$216.0M in total Medicare payments across 10 years
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.
| Year | Payments | Services | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $26.6M | 420.1K | — |
| 2015 | $19.9M | 440.6K | -25.1% |
| 2016 | $20.4M | 454.8K | +2.2% |
| 2017 | $22.3M | 471.4K | +9.7% |
| 2018 | $23.1M | 477.4K | +3.5% |
| 2019 | $23.9M | 483.8K | +3.5% |
| 2020 | $18.2M | 367.4K | -23.9% |
| 2021 | $19.6M | 394.6K | +7.9% |
| 2022 | $20.5M | 424.7K | +4.2% |
| 2023 | $21.4M | 446.2K | +4.4% |
| # | Provider | Specialty | State | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Slaughter | Otolaryngology | TX | $65.2K | 594 | $109.83 |
| 2 | Michael Aronsohn | Otolaryngology | FL | $45.9K | 457 | $100.54 |
| 3 | William Austin | Otolaryngology | MS | $42.9K | 523 | $82.00 |
| 4 | Gateway Diagnostic Imaging Llc | Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF) | TX | $42.6K | 462 | $92.16 |
| 5 | Michael Bublik | Otolaryngology | CA | $41.9K | 346 | $121.02 |
| 6 | Richard Odero | Diagnostic Radiology | MD | $38.4K | 333 | $115.26 |
| 7 | Naveen Kumar | Otolaryngology | AZ | $34.1K | 336 | $101.64 |
| 8 | James Gould | Otolaryngology | MO | $32.2K | 325 | $98.93 |
| 9 | Justin Casey | Ophthalmology | FL | $31.5K | 300 | $105.01 |
| 10 | Katya Shpilberg | Diagnostic Radiology | NY | $31.3K | 256 | $122.08 |
| 11 | Charles Schatz | Diagnostic Radiology | CA | $30.4K | 273 | $111.34 |
| 12 | Paul Lapco | Otolaryngology | FL | $30.3K | 300 | $100.93 |
| 13 | Alexander Gorup | Otolaryngology | FL | $30.2K | 304 | $99.27 |
| 14 | Kathy Yu | Otolaryngology | CA | $30.0K | 247 | $121.32 |
| 15 | Stacey Hudson | Otolaryngology | NV | $29.9K | 290 | $103.16 |
| 16 | Ari Wirtschafter | Otolaryngology | FL | $28.4K | 283 | $100.25 |
| 17 | Alen Cohen | Otolaryngology | CA | $27.3K | 227 | $120.39 |
| 18 | Jonathan Wiggenhorn | Otolaryngology | AZ | $26.4K | 286 | $92.19 |
| 19 | Ryan Holmes | Undefined Physician type | ID | $25.8K | 928 | $27.75 |
| 20 | Michael Cho | Otolaryngology | CA | $25.3K | 212 | $119.52 |
| 21 | Reed Grabow | Diagnostic Radiology | CA | $25.3K | 267 | $94.76 |
| 22 | Arthur Kane | Diagnostic Radiology | ME | $24.9K | 426 | $58.56 |
| 23 | Franklyn Gergits | Otolaryngology | AZ | $24.9K | 243 | $102.39 |
| 24 | Robert Kopp | Otolaryngology | FL | $24.8K | 232 | $106.70 |
| 25 | Ramin Akhavan | Diagnostic Radiology | VA | $24.7K | 312 | $79.27 |
| State | Payments | Services | Providers | Avg/Provider |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FL | $2.4M | 40.3K | 1.0K | $2.4K |
| CA | $2.2M | 39.1K | 1.2K | $1.9K |
| TX | $2.0M | 37.1K | 1.0K | $2.0K |
| NY | $1.4M | 26.8K | 666 | $2.1K |
| IL | $871.3K | 19.1K | 564 | $1.5K |
| GA | $713.6K | 13.2K | 402 | $1.8K |
| MD | $653.1K | 11.7K | 278 | $2.3K |
| NC | $631.5K | 14.4K | 471 | $1.3K |
| AZ | $625.5K | 10.9K | 275 | $2.3K |
| NJ | $624.7K | 11.4K | 311 | $2.0K |
| PA | $616.8K | 16.5K | 523 | $1.2K |
| TN | $521.4K | 11.5K | 363 | $1.4K |
| MN | $520.0K | 13.1K | 474 | $1.1K |
| SC | $508.5K | 9.9K | 280 | $1.8K |
| VA | $498.6K | 12.2K | 364 | $1.4K |
| MO | $423.6K | 10.8K | 318 | $1.3K |
| CO | $419.9K | 9.1K | 255 | $1.6K |
| OH | $411.3K | 12.1K | 452 | $909.94 |
| AL | $395.2K | 8.6K | 279 | $1.4K |
| MA | $377.9K | 10.5K | 360 | $1.0K |
| KS | $343.5K | 6.4K | 157 | $2.2K |
| MI | $342.7K | 10.1K | 335 | $1.0K |
| IN | $339.5K | 8.2K | 251 | $1.4K |
| WA | $321.5K | 7.3K | 244 | $1.3K |
| MS | $308.1K | 6.0K | 146 | $2.1K |
| LA | $280.3K | 6.4K | 234 | $1.2K |
| WI | $232.3K | 6.0K | 231 | $1.0K |
| OK | $201.6K | 5.2K | 171 | $1.2K |
| NV | $194.8K | 3.3K | 98 | $2.0K |
| CT | $187.8K | 4.4K | 160 | $1.2K |
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.