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72197

Mri scan of pelvis before and after contrast

$279.5M in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure 72197 (Mri scan of pelvis before and after contrast) received $279.5M in total Medicare payments.

Across 1.6M services, the average Medicare payment was $171.60 per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$11.2M57.2K—
2015$15.0M76.9K+34.5%
2016$19.6M99.7K+30.4%
2017$24.5M124.0K+25.1%
2018$26.4M149.9K+7.6%
2019$31.1M180.3K+17.8%
2020$30.2M176.7K-2.9%
2021$37.1M220.3K+22.8%
2022$40.5M256.5K+9.4%
2023$44.0M287.7K+8.5%

Top Providers for 72197

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Grygori GerasymchukDiagnostic RadiologyFL$402.6K1.6K$251.01
2Jason ChalifouxDiagnostic RadiologyNY$351.7K1.5K$236.65
3Matthew ComitoDiagnostic RadiologyNY$334.7K1.1K$316.94
4Anthony GiletDiagnostic RadiologyNY$320.3K1.0K$319.66
5Aleksandr MorimDiagnostic RadiologyNY$272.6K863$315.88
6Gateway Diagnostic Imaging LlcIndependent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)TX$266.9K1.0K$256.87
7Joshua FriedlanderDiagnostic RadiologyCA$222.8K813$274.10
8Robert PrincenthalDiagnostic RadiologyCA$199.7K719$277.78
9Martin CohenDiagnostic RadiologyCA$182.5K653$279.48
10Baystate Mri & Imaging Center, LlcIndependent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)MA$180.4K652$276.75
11Alex LewisDiagnostic RadiologyFL$180.4K731$246.81
12Adel SalehiDiagnostic RadiologyTX$167.4K599$279.44
13Jonathan WienerDiagnostic RadiologyFL$158.5K678$233.73
14Robert WaxmanDiagnostic RadiologyNJ$151.0K482$313.21
15Ross SchwartzbergDiagnostic RadiologyCA$131.5K421$312.44
16Hong MengDiagnostic RadiologyNY$129.8K405$320.45
17Inova Health Care ServicesIndependent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)VA$129.5K590$219.43
18Michelle GarnettDiagnostic RadiologyVA$129.4K507$255.20
19The Medical Imaging Partnership-Jax1 LlcIndependent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)FL$129.2K508$254.32
20Swdic Imaging Center Partnership, LlpIndependent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)TX$127.5K695$183.48
21Neal BostDiagnostic RadiologyCA$124.8K436$286.23
22Josh MoosikasuwanDiagnostic RadiologyNY$123.4K559$220.83
23Douglas BrylkaDiagnostic RadiologyNY$121.8K381$319.62
24Richard GoldbergDiagnostic RadiologyFL$121.0K469$257.95
25Shalini ChabraDiagnostic RadiologyAZ$117.0K466$250.97

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
CA$6.3M34.4K501$12.6K
NY$6.1M32.5K359$16.9K
FL$4.5M23.2K332$13.5K
TX$2.9M20.1K321$9.0K
MA$1.9M12.1K187$9.9K
PA$1.7M12.8K199$8.3K
NJ$1.6M7.4K121$13.5K
MD$1.6M7.5K116$13.5K
AZ$1.5M8.3K95$15.3K
IL$1.4M11.4K248$5.7K
VA$1.4M9.3K112$12.4K
MN$1.1M6.4K144$7.5K
NC$970.4K8.1K155$6.3K
GA$781.7K7.5K118$6.6K
OH$780.2K7.4K133$5.9K
CO$708.8K4.9K83$8.5K
WA$672.2K4.5K87$7.7K
MO$630.6K5.9K113$5.6K
TN$601.0K4.2K75$8.0K
MI$596.1K6.1K142$4.2K
SC$592.5K4.9K70$8.5K
CT$513.7K3.4K71$7.2K
NV$365.5K1.9K29$12.6K
OR$352.9K2.7K44$8.0K
LA$333.3K2.8K44$7.6K
WI$326.2K3.8K110$3.0K
AR$299.6K2.6K53$5.7K
AL$285.7K2.7K54$5.3K
KS$264.7K2.1K44$6.0K
IN$259.2K2.7K61$4.2K

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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.