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76536

Ultrasound scan of head and neck soft tissue

$437.0M in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

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.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$40.7M721.7K—
2015$40.8M764.1K+0.3%
2016$43.0M816.3K+5.3%
2017$43.6M832.1K+1.4%
2018$45.3M854.6K+3.9%
2019$47.4M897.7K+4.8%
2020$39.8M740.9K-16.1%
2021$46.5M842.0K+16.8%
2022$44.7M845.1K-3.8%
2023$45.2M878.3K+1.0%

Top Providers for 76536

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Guy BassisDiagnostic RadiologyNY$392.6K3.8K$103.03
2Mabel Imaging IncIndependent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)CA$293.9K2.9K$102.77
3Gerald MinkowitzPathologyNY$150.6K1.5K$103.79
4Saul RubenDiagnostic RadiologyNV$134.1K1.7K$77.97
5Patrick AloreDiagnostic RadiologyCA$128.1K2.5K$51.67
6David BjelicaEndocrinologyCA$115.6K1.2K$98.42
7Adam LandskowskyDiagnostic RadiologyNY$110.1K1.2K$94.09
8Steven PeyserDiagnostic RadiologyNY$105.2K1.0K$101.95
9Perry HersonEndocrinologyNY$96.4K935$103.10
10Nicholas DzeboloInterventional RadiologyCA$94.9K934$101.63
11Karen SchwartzEndocrinologyNY$93.9K904$103.86
12Ghobad AziziInternal MedicineNC$87.4K1.1K$77.13
13Ira FastlichDiagnostic RadiologyNY$85.5K839$101.87
14Dae RheemGastroenterologyCA$85.1K846$100.63
15Imran HaqueInternal MedicineNC$80.2K963$83.23
16Eran Ben-LeviDiagnostic RadiologyNY$78.3K1.9K$40.66
17Paul AzerEndocrinologyCA$75.2K762$98.65
18William SokolAllergy/ ImmunologyCA$74.1K753$98.35
19Anthony CaramicoDiagnostic RadiologyNY$72.3K810$89.25
20Gerda Van De VegteDiagnostic RadiologyNY$69.2K710$97.53
21American Diagnostics Services LlcIndependent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)MD$62.7K1.5K$41.01
22Alexander PerkelvaldEndocrinologyNY$60.1K574$104.76
23Zsofia GeckEndocrinologyFL$59.8K743$80.46
24Mark LupoEndocrinologyFL$59.3K751$78.93
25Unlimited Diagnostics IncIndependent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)NY$58.3K719$81.04

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
CA$7.0M100.4K1.5K$4.5K
NY$6.8M98.7K1.1K$6.3K
FL$4.6M74.8K1.1K$4.3K
TX$2.9M56.4K1.0K$2.9K
NJ$2.6M34.8K518$4.9K
MD$1.9M27.8K303$6.2K
AZ$1.3M20.7K265$5.0K
NC$1.3M26.9K527$2.5K
IL$1.3M34.4K652$1.9K
PA$1.2M37.5K633$1.9K
VA$1.1M23.9K376$3.0K
MA$962.8K27.3K399$2.4K
TN$956.7K20.4K419$2.3K
GA$840.1K20.6K439$1.9K
MI$671.1K20.5K401$1.7K
OH$650.8K21.9K423$1.5K
CT$616.9K11.4K195$3.2K
SC$586.4K13.6K263$2.2K
WA$499.0K11.5K255$2.0K
NV$493.4K7.9K140$3.5K
MO$470.3K14.3K309$1.5K
MN$466.1K12.3K331$1.4K
CO$450.7K9.5K230$2.0K
IN$405.3K11.6K225$1.8K
AL$386.9K9.7K256$1.5K
LA$354.4K9.3K231$1.5K
KS$329.8K7.9K146$2.3K
WI$309.6K10.4K276$1.1K
KY$301.5K8.6K185$1.6K
DE$290.6K6.5K43$6.8K

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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.