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J0885

Injection, epoetin alfa, (for non-esrd use), 1000 units

$909.9M in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure J0885 (Injection, epoetin alfa, (for non-esrd use), 1000 units) received $909.9M in total Medicare payments.

Across 101.6M services, the average Medicare payment was $8.96 per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$155.2M17.5M—
2015$143.5M15.3M-7.5%
2016$140.8M14.6M-1.9%
2017$137.3M13.5M-2.5%
2018$121.5M12.4M-11.5%
2019$84.8M9.5M-30.2%
2020$45.6M5.9M-46.2%
2021$27.4M4.1M-40.0%
2022$27.1M4.3M-1.0%
2023$26.7M4.6M-1.5%

Top Providers for J0885

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Victor PriegoHematology-OncologyMD$180.4K31.0K$5.82
2Luke DreisbachHematology-OncologyCA$177.6K30.2K$5.87
3Ralph BocciaHematology-OncologyMD$159.9K27.9K$5.74
4Padmaja SaiHematology-OncologyFL$153.5K26.0K$5.91
5Raymond EsperHematology-OncologyFL$151.2K25.6K$5.91
6Huayang TangHematology-OncologyFL$148.9K25.3K$5.88
7Mohsen ThomasNephrologyCA$148.4K25.4K$5.84
8Jay WangMedical OncologyFL$148.2K25.0K$5.93
9Manzurul SikderHematology-OncologyNY$144.5K24.7K$5.85
10David WenkMedical OncologyFL$139.6K23.6K$5.91
11Steven NewmanInternal MedicineFL$139.5K23.7K$5.89
12Sultana RaziaHematology-OncologyNY$137.6K23.5K$5.86
13Kewen JaussHematology-OncologyAR$135.9K23.2K$5.85
14Richard BuckMedical OncologyFL$135.4K22.9K$5.93
15David WrightHematology-OncologyFL$132.3K22.6K$5.86
16Neil KumarNephrologyOR$131.9K22.9K$5.75
17Kamal PatelHematology-OncologyAR$129.8K22.1K$5.86
18Sunil GandhiHematology-OncologyFL$127.7K21.8K$5.87
19Andres SorianoHematology-OncologyFL$127.5K21.7K$5.89
20Faithlore GardnerHematology-OncologyFL$123.4K21.2K$5.82
21Pablo ReyesHematology-OncologyFL$116.8K20.0K$5.84
22Rakesh RohatgiHematology-OncologyFL$113.8K19.2K$5.92
23Ahmad El FarHematology-OncologyFL$113.7K20.1K$5.65
24Jennifer MullerMedical OncologyFL$113.4K19.4K$5.85
25Evelyn MendozaHematology-OncologyCA$111.7K19.4K$5.77

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
FL$10.8M1.8M237$45.6K
CA$2.7M463.7K103$25.8K
NJ$1.9M327.3K66$28.8K
AR$1.6M275.8K42$38.0K
NY$1.3M238.2K51$26.1K
MD$993.6K172.5K23$43.2K
PA$750.8K131.3K30$25.0K
VA$710.4K123.3K41$17.3K
TX$705.7K125.8K42$16.8K
GA$690.4K121.3K26$26.6K
AZ$626.9K107.3K72$8.7K
SC$511.9K88.9K24$21.3K
NC$486.1K82.9K48$10.1K
IL$288.8K50.1K21$13.8K
MA$278.7K48.5K7$39.8K
KS$264.8K43.6K11$24.1K
NE$249.6K42.9K13$19.2K
IN$240.7K40.9K8$30.1K
OH$229.8K39.6K15$15.3K
WA$173.1K29.6K6$28.9K
CT$154.1K26.6K6$25.7K
OR$149.3K26.0K2$74.7K
NM$107.4K18.3K3$35.8K
MI$104.3K18.2K15$7.0K
AL$97.0K16.7K3$32.3K
KY$83.3K14.5K4$20.8K
TN$78.1K13.6K11$7.1K
LA$78.0K13.3K2$39.0K
MS$67.7K11.4K3$22.6K
HI$60.1K10.0K3$20.0K

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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.