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77002

Fluoroscopic guidance for needle placement

$274.9M in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure 77002 (Fluoroscopic guidance for needle placement) received $274.9M in total Medicare payments.

Across 4.3M services, the average Medicare payment was $64.61 per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$19.3M320.4K—
2015$20.7M371.3K+7.4%
2016$24.3M430.3K+17.3%
2017$23.4M412.8K-4.0%
2018$23.5M409.7K+0.6%
2019$28.8M462.3K+22.5%
2020$27.5M400.0K-4.4%
2021$35.7M476.5K+29.7%
2022$36.7M491.4K+3.0%
2023$35.0M480.3K-4.7%

Top Providers for 77002

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Rahul KhapekarFamily PracticeIL$1.3M14.1K$94.98
2Ermin ArriolaPhysical Medicine and RehabilitationIL$603.0K6.3K$95.16
3Hubert FrankeGeneral PracticeNJ$596.4K5.8K$103.04
4Robert StreisandVascular SurgeryNY$574.9K5.2K$110.58
5Pamela HarstonPhysical Medicine and RehabilitationKY$444.9K5.4K$82.37
6Nicholas ManolitsisPhysical Medicine and RehabilitationIL$444.2K4.7K$95.27
7Faisal AliInternal MedicineNY$353.1K3.2K$110.51
8Robert PrichepGeneral SurgeryNY$332.9K3.1K$105.77
9Duan CopelandGeneral PracticeAZ$314.0K3.6K$87.50
10Jason FoggPain ManagementKY$276.4K3.3K$83.66
11Valerie StarnesNurse PractitionerFL$269.5K3.4K$78.79
12Joezer Lugo RanalPhysical Medicine and RehabilitationPR$246.8K2.8K$87.10
13Patricia BornhorstPhysical Medicine and RehabilitationOH$234.4K2.8K$84.78
14Lisa PersynPhysical Medicine and RehabilitationTX$212.8K2.5K$85.38
15Peter MinneciFamily PracticeVA$203.2K2.3K$89.12
16John FloresFamily PracticeTX$189.6K2.0K$92.58
17Scot ParisGeneral SurgeryPA$184.3K1.8K$102.20
18Samuel UzabelHospice and Palliative CareFL$181.4K2.1K$88.12
19Daniel McmanusEmergency MedicineSC$171.5K2.0K$83.83
20Katrina NguyenEmergency MedicineFL$156.1K1.6K$96.56
21Amit JangamFamily PracticeNC$150.7K1.8K$85.44
22Sean WhalenDiagnostic RadiologyNC$147.3K1.8K$82.15
23James McgrawPhysician AssistantGA$140.9K1.8K$76.79
24Kenneth SmithEmergency MedicineOH$130.2K1.5K$84.81
25Fletcher ReynoldsOrthopedic SurgeryFL$129.8K1.4K$94.55

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
IL$4.2M49.4K326$12.9K
FL$4.0M49.7K576$7.0K
NY$3.3M34.6K307$10.9K
TX$3.1M42.1K562$5.5K
CA$1.6M21.5K438$3.7K
NC$1.5M20.6K297$5.0K
VA$1.5M20.0K222$6.7K
AZ$1.4M18.8K231$6.2K
NJ$1.4M14.7K137$10.2K
GA$1.4M19.1K235$5.9K
KY$1.2M16.4K119$10.1K
SC$1.0M14.1K151$6.8K
OH$864.3K14.0K227$3.8K
PA$808.7K12.2K262$3.1K
MA$595.6K11.8K208$2.9K
MI$528.9K8.4K196$2.7K
MO$513.6K10.2K186$2.8K
MD$459.9K6.3K126$3.6K
WA$420.8K6.3K169$2.5K
MN$374.2K6.7K175$2.1K
UT$368.2K4.9K87$4.2K
WI$350.1K7.0K184$1.9K
NE$326.0K5.2K66$4.9K
IN$322.5K6.7K177$1.8K
TN$315.7K5.4K115$2.7K
CO$271.8K3.6K85$3.2K
PR$248.1K2.8K2$124.1K
IA$246.5K4.3K85$2.9K
OK$229.0K4.7K100$2.3K
NH$203.4K3.7K71$2.9K

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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.