$832.3M in total Medicare payments across 10 years
Procedure 70551 (Mri scan of brain without contrast) received $832.3M in total Medicare payments.
Across 10.7M services, the average Medicare payment was $77.70 per service.
AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.
| Year | Payments | Services | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $78.0M | 959.2K | — |
| 2015 | $79.5M | 1.0M | +2.0% |
| 2016 | $84.1M | 1.1M | +5.7% |
| 2017 | $87.3M | 1.1M | +3.8% |
| 2018 | $90.0M | 1.1M | +3.1% |
| 2019 | $92.7M | 1.2M | +2.9% |
| 2020 | $76.9M | 984.6K | -17.0% |
| 2021 | $83.4M | 1.1M | +8.4% |
| 2022 | $80.7M | 1.1M | -3.2% |
| 2023 | $79.7M | 1.1M | -1.3% |
| # | Provider | Specialty | State | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Singer | Diagnostic Radiology | NY | $252.5K | 1.4K | $185.66 |
| 2 | Richard Silvergleid | Diagnostic Radiology | NY | $214.9K | 1.3K | $163.21 |
| 3 | Katya Shpilberg | Diagnostic Radiology | NY | $172.7K | 946 | $182.58 |
| 4 | Harold Tice | Diagnostic Radiology | NY | $148.8K | 858 | $173.38 |
| 5 | Eliyahu Engelsohn | Diagnostic Radiology | NY | $138.1K | 780 | $177.07 |
| 6 | Ron Ayanzen | Diagnostic Radiology | AZ | $133.4K | 1.5K | $87.19 |
| 7 | Yakup Akyol | Diagnostic Radiology | NY | $127.5K | 689 | $185.01 |
| 8 | Parham Farid | Diagnostic Radiology | DC | $125.6K | 698 | $179.93 |
| 9 | Gateway Diagnostic Imaging Llc | Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF) | TX | $114.0K | 787 | $144.80 |
| 10 | Kevin Berger | Diagnostic Radiology | MD | $108.8K | 1.3K | $84.30 |
| 11 | Alexander Mark | Diagnostic Radiology | MD | $107.2K | 857 | $125.13 |
| 12 | Ronak Shah | Diagnostic Radiology | GA | $99.5K | 1.1K | $92.46 |
| 13 | Eric Biondo-Savin | Diagnostic Radiology | MI | $96.7K | 648 | $149.25 |
| 14 | Stephen Hershowitz | Diagnostic Radiology | NY | $95.8K | 558 | $171.69 |
| 15 | William Fowlkes | Diagnostic Radiology | MD | $93.2K | 520 | $179.31 |
| 16 | Michelle Rotblat-Operman | Diagnostic Radiology | NY | $92.7K | 1.0K | $91.69 |
| 17 | Leslie Miller | Diagnostic Radiology | NJ | $92.0K | 513 | $179.34 |
| 18 | Harold Augenstein | Diagnostic Radiology | NY | $90.1K | 496 | $181.67 |
| 19 | Gary Tubman | Diagnostic Radiology | NY | $90.1K | 499 | $180.57 |
| 20 | Inova Health Care Services | Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF) | VA | $89.7K | 725 | $123.67 |
| 21 | Mri At Belfair Llc | Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF) | SC | $89.2K | 631 | $141.44 |
| 22 | Timothy Shepherd | Diagnostic Radiology | NY | $89.2K | 958 | $93.10 |
| 23 | Laurence Cohen | Diagnostic Radiology | NY | $87.3K | 489 | $178.57 |
| 24 | Noriko Salamon | Diagnostic Radiology | CA | $85.7K | 600 | $142.92 |
| 25 | Stuart Bobman | Diagnostic Radiology | FL | $84.6K | 578 | $146.37 |
| State | Payments | Services | Providers | Avg/Provider |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | $10.0M | 114.2K | 1.3K | $7.5K |
| NY | $8.1M | 80.5K | 710 | $11.5K |
| FL | $6.9M | 82.0K | 995 | $6.9K |
| TX | $5.5M | 78.0K | 933 | $5.9K |
| NJ | $3.4M | 36.0K | 344 | $9.8K |
| PA | $2.9M | 44.5K | 611 | $4.7K |
| MD | $2.7M | 30.4K | 258 | $10.6K |
| MA | $2.7M | 35.6K | 399 | $6.7K |
| IL | $2.4M | 38.3K | 577 | $4.2K |
| NC | $2.4M | 38.7K | 406 | $5.9K |
| VA | $2.3M | 32.5K | 308 | $7.3K |
| GA | $2.2M | 32.4K | 406 | $5.4K |
| AZ | $1.9M | 23.8K | 231 | $8.4K |
| OH | $1.9M | 31.9K | 390 | $4.9K |
| MN | $1.7M | 26.7K | 450 | $3.8K |
| TN | $1.7M | 27.7K | 367 | $4.6K |
| WA | $1.5M | 22.0K | 237 | $6.3K |
| MI | $1.4M | 20.9K | 315 | $4.4K |
| CO | $1.4M | 19.1K | 231 | $6.0K |
| SC | $1.2M | 18.3K | 245 | $5.0K |
| MO | $1.2M | 21.2K | 287 | $4.2K |
| AL | $1.1M | 17.3K | 297 | $3.7K |
| IN | $1.0M | 18.2K | 266 | $3.9K |
| CT | $915.2K | 12.6K | 160 | $5.7K |
| LA | $804.4K | 12.7K | 228 | $3.5K |
| WI | $786.2K | 13.9K | 261 | $3.0K |
| NV | $762.4K | 9.1K | 108 | $7.1K |
| OK | $642.0K | 11.0K | 185 | $3.5K |
| KY | $634.2K | 11.1K | 191 | $3.3K |
| OR | $629.4K | 10.0K | 165 | $3.8K |
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.