$515.1M in total Medicare payments across 10 years
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.
| Year | Payments | Services | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $52.3M | 533.6K | — |
| 2015 | $51.4M | 558.8K | -1.8% |
| 2016 | $54.7M | 580.6K | +6.4% |
| 2017 | $54.6M | 581.9K | -0.2% |
| 2018 | $56.3M | 592.2K | +3.1% |
| 2019 | $55.5M | 598.5K | -1.5% |
| 2020 | $44.3M | 474.7K | -20.2% |
| 2021 | $50.3M | 541.0K | +13.7% |
| 2022 | $47.8M | 535.8K | -5.1% |
| 2023 | $48.0M | 555.0K | +0.4% |
| # | Provider | Specialty | State | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gateway Diagnostic Imaging Llc | Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF) | TX | $122.7K | 942 | $130.23 |
| 2 | Harold Tice | Diagnostic Radiology | NY | $116.7K | 781 | $149.42 |
| 3 | Eliyahu Engelsohn | Diagnostic Radiology | NY | $91.4K | 560 | $163.29 |
| 4 | Michael Singer | Diagnostic Radiology | NY | $86.4K | 527 | $163.93 |
| 5 | Parham Farid | Diagnostic Radiology | DC | $77.9K | 520 | $149.84 |
| 6 | Bradley Foerster | Diagnostic Radiology | MI | $77.8K | 496 | $156.92 |
| 7 | Elizabeth Maltin | Diagnostic Radiology | NY | $76.7K | 486 | $157.89 |
| 8 | Richard Silvergleid | Diagnostic Radiology | NY | $76.0K | 487 | $156.06 |
| 9 | Mark Armstrong | Diagnostic Radiology | OH | $73.8K | 956 | $77.17 |
| 10 | Gary Tubman | Diagnostic Radiology | NY | $73.7K | 445 | $165.66 |
| 11 | Alireza Namini | Diagnostic Radiology | CA | $62.6K | 434 | $144.30 |
| 12 | Laura Applegate | Diagnostic Radiology | CA | $60.0K | 519 | $115.70 |
| 13 | Heather Boo | Diagnostic Radiology | WV | $59.3K | 421 | $140.95 |
| 14 | David Kuo | Diagnostic Radiology | NV | $58.9K | 469 | $125.61 |
| 15 | Leslie Miller | Diagnostic Radiology | NJ | $58.0K | 377 | $153.95 |
| 16 | Jose Rodriguez | Diagnostic Radiology | FL | $56.9K | 456 | $124.75 |
| 17 | Damon Sacco | Diagnostic Radiology | CA | $56.7K | 732 | $77.50 |
| 18 | William Fowlkes | Diagnostic Radiology | MD | $56.3K | 375 | $150.09 |
| 19 | The Medical Imaging Partnership-Jax1 Llc | Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF) | FL | $55.4K | 434 | $127.60 |
| 20 | Jessica Record | Diagnostic Radiology | MD | $54.9K | 386 | $142.10 |
| 21 | Katya Shpilberg | Diagnostic Radiology | NY | $54.7K | 344 | $159.09 |
| 22 | Michelle Rotblat-Operman | Diagnostic Radiology | NY | $54.6K | 671 | $81.40 |
| 23 | Harold Augenstein | Diagnostic Radiology | NY | $54.1K | 328 | $165.01 |
| 24 | Ronak Shah | Diagnostic Radiology | GA | $54.1K | 600 | $90.14 |
| 25 | Inova Health Care Services | Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF) | VA | $54.0K | 539 | $100.25 |
| State | Payments | Services | Providers | Avg/Provider |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | $6.1M | 58.7K | 1.0K | $5.9K |
| FL | $4.7M | 46.4K | 809 | $5.8K |
| NY | $4.3M | 39.7K | 629 | $6.8K |
| TX | $3.7M | 42.6K | 726 | $5.1K |
| NJ | $1.8M | 15.4K | 261 | $7.0K |
| MD | $1.7M | 15.4K | 207 | $8.3K |
| IL | $1.5M | 19.8K | 478 | $3.1K |
| PA | $1.4M | 18.7K | 424 | $3.3K |
| VA | $1.4M | 16.9K | 282 | $4.9K |
| MA | $1.4M | 16.1K | 294 | $4.6K |
| GA | $1.3M | 17.2K | 378 | $3.6K |
| NC | $1.3M | 18.6K | 418 | $3.2K |
| OH | $1.2M | 18.2K | 335 | $3.7K |
| AZ | $1.2M | 12.6K | 200 | $5.9K |
| CO | $980.6K | 11.4K | 227 | $4.3K |
| TN | $967.9K | 13.4K | 303 | $3.2K |
| MI | $934.2K | 13.2K | 258 | $3.6K |
| SC | $905.7K | 11.4K | 230 | $3.9K |
| MN | $861.5K | 11.0K | 291 | $3.0K |
| AL | $800.7K | 9.8K | 249 | $3.2K |
| MO | $743.1K | 11.3K | 238 | $3.1K |
| WA | $707.1K | 8.9K | 201 | $3.5K |
| LA | $626.9K | 8.0K | 197 | $3.2K |
| IN | $561.0K | 8.0K | 208 | $2.7K |
| OK | $546.0K | 7.8K | 155 | $3.5K |
| CT | $521.1K | 5.5K | 124 | $4.2K |
| NV | $487.3K | 4.9K | 99 | $4.9K |
| MS | $436.6K | 6.2K | 117 | $3.7K |
| AR | $433.2K | 7.4K | 144 | $3.0K |
| KY | $381.0K | 5.5K | 142 | $2.7K |
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.