$909.9M in total Medicare payments across 10 years
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.
| Year | Payments | Services | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $155.2M | 17.5M | — |
| 2015 | $143.5M | 15.3M | -7.5% |
| 2016 | $140.8M | 14.6M | -1.9% |
| 2017 | $137.3M | 13.5M | -2.5% |
| 2018 | $121.5M | 12.4M | -11.5% |
| 2019 | $84.8M | 9.5M | -30.2% |
| 2020 | $45.6M | 5.9M | -46.2% |
| 2021 | $27.4M | 4.1M | -40.0% |
| 2022 | $27.1M | 4.3M | -1.0% |
| 2023 | $26.7M | 4.6M | -1.5% |
| # | Provider | Specialty | State | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Victor Priego | Hematology-Oncology | MD | $180.4K | 31.0K | $5.82 |
| 2 | Luke Dreisbach | Hematology-Oncology | CA | $177.6K | 30.2K | $5.87 |
| 3 | Ralph Boccia | Hematology-Oncology | MD | $159.9K | 27.9K | $5.74 |
| 4 | Padmaja Sai | Hematology-Oncology | FL | $153.5K | 26.0K | $5.91 |
| 5 | Raymond Esper | Hematology-Oncology | FL | $151.2K | 25.6K | $5.91 |
| 6 | Huayang Tang | Hematology-Oncology | FL | $148.9K | 25.3K | $5.88 |
| 7 | Mohsen Thomas | Nephrology | CA | $148.4K | 25.4K | $5.84 |
| 8 | Jay Wang | Medical Oncology | FL | $148.2K | 25.0K | $5.93 |
| 9 | Manzurul Sikder | Hematology-Oncology | NY | $144.5K | 24.7K | $5.85 |
| 10 | David Wenk | Medical Oncology | FL | $139.6K | 23.6K | $5.91 |
| 11 | Steven Newman | Internal Medicine | FL | $139.5K | 23.7K | $5.89 |
| 12 | Sultana Razia | Hematology-Oncology | NY | $137.6K | 23.5K | $5.86 |
| 13 | Kewen Jauss | Hematology-Oncology | AR | $135.9K | 23.2K | $5.85 |
| 14 | Richard Buck | Medical Oncology | FL | $135.4K | 22.9K | $5.93 |
| 15 | David Wright | Hematology-Oncology | FL | $132.3K | 22.6K | $5.86 |
| 16 | Neil Kumar | Nephrology | OR | $131.9K | 22.9K | $5.75 |
| 17 | Kamal Patel | Hematology-Oncology | AR | $129.8K | 22.1K | $5.86 |
| 18 | Sunil Gandhi | Hematology-Oncology | FL | $127.7K | 21.8K | $5.87 |
| 19 | Andres Soriano | Hematology-Oncology | FL | $127.5K | 21.7K | $5.89 |
| 20 | Faithlore Gardner | Hematology-Oncology | FL | $123.4K | 21.2K | $5.82 |
| 21 | Pablo Reyes | Hematology-Oncology | FL | $116.8K | 20.0K | $5.84 |
| 22 | Rakesh Rohatgi | Hematology-Oncology | FL | $113.8K | 19.2K | $5.92 |
| 23 | Ahmad El Far | Hematology-Oncology | FL | $113.7K | 20.1K | $5.65 |
| 24 | Jennifer Muller | Medical Oncology | FL | $113.4K | 19.4K | $5.85 |
| 25 | Evelyn Mendoza | Hematology-Oncology | CA | $111.7K | 19.4K | $5.77 |
| State | Payments | Services | Providers | Avg/Provider |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FL | $10.8M | 1.8M | 237 | $45.6K |
| CA | $2.7M | 463.7K | 103 | $25.8K |
| NJ | $1.9M | 327.3K | 66 | $28.8K |
| AR | $1.6M | 275.8K | 42 | $38.0K |
| NY | $1.3M | 238.2K | 51 | $26.1K |
| MD | $993.6K | 172.5K | 23 | $43.2K |
| PA | $750.8K | 131.3K | 30 | $25.0K |
| VA | $710.4K | 123.3K | 41 | $17.3K |
| TX | $705.7K | 125.8K | 42 | $16.8K |
| GA | $690.4K | 121.3K | 26 | $26.6K |
| AZ | $626.9K | 107.3K | 72 | $8.7K |
| SC | $511.9K | 88.9K | 24 | $21.3K |
| NC | $486.1K | 82.9K | 48 | $10.1K |
| IL | $288.8K | 50.1K | 21 | $13.8K |
| MA | $278.7K | 48.5K | 7 | $39.8K |
| KS | $264.8K | 43.6K | 11 | $24.1K |
| NE | $249.6K | 42.9K | 13 | $19.2K |
| IN | $240.7K | 40.9K | 8 | $30.1K |
| OH | $229.8K | 39.6K | 15 | $15.3K |
| WA | $173.1K | 29.6K | 6 | $28.9K |
| CT | $154.1K | 26.6K | 6 | $25.7K |
| OR | $149.3K | 26.0K | 2 | $74.7K |
| NM | $107.4K | 18.3K | 3 | $35.8K |
| MI | $104.3K | 18.2K | 15 | $7.0K |
| AL | $97.0K | 16.7K | 3 | $32.3K |
| KY | $83.3K | 14.5K | 4 | $20.8K |
| TN | $78.1K | 13.6K | 11 | $7.1K |
| LA | $78.0K | 13.3K | 2 | $39.0K |
| MS | $67.7K | 11.4K | 3 | $22.6K |
| HI | $60.1K | 10.0K | 3 | $20.0K |
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.