570$237.01
3West Florida Medical Center Clinic PaAmbulatory Surgical CenterFL$105.4K444$237.35
4Pisa Asc Holdco LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterAZ$91.5K305$299.92
5Oasis Surgery Center, LpAmbulatory Surgical CenterCA$89.0K293$303.68
6Harmony Surgery Center, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterCO$86.0K319$269.54
7Northridge Outpatient Surgery Center IncAmbulatory Surgical CenterCA$84.2K279$301.77
8Round Rock Surgery Center LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterTX$83.9K330$254.38
9Embassy Surgery Center, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterCA$79.2K268$295.46
10Lone Tree Surgery Center, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterCO$75.6K274$276.01
11Chattanooga Pain Management Center LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterTN$74.3K313$237.37
12Monterey Peninsula Surgery Center CapitolaAmbulatory Surgical CenterCA$73.0K199$367.03
13Norcal Anesthesia And Pain Affiliates, Inc.Ambulatory Surgical CenterCA$72.9K257$283.69
14Murrells Inlet Asc LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterSC$69.9K261$267.63
15North Naples Surgery Center LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterFL$69.4K276$251.60
16Central Texas Day Surgery Center Limited PartnershipAmbulatory Surgical CenterTX$68.4K202$338.55
17National Surgical Centers Of America LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterFL$68.3K254$268.74
18Ku Medwest Ambulatory Surgery Center, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterKS$68.0K270$251.99
19Congress Medical Surgery Center LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterCA$67.7K216$313.43
20Madison Surgery Center, Inc.Ambulatory Surgical CenterWI$67.0K247$271.41
21Galileo Surgery Center, LpAmbulatory Surgical CenterCA$66.9K203$329.71
22Newport Coast Surgery Center, LpAmbulatory Surgical CenterCA$65.6K192$341.66
23Deschutes Surgery Center, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterOR$65.6K223$293.97
24Total Pain Care LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterMS$65.1K260$250.44
25Apc-Amarillo Surgical Operating Company, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterTX$64.1K267$239.89

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
FL$4.5M23.4K430$10.5K
CA$4.0M16.6K339$11.7K
TX$2.8M14.7K342$8.3K
GA$1.8M8.9K180$9.9K
AZ$1.6M8.3K163$10.0K
MD$1.3M5.9K120$10.5K
NY$1.3M6.1K161$7.8K
SC$853.3K4.7K77$11.1K
CO$819.8K4.2K90$9.1K
TN$811.6K4.5K85$9.5K
NJ$791.6K3.5K97$8.2K
PA$791.5K4.2K121$6.5K
VA$698.0K4.1K84$8.3K
OH$697.1K4.2K101$6.9K
IL$688.0K3.7K93$7.4K
LA$593.3K3.3K61$9.7K
IN$592.6K3.1K89$6.7K
MN$557.1K2.8K67$8.3K
OR$551.0K2.5K49$11.2K
MS$543.2K3.1K45$12.1K
WA$524.1K2.7K60$8.7K
NC$522.2K3.1K87$6.0K
MA$521.8K3.0K80$6.5K
NV$505.4K2.3K48$10.5K
AR$478.0K2.6K55$8.7K
OK$476.8K2.8K54$8.8K
MI$443.1K2.4K79$5.6K
AL$364.3K2.3K55$6.6K
KY$355.5K2.0K46$7.7K
WI$332.0K1.9K54$6.1K

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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.