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96372

Injection of drug or substance under skin or into muscle

$1.0B in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure 96372 (Injection of drug or substance under skin or into muscle) received $1.0B in total Medicare payments.

Across 75.2M services, the average Medicare payment was $13.82 per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$138.5M8.0M—
2015$141.2M8.1M+2.0%
2016$143.4M8.3M+1.5%
2017$146.6M8.5M+2.2%
2018$116.5M8.3M-20.6%
2019$96.8M8.3M-16.9%
2020$64.8M6.6M-33.0%
2021$68.2M6.7M+5.2%
2022$64.3M6.4M-5.6%
2023$59.2M6.0M-7.9%

Top Providers for 96372

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Taylor LancasterDiagnostic RadiologyOK$185.6K18.1K$10.28
2Kristen NelsonNurse PractitionerCA$145.8K13.9K$10.46
3Victor FariwaInternal MedicineNY$89.1K6.9K$12.83
4William HarperUrologyGA$84.2K8.8K$9.56
5Jessica KearneyNurse PractitionerOK$76.4K8.9K$8.60
6Mairelis De La Cruz HernandezNurse PractitionerFL$67.6K7.0K$9.66
7Jennifer Curran BlairNurse PractitionerOK$60.0K6.9K$8.69
8Robert BrennanInfectious DiseaseVA$59.3K5.4K$11.01
9Donald MiddletonFamily PracticeAZ$56.9K5.5K$10.39
10Shane FranklNurse PractitionerTX$55.0K6.1K$8.99
11Kristin TidwellNurse PractitionerOK$53.2K6.0K$8.81
12Pankaj ShuklaInternal MedicineCA$51.6K4.5K$11.60
13Amy WhiteNurse PractitionerMS$51.2K5.9K$8.63
14Hannah Krizzia RiveraNurse PractitionerCA$48.3K4.1K$11.68
15Mohitkumar ArdeshanaInternal MedicineCA$45.7K3.7K$12.30
16Janet HallNurse PractitionerCA$43.7K3.7K$11.70
17Spencer WopartNurse PractitionerOK$43.2K4.9K$8.81
18Min WuFamily PracticeCA$42.8K3.7K$11.51
19Frederick SabidoGeneral SurgeryNY$42.6K3.3K$12.80
20Anselmo MendiveFamily PracticeFL$41.2K3.5K$11.74
21Ralph AbrahamFamily PracticeLA$36.9K3.7K$10.00
22Afshine EmraniCardiologyCA$35.5K2.8K$12.57
23Jeffrey WeberGastroenterologyWI$35.1K3.2K$10.86
24Hugo NunezNurse PractitionerNC$34.3K3.9K$8.88
25Shivinder DeolFamily PracticeCA$33.7K3.2K$10.68

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
CA$7.7M663.0K5.0K$1.5K
FL$6.2M604.0K4.5K$1.4K
TX$4.9M519.4K6.0K$806.36
NY$3.2M263.0K2.3K$1.4K
TN$2.7M315.0K3.2K$849.99
AL$2.7M308.6K2.5K$1.1K
GA$2.5M273.5K2.9K$850.24
NC$2.0M218.9K2.7K$752.82
NJ$1.8M152.9K1.3K$1.3K
IL$1.8M172.5K1.5K$1.2K
MS$1.7M207.6K1.5K$1.1K
AZ$1.6M166.5K1.6K$1.0K
VA$1.5M150.4K1.4K$1.1K
OK$1.5M170.6K1.3K$1.2K
PA$1.5M143.1K1.5K$1.0K
SC$1.4M155.6K1.6K$874.70
MI$1.4M144.8K1.7K$825.06
LA$1.3M151.1K1.6K$821.34
MD$1.2M112.5K863$1.4K
AR$1.1M126.6K1.1K$943.18
IN$936.6K103.2K1.3K$719.34
OH$885.2K94.1K1.3K$699.22
KY$831.7K96.3K1.2K$669.11
MO$725.0K77.5K845$857.99
KS$611.9K66.4K643$951.59
MA$517.1K47.5K487$1.1K
NE$505.9K54.9K587$861.85
NV$494.4K48.5K419$1.2K
WA$456.6K44.1K568$803.80
CO$403.1K39.5K499$807.90

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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.