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J1568

Injection, immune globulin, (octagam), intravenous, non-lyophilized (e.g., liquid), 500 mg

$524.5M in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure J1568 (Injection, immune globulin, (octagam), intravenous, non-lyophilized (e.g., liquid), 500 mg) received $524.5M in total Medicare payments.

Across 17.0M services, the average Medicare payment was $30.78 per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$14.0M553.7K—
2015$41.7M1.4M+197.7%
2016$64.9M2.0M+55.6%
2017$44.4M1.6M-31.6%
2018$46.1M1.6M+4.0%
2019$39.1M1.4M-15.2%
2020$64.1M2.0M+63.7%
2021$77.7M2.4M+21.2%
2022$74.2M2.3M-4.6%
2023$58.2M1.8M-21.6%

Top Providers for J1568

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Luigi BertoliHematology-OncologyAL$2.6M79.6K$32.93
2Manish ViradiaNeurologyNJ$2.1M64.6K$32.02
3Guangzhi QuHematology-OncologyMS$1.2M37.7K$32.87
4James BartonHematology-OncologyAL$1.1M33.8K$32.58
5Robert BerrymanMedical OncologyTX$1.1M31.8K$33.48
6Nathaniel WhaleyNeurologyTN$835.3K24.9K$33.49
7James WangNeurologyTN$729.8K21.8K$33.54
8Philip BlumNeurologyTX$659.9K19.8K$33.33
9Christopher LagankeNeurologyAL$618.6K18.7K$33.06
10Rada Petrinjac-NenadicNeurologyTN$551.1K16.8K$32.90
11Pawan RawalNeurologyTN$541.3K16.3K$33.29
12Joanne RossmanHematology-OncologyAL$525.1K16.3K$32.25
13Sreedevi DaggubatiHematologyTX$515.5K15.8K$32.71
14Tulio BertoriniNeurologyTN$515.4K15.3K$33.71
15Ahmad Al-HamdaPediatric MedicineAL$467.1K14.1K$33.24
16John WaplesHematology-OncologyAL$461.1K14.0K$32.96
17Ruben NiesvizkyMedical OncologyNY$455.5K13.3K$34.14
18Elquis CastilloMedical OncologyAL$437.0K13.5K$32.49
19William IrrNeurologyTX$407.0K12.1K$33.53
20Khaleel AshrafHematology-OncologyAL$404.9K12.1K$33.44
21Arnaldo IsaNeurologyFL$399.6K12.3K$32.58
22Jitesh KarNeurologyAL$392.3K11.8K$33.19
23Jamal MislehHematology-OncologyDE$384.9K12.0K$32.13
24Elena PerezAllergy/ ImmunologyFL$382.2K11.5K$33.30
25Jason RaaschAllergy/ ImmunologyMN$360.3K11.5K$31.38

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
AL$10.8M327.0K34$316.2K
TX$10.7M321.0K77$138.7K
TN$3.9M117.9K10$391.3K
NY$3.4M101.8K30$113.4K
CO$3.2M96.5K32$101.5K
NJ$3.1M95.6K7$445.1K
VA$2.8M83.0K34$81.8K
FL$2.3M69.6K15$154.6K
NV$2.1M72.4K13$164.2K
MS$2.0M60.0K5$393.8K
MD$1.7M50.8K14$121.1K
CA$1.7M50.1K21$79.7K
KS$1.5M45.8K12$129.0K
OH$1.0M34.5K8$128.3K
MN$850.2K26.5K6$141.7K
SC$775.5K23.2K5$155.1K
WA$761.8K22.6K5$152.4K
AZ$738.4K22.0K9$82.0K
PA$730.1K21.8K10$73.0K
IL$678.1K20.6K7$96.9K
DE$586.7K18.0K4$146.7K
MO$518.8K15.4K5$103.8K
MI$465.1K13.8K2$232.5K
IN$390.0K11.8K4$97.5K
GA$339.8K10.5K3$113.3K
NC$276.5K8.2K2$138.3K
ND$260.9K7.8K1$260.9K
LA$218.7K6.5K1$218.7K
OR$113.3K3.4K1$113.3K
MA$80.4K2.4K1$80.4K

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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.