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72125

Ct scan of upper spine without contrast

$470.1M in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure 72125 (Ct scan of upper spine without contrast) received $470.1M in total Medicare payments.

Across 11.9M services, the average Medicare payment was $39.63 per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$35.9M911.5K—
2015$40.0M992.3K+11.2%
2016$43.7M1.1M+9.3%
2017$48.7M1.2M+11.4%
2018$50.7M1.2M+4.2%
2019$54.7M1.3M+8.0%
2020$45.5M1.1M-16.9%
2021$48.4M1.3M+6.3%
2022$51.0M1.4M+5.3%
2023$51.6M1.4M+1.3%

Top Providers for 72125

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Amjad SafviDiagnostic RadiologyIL$35.4K968$36.60
2Qi ChenDiagnostic RadiologyTX$35.2K982$35.80
3Navid ZenoozDiagnostic RadiologyCA$35.1K854$41.05
4David GolovoyDiagnostic RadiologyMI$34.3K950$36.13
5Jeffrey JonesInterventional RadiologyNC$32.2K651$49.40
6Nisha SankaranDiagnostic RadiologyMD$29.6K716$41.33
7William EinhornDiagnostic RadiologyRI$28.7K766$37.42
8Edmund HarrisDiagnostic RadiologyNJ$28.3K780$36.34
9Monica WatkinsDiagnostic RadiologyMD$27.4K662$41.37
10Syed AkbarDiagnostic RadiologyIL$26.2K686$38.12
11Rami KaakajiDiagnostic RadiologyMI$25.7K724$35.51
12Eugene KimDiagnostic RadiologyMN$25.7K733$35.03
13Paul GouldDiagnostic RadiologyOH$25.3K728$34.81
14Joseph IzzoDiagnostic RadiologyNJ$25.1K671$37.39
15Adam EvansDiagnostic RadiologyNY$24.4K624$39.11
16Myles MitsunagaDiagnostic RadiologyCA$24.2K662$36.59
17Maureen BarryDiagnostic RadiologyNC$24.1K652$37.03
18Barry BerkowitzDiagnostic RadiologyTX$23.9K675$35.47
19Bruce BaronDiagnostic RadiologyNE$23.4K717$32.64
20Daniel LucasDiagnostic RadiologyAZ$23.4K674$34.71
21Karah LanierDiagnostic RadiologyNC$23.3K649$35.91
22Asif AbdullahDiagnostic RadiologyWA$23.1K619$37.38
23Abhishek KeraliyaDiagnostic RadiologyMA$22.2K598$37.07
24Ellen SunDiagnostic RadiologyPA$22.1K617$35.80
25Mohamad OssianiDiagnostic RadiologyMA$22.1K588$37.52

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
CA$4.1M106.3K1.4K$2.9K
TX$3.9M107.6K1.2K$3.3K
FL$3.8M101.3K1.1K$3.5K
NY$3.1M77.4K858$3.6K
PA$2.3M65.7K834$2.8K
IL$2.3M63.7K764$3.0K
MN$2.2M61.0K706$3.1K
MA$2.0M53.8K500$4.0K
NC$1.9M54.2K644$3.0K
OH$1.7M50.1K672$2.6K
MI$1.7M49.2K522$3.3K
NJ$1.5M39.1K463$3.3K
VA$1.5M42.2K501$3.0K
MO$1.3M37.8K407$3.3K
GA$1.3M36.7K474$2.7K
MD$1.2M30.6K326$3.6K
TN$1.1M32.2K457$2.4K
CO$1.0M29.0K307$3.4K
IN$979.4K28.3K354$2.8K
WA$942.7K26.4K336$2.8K
CT$862.8K22.9K281$3.1K
SC$860.4K24.4K295$2.9K
WI$841.9K24.9K455$1.9K
AZ$836.1K23.0K276$3.0K
AL$730.8K21.3K293$2.5K
OK$597.8K17.2K213$2.8K
LA$562.2K15.9K261$2.2K
KY$501.7K14.6K204$2.5K
AR$497.0K14.8K158$3.1K
KS$442.5K12.7K151$2.9K

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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.