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74178

Ct scan of abdomen and pelvis before and after contrast

$695.7M in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure 74178 (Ct scan of abdomen and pelvis before and after contrast) received $695.7M in total Medicare payments.

Across 4.9M services, the average Medicare payment was $142.77 per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$81.4M566.6K—
2015$73.8M538.4K-9.2%
2016$71.8M521.3K-2.8%
2017$70.4M509.8K-1.9%
2018$70.0M506.0K-0.6%
2019$71.7M502.0K+2.5%
2020$63.9M425.2K-11.0%
2021$68.9M452.7K+7.9%
2022$62.0M418.3K-10.0%
2023$61.8M432.5K-0.2%

Top Providers for 74178

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Bayani EvangelistaDiagnostic RadiologyCA$316.3K1.3K$251.39
2Gateway Diagnostic Imaging LlcIndependent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)TX$215.3K835$257.86
3Varghese CherianDiagnostic RadiologyNY$211.2K622$339.50
4Chad EngelDiagnostic RadiologyFL$158.6K877$180.84
5Ronald WachsbergDiagnostic RadiologyNJ$153.9K881$174.66
6Carolinas Imaging Services LlcIndependent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)NC$150.1K584$257.01
7Vaiman TsangDiagnostic RadiologyNY$129.2K386$334.61
8Orange County Diagnostic Radiology, Inc.Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)CA$127.0K391$324.89
9Eric VenselDiagnostic RadiologyFL$119.2K431$276.51
10Stanley LitvakDiagnostic RadiologyFL$115.5K427$270.53
11Broadway Imaging Medical CenterIndependent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)CA$114.1K354$322.23
12Dmitriy ShnaydermanDiagnostic RadiologyCA$112.7K391$288.23
13Bowes Imaging Center Llc.Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)FL$105.4K398$264.72
14Navid MoradshahiInterventional RadiologyCA$103.8K349$297.32
15Pareen MehtaDiagnostic RadiologyCA$93.1K316$294.64
16Grygori GerasymchukDiagnostic RadiologyFL$92.2K367$251.29
17Eric SchaeferHematology-OncologyAR$86.9K484$179.54
18Daniel ZurcherDiagnostic RadiologyNV$86.9K315$275.77
19Marshall BeinDiagnostic RadiologyCA$85.5K274$312.11
20Gregory OakhillHematology-OncologyAR$85.1K477$178.45
21Puneet ChandakNuclear MedicineCA$84.8K267$317.74
22David TaylorDiagnostic RadiologyMD$81.8K260$314.65
23Thomas HenryDiagnostic RadiologyVA$81.5K300$271.77
24Betty MotroniDiagnostic RadiologyNY$81.2K247$328.86
25Ronald SticcoDiagnostic RadiologyNY$80.2K236$339.69

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
CA$9.3M48.9K1.1K$8.8K
FL$6.9M36.9K834$8.3K
NY$5.7M30.8K690$8.3K
TX$5.3M39.0K908$5.9K
NJ$2.1M10.0K281$7.4K
MD$2.1M10.0K244$8.5K
IL$1.9M15.9K494$3.8K
AZ$1.9M9.5K211$8.8K
NC$1.7M14.7K398$4.2K
VA$1.6M11.4K278$5.8K
PA$1.6M15.4K458$3.4K
MN$1.4M10.5K344$4.2K
AR$1.4M11.9K167$8.2K
TN$1.3M10.3K302$4.4K
GA$1.2M10.4K284$4.3K
MA$961.1K9.1K296$3.2K
MO$959.5K9.2K292$3.3K
SC$948.1K8.6K206$4.6K
AL$919.7K7.6K224$4.1K
IN$866.0K7.5K210$4.1K
OH$857.4K9.1K290$3.0K
MI$788.2K8.1K285$2.8K
LA$787.5K7.6K195$4.0K
MS$762.7K7.0K147$5.2K
WA$714.1K5.5K193$3.7K
CO$685.4K5.4K179$3.8K
KS$585.4K5.0K133$4.4K
KY$561.5K6.2K143$3.9K
NV$544.7K3.0K87$6.3K
OK$541.6K5.8K180$3.0K

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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.