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G0279

Diagnostic digital breast tomosynthesis, unilateral or bilateral (list separately in addition to 77065 or 77066)

$171.0M in total Medicare payments across 9 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure G0279 (Diagnostic digital breast tomosynthesis, unilateral or bilateral (list separately in addition to 77065 or 77066)) received $171.0M in total Medicare payments.

Across 6.1M services, the average Medicare payment was $27.97 per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2015$6.6M220.3K—
2016$10.0M344.6K+50.7%
2017$13.6M481.9K+36.2%
2018$17.8M634.7K+30.8%
2019$22.4M792.1K+25.9%
2020$22.6M795.1K+1.2%
2021$25.8M910.4K+13.9%
2022$26.0M956.9K+0.9%
2023$26.2M976.6K+0.9%

Top Providers for G0279

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1John KehoeSurgical OncologyNY$74.4K1.6K$46.59
2Sergio DromiDiagnostic RadiologyFL$53.9K1.3K$41.87
3Steven NokesDiagnostic RadiologyTN$49.8K1.4K$36.44
4Patricia TurnerDiagnostic RadiologyTN$42.9K1.1K$37.71
5Shenin SachedinaGeneral SurgeryFL$39.8K1.0K$38.60
6Kimberly KubekDiagnostic RadiologyPA$38.2K980$38.94
7Stanford SchwimerDiagnostic RadiologyCA$33.7K778$43.29
8Krystal SmithDiagnostic RadiologyFL$30.3K735$41.29
9Daniel AronsonDiagnostic RadiologyMD$29.4K662$44.47
10Joan BerkowitzDiagnostic RadiologyMD$28.9K652$44.26
11Ross GoldbergDiagnostic RadiologyCA$28.0K630$44.40
12Jennifer AmersonGeneral SurgeryGA$27.4K641$42.76
13Patricia KellyDiagnostic RadiologyNY$27.2K561$48.48
14Arpita SwamiDiagnostic RadiologyWA$27.1K781$34.73
15Daniel MakiDiagnostic RadiologyAZ$26.1K682$38.33
16Jessie JacobDiagnostic RadiologyCA$26.0K482$53.98
17Coastal Care CorporationIndependent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)FL$25.6K684$37.47
18Paul RatcliffDiagnostic RadiologyFL$25.4K651$39.05
19Naomi KrautDiagnostic RadiologyMD$25.4K586$43.37
20Jaehoon BangDiagnostic RadiologyFL$25.1K658$38.20
21Joseph LebovicDiagnostic RadiologyCA$25.0K577$43.39
22Richard OderoDiagnostic RadiologyMD$24.7K553$44.68
23Brenda SimpsonGeneral SurgeryGA$24.3K570$42.61
24Khiet NguyenDiagnostic RadiologyMD$24.1K499$48.36
25Thu NguyenDiagnostic RadiologyMD$23.9K549$43.55

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
FL$2.8M87.2K616$4.5K
CA$2.6M84.3K729$3.5K
NY$2.0M61.3K597$3.3K
TX$1.4M55.5K562$2.5K
PA$1.2M50.9K435$2.7K
NJ$1.1M32.8K314$3.6K
IL$1.1M46.8K412$2.7K
MD$1.1M29.3K168$6.4K
NC$1.1M39.5K387$2.7K
VA$848.3K33.6K255$3.3K
MA$765.1K32.1K308$2.5K
AZ$659.9K20.9K139$4.7K
GA$651.1K27.0K299$2.2K
OH$649.2K30.2K331$2.0K
WA$617.0K22.2K184$3.4K
TN$597.8K24.6K270$2.2K
MO$497.1K22.3K227$2.2K
MI$473.2K21.1K260$1.8K
IN$454.3K21.2K185$2.5K
CO$387.9K13.4K137$2.8K
MN$381.6K14.1K207$1.8K
SC$352.1K15.7K133$2.6K
WI$347.2K15.0K252$1.4K
AR$317.4K13.0K88$3.6K
CT$303.6K10.7K150$2.0K
DC$283.5K9.0K47$6.0K
OK$242.9K11.2K97$2.5K
IA$240.3K10.2K130$1.8K
KY$240.1K11.2K112$2.1K
LA$238.0K11.0K156$1.5K

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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.