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J1556

Injection, immune globulin (bivigam), 500 mg

$80.9M in total Medicare payments across 9 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure J1556 (Injection, immune globulin (bivigam), 500 mg) received $80.9M in total Medicare payments.

Across 1.6M services, the average Medicare payment was $51.86 per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$782.9K26.1K—
2015$1.7M55.3K+111.1%
2016$4.5M149.7K+169.5%
2017$304.4K10.5K-93.2%
2019$322.3K5.8K+5.9%
2020$4.3M77.5K+1238.6%
2021$7.0M123.7K+61.9%
2022$26.9M483.9K+284.5%
2023$35.2M627.0K+31.1%

Top Providers for J1556

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Luis DiazNeurologyNV$4.4M77.7K$56.22
2Bess ChangNeurologyNV$4.2M74.1K$56.30
3Kevin RosenbachAllergy/ ImmunologyFL$3.6M63.1K$56.32
4Robert HostofferPediatric MedicineOH$2.8M49.7K$55.47
5Haig TcheurekdjianAllergy/ ImmunologyOH$2.5M44.4K$56.30
6Kumaraswamy SivakumarNeurologyAZ$2.5M44.4K$55.76
7Natan ShaoulianNeurologyCA$1.7M29.9K$57.15
8Michael ManningAllergy/ ImmunologyAZ$1.1M19.6K$55.84
9Robert ZajacInfectious DiseaseTX$896.3K16.0K$56.16
10Xavier CaroRheumatologyCA$822.1K14.8K$55.70
11Matthew TuckerHematology-OncologyAL$717.1K12.7K$56.46
12Arash HorizonRheumatologyCA$652.4K11.7K$55.91
13Carly SwintPhysician AssistantCO$606.8K10.8K$56.03
14Kishore SehgalHematology-OncologyCA$519.1K9.2K$56.54
15Costantine AlbanyHematology-OncologyIN$487.5K8.7K$56.03
16Richard HerrscherInternal MedicineTX$465.5K8.6K$53.94
17Evelyn MendozaHematology-OncologyCA$456.9K8.1K$56.34
18Garret SeilerInfectious DiseaseKS$451.0K8.0K$56.37
19Todd PriceInfectious DiseaseTX$446.0K7.9K$56.53
20Jerry PeterieInfectious DiseaseKS$390.3K7.0K$55.44
21Stanley SchinkeHematologyCA$366.3K6.5K$56.19
22Daniel SuezAllergy/ ImmunologyTX$359.7K6.5K$55.68
23Shelley JonesInfectious DiseaseKS$358.1K6.4K$56.30
24Christopher WangMedical OncologyAL$357.6K6.3K$56.40
25Thomas MooreInfectious DiseaseKS$347.4K6.2K$56.39

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
NV$8.5M151.8K2$4.3M
OH$5.3M94.1K2$2.6M
CA$4.7M84.0K7$677.0K
AZ$3.6M64.0K2$1.8M
FL$3.6M63.1K1$3.6M
TX$2.3M41.1K5$457.2K
KS$2.0M35.1K7$281.5K
AL$1.7M30.0K5$339.8K
CO$1.4M24.3K5$272.4K
MD$974.8K17.3K5$195.0K
IN$487.5K8.7K1$487.5K
MO$450.1K8.0K2$225.1K
TN$168.7K3.0K1$168.7K
MI$143.4K2.5K1$143.4K

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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.