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70496

Ct scan of blood vessels of head with contrast

$284.0M in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure 70496 (Ct scan of blood vessels of head with contrast) received $284.0M in total Medicare payments.

Across 4.1M services, the average Medicare payment was $69.23 per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$10.9M152.8K—
2015$13.6M191.7K+24.2%
2016$16.9M244.8K+24.5%
2017$21.7M308.5K+28.6%
2018$28.1M401.1K+29.6%
2019$34.7M490.1K+23.4%
2020$33.5M471.9K-3.4%
2021$39.0M564.8K+16.4%
2022$40.2M594.9K+2.9%
2023$45.4M681.7K+13.1%

Top Providers for 70496

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Zhi HuangDiagnostic RadiologyMD$41.7K658$63.31
2Hannu HuhdanpaaDiagnostic RadiologyWA$41.5K596$69.68
3Joshua AlbrektsonDiagnostic RadiologyMN$39.2K571$68.58
4Alfonso Urdaneta-MoncadaDiagnostic RadiologyWA$38.9K586$66.39
5Michal KlysikDiagnostic RadiologyTX$38.8K579$66.95
6Joseph NguyenDiagnostic RadiologyTX$38.4K577$66.56
7Steven HakeDiagnostic RadiologyCO$36.0K265$135.89
8Eugene KimDiagnostic RadiologyMN$34.8K537$64.75
9Kandarp PatelCardiologyTN$34.6K276$125.29
10Daniel SusantoDiagnostic RadiologyWA$32.6K500$65.25
11Katherine MullenDiagnostic RadiologyMA$31.8K487$65.25
12Amar SinghDiagnostic RadiologyTX$30.5K422$72.28
13Craig HarrDiagnostic RadiologyTX$30.5K479$63.67
14Duc TranDiagnostic RadiologyOH$29.1K456$63.90
15Robert PeysterDiagnostic RadiologyNY$28.3K356$79.50
16Pedro ViecoDiagnostic RadiologyWA$28.0K420$66.68
17Mark PflegerDiagnostic RadiologyWA$27.7K412$67.21
18Joseph CurcioDiagnostic RadiologyOH$27.0K429$62.93
19Justin SiegalDiagnostic RadiologyWA$26.9K404$66.68
20Vasant GargDiagnostic RadiologyTX$26.8K399$67.05
21Michelle DubesDiagnostic RadiologyAZ$26.7K343$77.70
22Peter McgrawDiagnostic RadiologyFL$26.6K410$64.94
23Bruce BaronDiagnostic RadiologyNE$26.5K462$57.40
24Scott DidierDiagnostic RadiologyTN$26.5K436$60.79
25Timothy BraatzDiagnostic RadiologyPA$26.4K413$64.00

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
CA$4.2M59.6K1.1K$3.8K
TX$3.2M47.6K782$4.1K
FL$2.8M39.7K770$3.6K
NY$2.6M35.2K555$4.7K
MN$2.0M30.3K464$4.3K
PA$1.9M30.0K580$3.3K
IL$1.8M27.6K563$3.3K
MA$1.6M23.8K389$4.1K
NC$1.5M23.5K395$3.9K
MI$1.4M22.4K353$4.1K
OH$1.3M21.3K386$3.5K
WA$1.3M19.9K209$6.3K
VA$1.3M19.1K291$4.3K
TN$1.2M18.4K346$3.5K
CO$1.2M18.0K234$5.1K
GA$1.2M18.2K326$3.6K
NJ$1.1M15.8K283$4.0K
MO$1.0M16.1K287$3.5K
MD$976.3K13.5K243$4.0K
AZ$901.7K12.5K193$4.7K
WI$819.9K13.2K316$2.6K
IN$808.0K12.9K223$3.6K
SC$769.4K11.9K197$3.9K
CT$654.2K9.6K169$3.9K
OR$519.6K8.2K175$3.0K
AL$518.7K8.3K215$2.4K
OK$484.0K7.8K160$3.0K
KY$481.4K7.9K158$3.0K
AR$459.8K7.4K123$3.7K
LA$417.3K6.6K186$2.2K

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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.