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72100

X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2-3 views

$276.0M in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure 72100 (X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2-3 views) received $276.0M in total Medicare payments.

Across 16.9M services, the average Medicare payment was $16.30 per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$29.8M1.8M—
2015$28.6M1.9M-4.1%
2016$28.4M1.9M-0.6%
2017$27.9M1.8M-1.8%
2018$27.6M1.8M-0.9%
2019$28.9M1.8M+4.5%
2020$23.6M1.4M-18.3%
2021$28.1M1.5M+19.0%
2022$26.9M1.5M-4.3%
2023$26.2M1.5M-2.5%

Top Providers for 72100

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Symphony Diagnostic Services No 1 LlcPortable X-Ray SupplierMD$219.5K15.3K$14.32
2Radiology Partners LlcIndependent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)CA$127.3K4.2K$30.61
3Berger And Burrow Enterprises Inc.Portable X-Ray SupplierVA$48.7K2.6K$18.76
4Preventive Diagnostics IncPortable X-Ray SupplierOH$43.2K2.7K$15.96
5Integrated Health Administrative Services Inc.Portable X-Ray SupplierNY$37.4K2.4K$15.83
6Biotech X-Ray IncPortable X-Ray SupplierMO$35.3K2.5K$14.10
7Mobile Images Acquisition, LlcPortable X-Ray SupplierTN$32.1K2.4K$13.60
8Erik SpaydeOrthopedic SurgeryCA$26.7K772$34.56
9Atul BhatPhysical Medicine and RehabilitationMA$25.3K724$34.89
10Specialty Portable X-Ray, IncPortable X-Ray SupplierNY$25.1K861$29.18
11Elizabeth MorrisDiagnostic RadiologyNY$25.0K1.1K$21.80
12Precision Health IncPortable X-Ray SupplierNY$24.7K1.0K$24.10
13Danh NguyenDiagnostic RadiologyCA$24.5K850$28.82
14Nathaniel LowenOrthopedic SurgeryFL$24.5K794$30.80
15Amandeep BhallaOrthopedic SurgeryCA$23.4K665$35.23
16Joseph O'brienOrthopedic SurgeryMD$22.8K634$35.92
17Elliott WagnerDiagnostic RadiologyNY$22.3K1.3K$16.97
18Michael SilversteinOrthopedic SurgeryFL$21.7K754$28.74
19Joseph WalterDiagnostic RadiologyCA$20.3K548$36.98
20Lost Pines Mobile Imaging LlcPortable X-Ray SupplierTX$19.7K624$31.60
21Portable Medical Diagnostics IncPortable X-Ray SupplierFL$18.4K1.2K$15.05
22Philip YuanOrthopedic SurgeryCA$18.3K523$35.08
23Tereasa SimonsonDiagnostic RadiologyMN$18.3K692$26.50
24John FlemingOrthopedic SurgeryCA$18.2K516$35.36
25Matthew ChinOrthopedic SurgeryFL$17.9K625$28.71

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
CA$2.8M127.4K2.0K$1.4K
FL$2.3M103.5K1.7K$1.3K
TX$1.8M101.4K1.8K$1.0K
NY$1.8M82.7K1.2K$1.4K
NC$1.0M57.4K1.2K$840.18
MD$994.1K47.9K558$1.8K
TN$950.1K52.0K966$983.51
IL$939.3K57.5K1.0K$908.43
GA$883.1K44.8K935$944.52
VA$823.0K44.2K737$1.1K
NJ$797.4K31.0K703$1.1K
PA$755.3K50.7K917$823.68
OH$734.5K53.7K884$830.85
SC$595.9K34.7K634$939.86
AZ$570.9K27.8K440$1.3K
AL$555.9K27.8K621$895.15
MA$543.9K38.7K607$896.02
IN$489.8K30.7K573$854.86
MI$488.2K34.0K680$718.01
WA$479.5K31.4K507$945.84
MN$451.2K32.8K631$715.10
MO$447.8K34.6K570$785.63
LA$409.4K24.7K465$880.35
CO$403.8K23.3K458$881.59
CT$358.4K17.6K382$938.26
OK$340.6K22.7K410$830.85
WI$338.5K26.2K474$714.08
KY$315.0K20.1K363$867.69
AR$308.9K21.5K422$731.91
MS$297.3K19.3K351$847.02

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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.