$284.0M in total Medicare payments across 10 years
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.
| Year | Payments | Services | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $10.9M | 152.8K | — |
| 2015 | $13.6M | 191.7K | +24.2% |
| 2016 | $16.9M | 244.8K | +24.5% |
| 2017 | $21.7M | 308.5K | +28.6% |
| 2018 | $28.1M | 401.1K | +29.6% |
| 2019 | $34.7M | 490.1K | +23.4% |
| 2020 | $33.5M | 471.9K | -3.4% |
| 2021 | $39.0M | 564.8K | +16.4% |
| 2022 | $40.2M | 594.9K | +2.9% |
| 2023 | $45.4M | 681.7K | +13.1% |
| # | Provider | Specialty | State | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zhi Huang | Diagnostic Radiology | MD | $41.7K | 658 | $63.31 |
| 2 | Hannu Huhdanpaa | Diagnostic Radiology | WA | $41.5K | 596 | $69.68 |
| 3 | Joshua Albrektson | Diagnostic Radiology | MN | $39.2K | 571 | $68.58 |
| 4 | Alfonso Urdaneta-Moncada | Diagnostic Radiology | WA | $38.9K | 586 | $66.39 |
| 5 | Michal Klysik | Diagnostic Radiology | TX | $38.8K | 579 | $66.95 |
| 6 | Joseph Nguyen | Diagnostic Radiology | TX | $38.4K | 577 | $66.56 |
| 7 | Steven Hake | Diagnostic Radiology | CO | $36.0K | 265 | $135.89 |
| 8 | Eugene Kim | Diagnostic Radiology | MN | $34.8K | 537 | $64.75 |
| 9 | Kandarp Patel | Cardiology | TN | $34.6K | 276 | $125.29 |
| 10 | Daniel Susanto | Diagnostic Radiology | WA | $32.6K | 500 | $65.25 |
| 11 | Katherine Mullen | Diagnostic Radiology | MA | $31.8K | 487 | $65.25 |
| 12 | Amar Singh | Diagnostic Radiology | TX | $30.5K | 422 | $72.28 |
| 13 | Craig Harr | Diagnostic Radiology | TX | $30.5K | 479 | $63.67 |
| 14 | Duc Tran | Diagnostic Radiology | OH | $29.1K | 456 | $63.90 |
| 15 | Robert Peyster | Diagnostic Radiology | NY | $28.3K | 356 | $79.50 |
| 16 | Pedro Vieco | Diagnostic Radiology | WA | $28.0K | 420 | $66.68 |
| 17 | Mark Pfleger | Diagnostic Radiology | WA | $27.7K | 412 | $67.21 |
| 18 | Joseph Curcio | Diagnostic Radiology | OH | $27.0K | 429 | $62.93 |
| 19 | Justin Siegal | Diagnostic Radiology | WA | $26.9K | 404 | $66.68 |
| 20 | Vasant Garg | Diagnostic Radiology | TX | $26.8K | 399 | $67.05 |
| 21 | Michelle Dubes | Diagnostic Radiology | AZ | $26.7K | 343 | $77.70 |
| 22 | Peter Mcgraw | Diagnostic Radiology | FL | $26.6K | 410 | $64.94 |
| 23 | Bruce Baron | Diagnostic Radiology | NE | $26.5K | 462 | $57.40 |
| 24 | Scott Didier | Diagnostic Radiology | TN | $26.5K | 436 | $60.79 |
| 25 | Timothy Braatz | Diagnostic Radiology | PA | $26.4K | 413 | $64.00 |
| State | Payments | Services | Providers | Avg/Provider |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | $4.2M | 59.6K | 1.1K | $3.8K |
| TX | $3.2M | 47.6K | 782 | $4.1K |
| FL | $2.8M | 39.7K | 770 | $3.6K |
| NY | $2.6M | 35.2K | 555 | $4.7K |
| MN | $2.0M | 30.3K | 464 | $4.3K |
| PA | $1.9M | 30.0K | 580 | $3.3K |
| IL | $1.8M | 27.6K | 563 | $3.3K |
| MA | $1.6M | 23.8K | 389 | $4.1K |
| NC | $1.5M | 23.5K | 395 | $3.9K |
| MI | $1.4M | 22.4K | 353 | $4.1K |
| OH | $1.3M | 21.3K | 386 | $3.5K |
| WA | $1.3M | 19.9K | 209 | $6.3K |
| VA | $1.3M | 19.1K | 291 | $4.3K |
| TN | $1.2M | 18.4K | 346 | $3.5K |
| CO | $1.2M | 18.0K | 234 | $5.1K |
| GA | $1.2M | 18.2K | 326 | $3.6K |
| NJ | $1.1M | 15.8K | 283 | $4.0K |
| MO | $1.0M | 16.1K | 287 | $3.5K |
| MD | $976.3K | 13.5K | 243 | $4.0K |
| AZ | $901.7K | 12.5K | 193 | $4.7K |
| WI | $819.9K | 13.2K | 316 | $2.6K |
| IN | $808.0K | 12.9K | 223 | $3.6K |
| SC | $769.4K | 11.9K | 197 | $3.9K |
| CT | $654.2K | 9.6K | 169 | $3.9K |
| OR | $519.6K | 8.2K | 175 | $3.0K |
| AL | $518.7K | 8.3K | 215 | $2.4K |
| OK | $484.0K | 7.8K | 160 | $3.0K |
| KY | $481.4K | 7.9K | 158 | $3.0K |
| AR | $459.8K | 7.4K | 123 | $3.7K |
| LA | $417.3K | 6.6K | 186 | $2.2K |
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.