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70486

Ct scan of face without contrast

$216.0M in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure 70486 (Ct scan of face without contrast) received $216.0M in total Medicare payments.

Across 4.4M services, the average Medicare payment was $49.31 per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$26.6M420.1K—
2015$19.9M440.6K-25.1%
2016$20.4M454.8K+2.2%
2017$22.3M471.4K+9.7%
2018$23.1M477.4K+3.5%
2019$23.9M483.8K+3.5%
2020$18.2M367.4K-23.9%
2021$19.6M394.6K+7.9%
2022$20.5M424.7K+4.2%
2023$21.4M446.2K+4.4%

Top Providers for 70486

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Daniel SlaughterOtolaryngologyTX$65.2K594$109.83
2Michael AronsohnOtolaryngologyFL$45.9K457$100.54
3William AustinOtolaryngologyMS$42.9K523$82.00
4Gateway Diagnostic Imaging LlcIndependent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)TX$42.6K462$92.16
5Michael BublikOtolaryngologyCA$41.9K346$121.02
6Richard OderoDiagnostic RadiologyMD$38.4K333$115.26
7Naveen KumarOtolaryngologyAZ$34.1K336$101.64
8James GouldOtolaryngologyMO$32.2K325$98.93
9Justin CaseyOphthalmologyFL$31.5K300$105.01
10Katya ShpilbergDiagnostic RadiologyNY$31.3K256$122.08
11Charles SchatzDiagnostic RadiologyCA$30.4K273$111.34
12Paul LapcoOtolaryngologyFL$30.3K300$100.93
13Alexander GorupOtolaryngologyFL$30.2K304$99.27
14Kathy YuOtolaryngologyCA$30.0K247$121.32
15Stacey HudsonOtolaryngologyNV$29.9K290$103.16
16Ari WirtschafterOtolaryngologyFL$28.4K283$100.25
17Alen CohenOtolaryngologyCA$27.3K227$120.39
18Jonathan WiggenhornOtolaryngologyAZ$26.4K286$92.19
19Ryan HolmesUndefined Physician typeID$25.8K928$27.75
20Michael ChoOtolaryngologyCA$25.3K212$119.52
21Reed GrabowDiagnostic RadiologyCA$25.3K267$94.76
22Arthur KaneDiagnostic RadiologyME$24.9K426$58.56
23Franklyn GergitsOtolaryngologyAZ$24.9K243$102.39
24Robert KoppOtolaryngologyFL$24.8K232$106.70
25Ramin AkhavanDiagnostic RadiologyVA$24.7K312$79.27

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
FL$2.4M40.3K1.0K$2.4K
CA$2.2M39.1K1.2K$1.9K
TX$2.0M37.1K1.0K$2.0K
NY$1.4M26.8K666$2.1K
IL$871.3K19.1K564$1.5K
GA$713.6K13.2K402$1.8K
MD$653.1K11.7K278$2.3K
NC$631.5K14.4K471$1.3K
AZ$625.5K10.9K275$2.3K
NJ$624.7K11.4K311$2.0K
PA$616.8K16.5K523$1.2K
TN$521.4K11.5K363$1.4K
MN$520.0K13.1K474$1.1K
SC$508.5K9.9K280$1.8K
VA$498.6K12.2K364$1.4K
MO$423.6K10.8K318$1.3K
CO$419.9K9.1K255$1.6K
OH$411.3K12.1K452$909.94
AL$395.2K8.6K279$1.4K
MA$377.9K10.5K360$1.0K
KS$343.5K6.4K157$2.2K
MI$342.7K10.1K335$1.0K
IN$339.5K8.2K251$1.4K
WA$321.5K7.3K244$1.3K
MS$308.1K6.0K146$2.1K
LA$280.3K6.4K234$1.2K
WI$232.3K6.0K231$1.0K
OK$201.6K5.2K171$1.2K
NV$194.8K3.3K98$2.0K
CT$187.8K4.4K160$1.2K

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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.