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A9500

Technetium tc-99m sestamibi, diagnostic, per study dose

$853.6M in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure A9500 (Technetium tc-99m sestamibi, diagnostic, per study dose) received $853.6M in total Medicare payments.

Across 8.5M services, the average Medicare payment was $100.66 per service.

There is significant variance in per-service payments among top providers, with a 6x spread between highest and lowest average payments.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$107.5M1.0M—
2015$108.6M1.0M+1.0%
2016$105.3M1.0M-3.1%
2017$102.3M983.9K-2.8%
2018$88.0M921.9K-14.0%
2019$87.7M873.1K-0.2%
2020$69.1M688.2K-21.2%
2021$71.5M705.5K+3.5%
2022$60.0M633.6K-16.1%
2023$53.4M620.5K-10.9%

Top Providers for A9500

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Milind ParikhCardiologyCA$252.6K1.3K$195.97
2Daniel RiegelCardiologyNY$213.4K2.3K$91.85
3Rodney RandallCardiologyFL$184.4K2.1K$87.88
4Georg CouturierCardiologyFL$182.6K2.1K$86.08
5Amy EversoleCardiologyFL$141.6K1.6K$89.81
6Yoichi InabaDiagnostic RadiologyGU$138.2K742$186.32
7Charles JostCardiologyAZ$138.2K266$519.61
8Nareg MinaskeianClinical Cardiac ElectrophysiologyAZ$133.6K261$511.78
9Muhammad KhanCardiologyKS$132.3K1.2K$114.04
10Haysam AkkadCardiologyNE$130.8K884$147.99
11Richard JacarusoCardiologyNY$123.0K1.3K$93.79
12Kandarp PatelCardiologyTN$122.6K1.4K$87.02
13Katherine LudingtonCardiologyCA$120.3K478$251.72
14David LeeCardiologyCA$119.9K316$379.46
15Ahtisham ShakoorCardiologyAZ$110.9K229$484.40
16Michael LevineCardiologyNY$110.8K1.2K$95.22
17Hormoz KianfarCardiologyNY$109.3K623$175.52
18B ChandramouliCardiologyCA$106.1K1.1K$95.26
19Hiren PatelCardiologyFL$106.1K1.2K$90.12
20Amit NanavatiCardiologyFL$106.0K1.2K$90.27
21Prasad ChalasaniCardiologyFL$105.9K1.2K$88.10
22Mallory HatfieldCardiologyMA$104.8K1.1K$95.30
23Mehran MoussavianCardiologyCA$104.0K698$149.04
24Jonathan SecklerCardiologyFL$103.7K1.2K$88.47
25Shahid MalikCardiologyFL$100.2K1.1K$88.04

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
FL$10.8M123.4K627$17.3K
NY$6.1M68.6K382$15.9K
CA$5.9M79.2K433$13.7K
TX$2.9M29.9K374$7.7K
NC$2.3M27.6K201$11.5K
MI$2.2M19.6K119$18.7K
AZ$2.2M33.7K173$12.5K
SC$2.1M24.1K112$18.7K
NJ$1.9M17.2K198$9.6K
IL$1.7M18.6K99$17.7K
VA$1.5M16.2K95$15.3K
MD$1.3M12.0K103$12.5K
MA$1.2M13.4K80$15.2K
AL$1.1M12.8K91$12.0K
GA$802.2K9.4K60$13.4K
CT$713.2K8.5K79$9.0K
PA$687.6K5.7K88$7.8K
LA$668.0K7.9K91$7.3K
IN$648.5K5.8K38$17.1K
KS$567.4K4.8K23$24.7K
TN$562.6K6.6K36$15.6K
NV$542.8K12.8K80$6.8K
MO$511.3K4.6K46$11.1K
NE$481.5K4.2K18$26.8K
IA$475.1K4.6K33$14.4K
WV$414.1K5.0K16$25.9K
OH$403.5K11.1K74$5.5K
DE$333.1K3.9K24$13.9K
WI$282.0K3.6K33$8.5K
AR$217.2K2.5K21$10.3K

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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.