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72141

Mri scan of upper spinal canal without contrast

$515.1M in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure 72141 (Mri scan of upper spinal canal without contrast) received $515.1M in total Medicare payments.

Across 5.6M services, the average Medicare payment was $92.78 per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$52.3M533.6K—
2015$51.4M558.8K-1.8%
2016$54.7M580.6K+6.4%
2017$54.6M581.9K-0.2%
2018$56.3M592.2K+3.1%
2019$55.5M598.5K-1.5%
2020$44.3M474.7K-20.2%
2021$50.3M541.0K+13.7%
2022$47.8M535.8K-5.1%
2023$48.0M555.0K+0.4%

Top Providers for 72141

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Gateway Diagnostic Imaging LlcIndependent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)TX$122.7K942$130.23
2Harold TiceDiagnostic RadiologyNY$116.7K781$149.42
3Eliyahu EngelsohnDiagnostic RadiologyNY$91.4K560$163.29
4Michael SingerDiagnostic RadiologyNY$86.4K527$163.93
5Parham FaridDiagnostic RadiologyDC$77.9K520$149.84
6Bradley FoersterDiagnostic RadiologyMI$77.8K496$156.92
7Elizabeth MaltinDiagnostic RadiologyNY$76.7K486$157.89
8Richard SilvergleidDiagnostic RadiologyNY$76.0K487$156.06
9Mark ArmstrongDiagnostic RadiologyOH$73.8K956$77.17
10Gary TubmanDiagnostic RadiologyNY$73.7K445$165.66
11Alireza NaminiDiagnostic RadiologyCA$62.6K434$144.30
12Laura ApplegateDiagnostic RadiologyCA$60.0K519$115.70
13Heather BooDiagnostic RadiologyWV$59.3K421$140.95
14David KuoDiagnostic RadiologyNV$58.9K469$125.61
15Leslie MillerDiagnostic RadiologyNJ$58.0K377$153.95
16Jose RodriguezDiagnostic RadiologyFL$56.9K456$124.75
17Damon SaccoDiagnostic RadiologyCA$56.7K732$77.50
18William FowlkesDiagnostic RadiologyMD$56.3K375$150.09
19The Medical Imaging Partnership-Jax1 LlcIndependent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)FL$55.4K434$127.60
20Jessica RecordDiagnostic RadiologyMD$54.9K386$142.10
21Katya ShpilbergDiagnostic RadiologyNY$54.7K344$159.09
22Michelle Rotblat-OpermanDiagnostic RadiologyNY$54.6K671$81.40
23Harold AugensteinDiagnostic RadiologyNY$54.1K328$165.01
24Ronak ShahDiagnostic RadiologyGA$54.1K600$90.14
25Inova Health Care ServicesIndependent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)VA$54.0K539$100.25

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
CA$6.1M58.7K1.0K$5.9K
FL$4.7M46.4K809$5.8K
NY$4.3M39.7K629$6.8K
TX$3.7M42.6K726$5.1K
NJ$1.8M15.4K261$7.0K
MD$1.7M15.4K207$8.3K
IL$1.5M19.8K478$3.1K
PA$1.4M18.7K424$3.3K
VA$1.4M16.9K282$4.9K
MA$1.4M16.1K294$4.6K
GA$1.3M17.2K378$3.6K
NC$1.3M18.6K418$3.2K
OH$1.2M18.2K335$3.7K
AZ$1.2M12.6K200$5.9K
CO$980.6K11.4K227$4.3K
TN$967.9K13.4K303$3.2K
MI$934.2K13.2K258$3.6K
SC$905.7K11.4K230$3.9K
MN$861.5K11.0K291$3.0K
AL$800.7K9.8K249$3.2K
MO$743.1K11.3K238$3.1K
WA$707.1K8.9K201$3.5K
LA$626.9K8.0K197$3.2K
IN$561.0K8.0K208$2.7K
OK$546.0K7.8K155$3.5K
CT$521.1K5.5K124$4.2K
NV$487.3K4.9K99$4.9K
MS$436.6K6.2K117$3.7K
AR$433.2K7.4K144$3.0K
KY$381.0K5.5K142$2.7K

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  • • 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.