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70551

Mri scan of brain without contrast

$832.3M in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

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.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$78.0M959.2K—
2015$79.5M1.0M+2.0%
2016$84.1M1.1M+5.7%
2017$87.3M1.1M+3.8%
2018$90.0M1.1M+3.1%
2019$92.7M1.2M+2.9%
2020$76.9M984.6K-17.0%
2021$83.4M1.1M+8.4%
2022$80.7M1.1M-3.2%
2023$79.7M1.1M-1.3%

Top Providers for 70551

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Michael SingerDiagnostic RadiologyNY$252.5K1.4K$185.66
2Richard SilvergleidDiagnostic RadiologyNY$214.9K1.3K$163.21
3Katya ShpilbergDiagnostic RadiologyNY$172.7K946$182.58
4Harold TiceDiagnostic RadiologyNY$148.8K858$173.38
5Eliyahu EngelsohnDiagnostic RadiologyNY$138.1K780$177.07
6Ron AyanzenDiagnostic RadiologyAZ$133.4K1.5K$87.19
7Yakup AkyolDiagnostic RadiologyNY$127.5K689$185.01
8Parham FaridDiagnostic RadiologyDC$125.6K698$179.93
9Gateway Diagnostic Imaging LlcIndependent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)TX$114.0K787$144.80
10Kevin BergerDiagnostic RadiologyMD$108.8K1.3K$84.30
11Alexander MarkDiagnostic RadiologyMD$107.2K857$125.13
12Ronak ShahDiagnostic RadiologyGA$99.5K1.1K$92.46
13Eric Biondo-SavinDiagnostic RadiologyMI$96.7K648$149.25
14Stephen HershowitzDiagnostic RadiologyNY$95.8K558$171.69
15William FowlkesDiagnostic RadiologyMD$93.2K520$179.31
16Michelle Rotblat-OpermanDiagnostic RadiologyNY$92.7K1.0K$91.69
17Leslie MillerDiagnostic RadiologyNJ$92.0K513$179.34
18Harold AugensteinDiagnostic RadiologyNY$90.1K496$181.67
19Gary TubmanDiagnostic RadiologyNY$90.1K499$180.57
20Inova Health Care ServicesIndependent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)VA$89.7K725$123.67
21Mri At Belfair LlcIndependent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)SC$89.2K631$141.44
22Timothy ShepherdDiagnostic RadiologyNY$89.2K958$93.10
23Laurence CohenDiagnostic RadiologyNY$87.3K489$178.57
24Noriko SalamonDiagnostic RadiologyCA$85.7K600$142.92
25Stuart BobmanDiagnostic RadiologyFL$84.6K578$146.37

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
CA$10.0M114.2K1.3K$7.5K
NY$8.1M80.5K710$11.5K
FL$6.9M82.0K995$6.9K
TX$5.5M78.0K933$5.9K
NJ$3.4M36.0K344$9.8K
PA$2.9M44.5K611$4.7K
MD$2.7M30.4K258$10.6K
MA$2.7M35.6K399$6.7K
IL$2.4M38.3K577$4.2K
NC$2.4M38.7K406$5.9K
VA$2.3M32.5K308$7.3K
GA$2.2M32.4K406$5.4K
AZ$1.9M23.8K231$8.4K
OH$1.9M31.9K390$4.9K
MN$1.7M26.7K450$3.8K
TN$1.7M27.7K367$4.6K
WA$1.5M22.0K237$6.3K
MI$1.4M20.9K315$4.4K
CO$1.4M19.1K231$6.0K
SC$1.2M18.3K245$5.0K
MO$1.2M21.2K287$4.2K
AL$1.1M17.3K297$3.7K
IN$1.0M18.2K266$3.9K
CT$915.2K12.6K160$5.7K
LA$804.4K12.7K228$3.5K
WI$786.2K13.9K261$3.0K
NV$762.4K9.1K108$7.1K
OK$642.0K11.0K185$3.5K
KY$634.2K11.1K191$3.3K
OR$629.4K10.0K165$3.8K

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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.