$299.0M in total Medicare payments across 10 years
Procedure 64494 (Injection of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance, second level) received $299.0M in total Medicare payments.
Across 4.1M services, the average Medicare payment was $73.64 per service.
AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.
| Year | Payments | Services | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $27.9M | 382.4K | — |
| 2015 | $29.8M | 411.2K | +6.8% |
| 2016 | $31.0M | 432.9K | +4.2% |
| 2017 | $31.4M | 441.2K | +1.1% |
| 2018 | $32.0M | 450.8K | +1.9% |
| 2019 | $33.5M | 460.1K | +4.8% |
| 2020 | $27.7M | 368.2K | -17.4% |
| 2021 | $29.8M | 384.1K | +7.6% |
| 2022 | $28.6M | 372.6K | -4.0% |
| 2023 | $27.3M | 356.2K | -4.5% |
| # | Provider | Specialty | State | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott Sauer | Interventional Pain Management | SC | $83.7K | 821 | $102.01 |
| 2 | Kenneth Bradley | Pain Management | CA | $64.2K | 535 | $120.02 |
| 3 | Atul Bhat | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | MA | $56.1K | 487 | $115.09 |
| 4 | Brian Weaver | Anesthesiology | VA | $55.7K | 528 | $105.46 |
| 5 | Sridhar Pinnamaneni | Pain Management | FL | $53.9K | 503 | $107.24 |
| 6 | Daniel Kendall | Interventional Pain Management | VA | $47.8K | 400 | $119.56 |
| 7 | Nathaniel Lowen | Orthopedic Surgery | FL | $46.3K | 488 | $94.82 |
| 8 | Farzad Sabet | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | CA | $45.2K | 417 | $108.31 |
| 9 | Blake Christensen | Pain Management | OK | $43.3K | 476 | $90.98 |
| 10 | Forrest Monroe | Anesthesiology | CA | $43.1K | 409 | $105.28 |
| 11 | Omar Henriquez | Pain Management | FL | $40.8K | 424 | $96.17 |
| 12 | Simon Galapo | Pain Management | PA | $39.9K | 379 | $105.36 |
| 13 | Trusha Shah | Anesthesiology | NY | $39.4K | 340 | $115.86 |
| 14 | Bruce Johnson | Anesthesiology | SC | $35.9K | 365 | $98.33 |
| 15 | David Greschler | Pain Management | FL | $35.5K | 368 | $96.44 |
| 16 | Ellen Lin | Interventional Pain Management | TX | $35.4K | 344 | $102.76 |
| 17 | Donald Erb | Interventional Pain Management | FL | $34.8K | 347 | $100.17 |
| 18 | Joseph Richards | Interventional Pain Management | PA | $34.5K | 321 | $107.32 |
| 19 | Garlon Campbell | Interventional Pain Management | NC | $34.3K | 342 | $100.43 |
| 20 | Kiumars Arfai | Anesthesiology | CA | $34.3K | 572 | $60.00 |
| 21 | George Giannakopoulos | Neurosurgery | FL | $33.3K | 317 | $104.91 |
| 22 | Murray Joiner | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | VA | $32.8K | 310 | $105.95 |
| 23 | Michael Baskin | Pain Management | FL | $32.8K | 326 | $100.47 |
| 24 | Fabian Ramos | Interventional Pain Management | FL | $32.7K | 333 | $98.13 |
| 25 | Martin Martucci | Pain Management | OK | $32.6K | 335 | $97.29 |
| State | Payments | Services | Providers | Avg/Provider |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FL | $3.9M | 44.9K | 604 | $6.5K |
| CA | $2.0M | 26.9K | 451 | $4.5K |
| TX | $2.0M | 26.9K | 523 | $3.9K |
| NY | $1.6M | 17.4K | 317 | $5.0K |
| VA | $1.1M | 12.1K | 135 | $8.0K |
| AZ | $1.0M | 12.8K | 171 | $6.1K |
| PA | $990.5K | 13.6K | 263 | $3.8K |
| NC | $984.6K | 11.7K | 197 | $5.0K |
| SC | $947.5K | 11.8K | 117 | $8.1K |
| IL | $890.4K | 11.5K | 204 | $4.4K |
| MA | $821.3K | 10.5K | 163 | $5.0K |
| GA | $767.4K | 11.8K | 210 | $3.7K |
| OH | $707.7K | 11.0K | 213 | $3.3K |
| NJ | $701.6K | 8.5K | 181 | $3.9K |
| MD | $603.9K | 8.9K | 130 | $4.6K |
| TN | $565.3K | 8.1K | 124 | $4.6K |
| MI | $541.4K | 6.7K | 161 | $3.4K |
| OK | $531.4K | 6.7K | 83 | $6.4K |
| AL | $456.9K | 6.3K | 87 | $5.3K |
| KY | $453.5K | 5.8K | 88 | $5.2K |
| IN | $420.2K | 6.3K | 126 | $3.3K |
| CO | $396.1K | 5.3K | 102 | $3.9K |
| MO | $369.9K | 5.7K | 96 | $3.9K |
| AR | $356.8K | 5.7K | 75 | $4.8K |
| LA | $348.5K | 5.4K | 91 | $3.8K |
| WA | $322.1K | 4.6K | 89 | $3.6K |
| UT | $314.6K | 3.7K | 65 | $4.8K |
| MS | $311.9K | 5.2K | 54 | $5.8K |
| CT | $276.7K | 2.9K | 51 | $5.4K |
| WI | $270.7K | 4.5K | 112 | $2.4K |
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.