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97610

Therapy procedure using ultrasound

$69.4M in total Medicare payments across 9 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure 97610 (Therapy procedure using ultrasound) received $69.4M in total Medicare payments.

Across 212.1K services, the average Medicare payment was $327.45 per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2015$36.7K409—
2016$52.7K650+43.4%
2017$202.5K2.9K+284.4%
2018$367.6K3.9K+81.5%
2019$1.3M7.7K+245.8%
2020$3.2M12.4K+149.9%
2021$8.7M26.9K+173.2%
2022$23.1M63.4K+166.2%
2023$32.6M93.8K+41.0%

Top Providers for 97610

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Johnson LeePlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryCA$1.1M2.5K$417.02
2Charles Chol Bae KimFamily PracticeCA$859.2K2.1K$405.29
3Mallik PatelFamily PracticeNJ$792.5K1.9K$415.35
4James MichailGeriatric MedicineCA$780.6K2.0K$388.93
5Ikram FarooqiGeriatric MedicineMA$647.3K1.5K$419.77
6Archna ParmarInternal MedicineNJ$604.6K1.5K$409.64
7Gautam BhaktaInternal MedicineCA$573.6K1.4K$417.46
8Jack AzadGeneral PracticeCA$553.1K1.3K$416.46
9Alexander KalkFamily PracticeIL$471.2K1.3K$364.46
10Jacqueline WalkerNurse PractitionerNV$437.7K1.5K$300.19
11Curtis CoxGeneral PracticeCA$418.7K1.0K$410.53
12Michael BermanInternal MedicineAZ$399.9K1.2K$340.63
13Millicent RoveloPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryCA$397.2K951$417.69
14Mieka ShumanGeneral PracticePA$389.4K1.1K$364.61
15Kevin JacksonPhysician AssistantCA$381.2K1.1K$353.97
16Kevin O'reillyPodiatryCA$352.9K928$380.32
17Charles AtkinsonGeneral SurgeryAZ$352.7K1.0K$341.15
18Lam LeInternal MedicineOK$320.8K1.0K$314.47
19Krista MaglioneNurse PractitionerNJ$312.3K880$354.83
20Elizabeth RamirezNurse PractitionerNJ$312.2K943$331.03
21Joshua HollandFamily PracticeAZ$307.7K885$347.70
22Julia PojawisPhysician AssistantNJ$305.2K921$331.33
23Fanny TsuiNurse PractitionerNJ$298.4K861$346.63
24Martine NazaireNurse PractitionerNJ$297.8K935$318.53
25Yelizaveta TuretskyNurse PractitionerCA$293.4K827$354.79

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
CA$9.9M25.2K54$182.8K
NJ$6.3M17.8K38$165.8K
IL$2.8M8.2K26$109.1K
AZ$2.8M9.3K23$122.5K
TX$2.1M6.7K38$54.7K
FL$1.5M4.8K29$51.4K
NV$1.1M3.5K11$98.4K
PA$1.0M2.9K12$86.4K
NY$716.4K1.8K5$143.3K
MA$662.1K1.6K2$331.0K
OK$413.6K1.3K3$137.9K
KS$300.0K1.0K3$100.0K
LA$293.8K1.1K20$14.7K
UT$287.6K9377$41.1K
WA$275.2K8164$68.8K
CO$239.5K7545$47.9K
OH$205.1K6081$205.1K
CT$183.1K5123$61.0K
MN$174.4K6633$58.1K
WI$172.5K5863$57.5K
NC$161.3K4926$26.9K
ID$136.4K4713$45.5K
DC$112.5K2631$112.5K
OR$100.9K2951$100.9K
MO$98.4K2951$98.4K
MI$77.2K2712$38.6K
NE$74.0K2133$24.7K
MS$62.4K2444$15.6K
NM$61.8K2012$30.9K
SC$60.3K1881$60.3K

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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.