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J0881

Injection, darbepoetin alfa, 1 microgram (non-esrd use)

$851.5M in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure J0881 (Injection, darbepoetin alfa, 1 microgram (non-esrd use)) received $851.5M in total Medicare payments.

Across 293.3M services, the average Medicare payment was $2.90 per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$117.8M40.8M—
2015$116.1M37.2M-1.5%
2016$111.8M35.4M-3.7%
2017$95.6M31.7M-14.5%
2018$87.4M29.4M-8.6%
2019$86.2M28.6M-1.4%
2020$75.2M25.5M-12.7%
2021$60.9M23.2M-19.0%
2022$54.1M21.5M-11.2%
2023$46.4M19.8M-14.3%

Top Providers for J0881

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Joseph PascuzzoMedical OncologyCA$454.5K192.7K$2.36
2Sachin GuptaHematology-OncologyCA$327.6K139.1K$2.36
3Ravi RaoHematology-OncologyCA$281.3K119.3K$2.36
4Kashif AliInternal MedicineMD$279.6K119.2K$2.35
5Marc ChernoffHematology-OncologyPA$247.0K105.1K$2.35
6Sameer GuptaHematology-OncologyPA$228.4K95.9K$2.38
7Abdul HaseebHematology-OncologyCA$225.3K95.9K$2.35
8Kashif FirozviMedical OncologyMD$217.3K92.8K$2.34
9Leonard HackettHematologyCA$212.1K90.1K$2.35
10Amardeep AulakhInternal MedicineCA$207.6K88.1K$2.36
11Wasif ShiraziHematology-OncologyIL$206.5K87.4K$2.36
12Steven HagerHematology-OncologyCA$196.1K83.2K$2.36
13Burton AlexanderHematology-OncologyVA$195.0K83.0K$2.35
14Amita SaggiPhysician AssistantCA$194.9K82.6K$2.36
15Jeffrey AmbinderHematology-OncologyNY$190.1K80.2K$2.37
16Dexter EstradaHematology-OncologyCA$185.6K78.7K$2.36
17Alberto BessudoHematology-OncologyCA$184.7K78.4K$2.36
18Michael AuerbachHematology-OncologyMD$183.5K78.1K$2.35
19Kenneth JohnsonHematologyCA$181.5K77.1K$2.35
20Michael ShermanHematology-OncologyCA$179.9K76.2K$2.36
21Richard HusligHematology-OncologyMD$177.9K75.2K$2.37
22Jason DamskerHematology-OncologyPA$177.1K75.8K$2.34
23Kai ZuHematology-OncologyCA$172.5K73.7K$2.34
24Andrew WeberHematology-OncologyFL$165.4K69.9K$2.37
25Marilyn NortonHematology-OncologyCA$160.2K68.1K$2.35

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
CA$6.5M2.8M81$80.6K
TX$4.8M2.1M172$28.1K
MD$4.7M2.0M62$76.4K
TN$3.9M1.7M71$54.4K
NY$3.4M1.4M83$41.0K
PA$3.3M1.4M45$72.7K
IL$2.6M1.1M69$38.2K
VA$2.6M1.1M75$34.5K
FL$1.6M676.5K49$32.4K
NV$1.5M654.1K31$49.5K
AZ$1.2M491.1K50$23.1K
NJ$947.6K402.4K31$30.6K
MO$820.9K349.1K13$63.1K
AL$746.9K319.7K31$24.1K
IN$663.3K284.1K14$47.4K
NE$653.7K279.3K12$54.5K
GA$631.3K270.0K17$37.1K
OH$621.5K278.7K17$36.6K
OR$612.2K259.1K17$36.0K
IA$561.6K240.0K13$43.2K
WA$534.7K231.2K27$19.8K
KS$438.8K189.2K13$33.8K
MN$407.0K172.9K16$25.4K
NC$334.4K142.4K15$22.3K
ME$328.9K138.9K7$47.0K
CO$304.6K129.3K13$23.4K
SC$296.0K125.9K7$42.3K
DE$230.7K98.4K4$57.7K
MI$176.5K75.7K12$14.7K
NM$156.2K66.6K5$31.2K

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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.