$437.0M in total Medicare payments across 10 years
Procedure 76536 (Ultrasound scan of head and neck soft tissue) received $437.0M in total Medicare payments.
Across 8.2M services, the average Medicare payment was $53.34 per service.
AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.
| Year | Payments | Services | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $40.7M | 721.7K | — |
| 2015 | $40.8M | 764.1K | +0.3% |
| 2016 | $43.0M | 816.3K | +5.3% |
| 2017 | $43.6M | 832.1K | +1.4% |
| 2018 | $45.3M | 854.6K | +3.9% |
| 2019 | $47.4M | 897.7K | +4.8% |
| 2020 | $39.8M | 740.9K | -16.1% |
| 2021 | $46.5M | 842.0K | +16.8% |
| 2022 | $44.7M | 845.1K | -3.8% |
| 2023 | $45.2M | 878.3K | +1.0% |
| # | Provider | Specialty | State | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guy Bassis | Diagnostic Radiology | NY | $392.6K | 3.8K | $103.03 |
| 2 | Mabel Imaging Inc | Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF) | CA | $293.9K | 2.9K | $102.77 |
| 3 | Gerald Minkowitz | Pathology | NY | $150.6K | 1.5K | $103.79 |
| 4 | Saul Ruben | Diagnostic Radiology | NV | $134.1K | 1.7K | $77.97 |
| 5 | Patrick Alore | Diagnostic Radiology | CA | $128.1K | 2.5K | $51.67 |
| 6 | David Bjelica | Endocrinology | CA | $115.6K | 1.2K | $98.42 |
| 7 | Adam Landskowsky | Diagnostic Radiology | NY | $110.1K | 1.2K | $94.09 |
| 8 | Steven Peyser | Diagnostic Radiology | NY | $105.2K | 1.0K | $101.95 |
| 9 | Perry Herson | Endocrinology | NY | $96.4K | 935 | $103.10 |
| 10 | Nicholas Dzebolo | Interventional Radiology | CA | $94.9K | 934 | $101.63 |
| 11 | Karen Schwartz | Endocrinology | NY | $93.9K | 904 | $103.86 |
| 12 | Ghobad Azizi | Internal Medicine | NC | $87.4K | 1.1K | $77.13 |
| 13 | Ira Fastlich | Diagnostic Radiology | NY | $85.5K | 839 | $101.87 |
| 14 | Dae Rheem | Gastroenterology | CA | $85.1K | 846 | $100.63 |
| 15 | Imran Haque | Internal Medicine | NC | $80.2K | 963 | $83.23 |
| 16 | Eran Ben-Levi | Diagnostic Radiology | NY | $78.3K | 1.9K | $40.66 |
| 17 | Paul Azer | Endocrinology | CA | $75.2K | 762 | $98.65 |
| 18 | William Sokol | Allergy/ Immunology | CA | $74.1K | 753 | $98.35 |
| 19 | Anthony Caramico | Diagnostic Radiology | NY | $72.3K | 810 | $89.25 |
| 20 | Gerda Van De Vegte | Diagnostic Radiology | NY | $69.2K | 710 | $97.53 |
| 21 | American Diagnostics Services Llc | Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF) | MD | $62.7K | 1.5K | $41.01 |
| 22 | Alexander Perkelvald | Endocrinology | NY | $60.1K | 574 | $104.76 |
| 23 | Zsofia Geck | Endocrinology | FL | $59.8K | 743 | $80.46 |
| 24 | Mark Lupo | Endocrinology | FL | $59.3K | 751 | $78.93 |
| 25 | Unlimited Diagnostics Inc | Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF) | NY | $58.3K | 719 | $81.04 |
| State | Payments | Services | Providers | Avg/Provider |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | $7.0M | 100.4K | 1.5K | $4.5K |
| NY | $6.8M | 98.7K | 1.1K | $6.3K |
| FL | $4.6M | 74.8K | 1.1K | $4.3K |
| TX | $2.9M | 56.4K | 1.0K | $2.9K |
| NJ | $2.6M | 34.8K | 518 | $4.9K |
| MD | $1.9M | 27.8K | 303 | $6.2K |
| AZ | $1.3M | 20.7K | 265 | $5.0K |
| NC | $1.3M | 26.9K | 527 | $2.5K |
| IL | $1.3M | 34.4K | 652 | $1.9K |
| PA | $1.2M | 37.5K | 633 | $1.9K |
| VA | $1.1M | 23.9K | 376 | $3.0K |
| MA | $962.8K | 27.3K | 399 | $2.4K |
| TN | $956.7K | 20.4K | 419 | $2.3K |
| GA | $840.1K | 20.6K | 439 | $1.9K |
| MI | $671.1K | 20.5K | 401 | $1.7K |
| OH | $650.8K | 21.9K | 423 | $1.5K |
| CT | $616.9K | 11.4K | 195 | $3.2K |
| SC | $586.4K | 13.6K | 263 | $2.2K |
| WA | $499.0K | 11.5K | 255 | $2.0K |
| NV | $493.4K | 7.9K | 140 | $3.5K |
| MO | $470.3K | 14.3K | 309 | $1.5K |
| MN | $466.1K | 12.3K | 331 | $1.4K |
| CO | $450.7K | 9.5K | 230 | $2.0K |
| IN | $405.3K | 11.6K | 225 | $1.8K |
| AL | $386.9K | 9.7K | 256 | $1.5K |
| LA | $354.4K | 9.3K | 231 | $1.5K |
| KS | $329.8K | 7.9K | 146 | $2.3K |
| WI | $309.6K | 10.4K | 276 | $1.1K |
| KY | $301.5K | 8.6K | 185 | $1.6K |
| DE | $290.6K | 6.5K | 43 | $6.8K |
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.