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78816

Nuclear medicine study whole body with ct scan

$276.1M in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure 78816 (Nuclear medicine study whole body with ct scan) received $276.1M in total Medicare payments.

Across 578.3K services, the average Medicare payment was $477.54 per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$25.4M43.7K—
2015$25.2M46.3K-0.8%
2016$25.9M50.8K+3.0%
2017$28.0M54.7K+8.2%
2018$23.9M51.8K-14.9%
2019$24.4M56.2K+2.3%
2020$24.3M54.7K-0.7%
2021$28.6M64.2K+17.8%
2022$32.8M71.4K+14.9%
2023$37.7M84.4K+14.7%

Top Providers for 78816

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Paul MakhloufNuclear MedicineFL$435.9K351$1.2K
2Ronald GoodwichDiagnostic RadiologyFL$425.7K353$1.2K
3Lisa KalimiNuclear MedicineNY$288.9K187$1.5K
4Patrick GonzalesDiagnostic RadiologyCA$279.8K171$1.6K
5Ron RosenNuclear MedicineNY$277.2K191$1.5K
6Sherif HeibaNuclear MedicineNY$253.7K167$1.5K
7Asad NasirNuclear MedicineOH$223.1K186$1.2K
8Abbas TuliDiagnostic RadiologyNY$215.1K142$1.5K
9Edward McclayInternal MedicineCA$209.5K142$1.5K
10Marc PragerNuclear MedicineNY$205.1K133$1.5K
11Simon GabrielDiagnostic RadiologyCA$189.4K128$1.5K
12Thomas LankDiagnostic RadiologyMD$187.9K255$736.82
13Umass Memorial Mri & Imaging Center, LlcIndependent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)MA$184.5K149$1.2K
14Wei Shen GriggsDiagnostic RadiologyVA$182.8K122$1.5K
15Shawn CarterNuclear MedicineFL$182.1K154$1.2K
16Navid MoradshahiInterventional RadiologyCA$178.6K118$1.5K
17Robert McdonaldNuclear MedicineFL$174.0K139$1.3K
18Abida TaherNuclear MedicineFL$168.6K138$1.2K
19Shields Imaging Of Eastern Massachusetts LlcIndependent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)MA$168.0K120$1.4K
20Medina KushenNuclear MedicineFL$167.9K142$1.2K
21Pet LlcIndependent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)FL$160.2K136$1.2K
22Lancaster Pet Partnership, LlpIndependent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)PA$159.8K121$1.3K
23Jason YoungDiagnostic RadiologyFL$156.4K132$1.2K
24David CarlsonNuclear MedicineCA$155.2K119$1.3K
25Charles CoweyHematology-OncologyTX$154.8K134$1.2K

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
CA$6.5M9.9K207$31.3K
FL$5.1M7.8K121$42.3K
NY$4.5M7.7K142$31.8K
TX$2.8M8.0K153$18.4K
MD$2.1M2.7K58$35.5K
MA$1.7M3.4K60$29.1K
NJ$1.2M1.7K50$24.4K
VA$1.2M2.6K63$19.0K
AZ$1.1M2.0K56$19.3K
PA$1.1M3.0K81$13.1K
AR$981.0K2.3K38$25.8K
CO$772.6K1.6K42$18.4K
IL$699.7K2.6K75$9.3K
WA$627.4K1.8K34$18.5K
AL$504.2K63422$22.9K
OH$466.6K2.0K38$12.3K
MN$461.4K2.1K61$7.6K
TN$430.3K1.3K39$11.0K
NV$409.8K44622$18.6K
KS$363.3K92722$16.5K
NC$344.1K3.0K60$5.7K
WI$306.8K1.1K30$10.2K
NE$304.8K75124$12.7K
IN$304.4K1.0K35$8.7K
SC$300.8K1.4K44$6.8K
GA$284.4K1.6K49$5.8K
OR$266.0K81426$10.2K
OK$255.2K96433$7.7K
AK$223.2K2124$55.8K
MI$199.5K1.4K47$4.2K

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  • • Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data (2014-2023)
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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.