$494.3M in total Medicare payments across 10 years
Procedure J1569 (Injection, immune globulin, (gammagard liquid), non-lyophilized, (e.g., liquid), 500 mg) received $494.3M in total Medicare payments.
Across 14.8M services, the average Medicare payment was $33.39 per service.
AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.
| Year | Payments | Services | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $16.9M | 554.2K | — |
| 2015 | $14.9M | 496.2K | -11.6% |
| 2016 | $15.1M | 506.1K | +1.1% |
| 2017 | $33.9M | 1.1M | +124.1% |
| 2018 | $46.7M | 1.4M | +38.0% |
| 2019 | $62.4M | 2.0M | +33.4% |
| 2020 | $64.9M | 2.0M | +4.1% |
| 2021 | $68.6M | 1.9M | +5.7% |
| 2022 | $72.7M | 2.0M | +5.9% |
| 2023 | $98.1M | 2.8M | +35.1% |
| # | Provider | Specialty | State | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Igor Cherches | Neurology | TX | $5.8M | 160.9K | $35.75 |
| 2 | Dale Prokupek | Gastroenterology | CA | $1.7M | 48.0K | $35.89 |
| 3 | Dignity Health | Pharmacy | CA | $1.5M | 42.2K | $35.76 |
| 4 | Natan Shaoulian | Neurology | CA | $1.3M | 34.8K | $36.27 |
| 5 | Pantelis Pavlakis | Neurology | NY | $1.0M | 29.3K | $34.74 |
| 6 | Raam Sambandam | Neurology | FL | $986.5K | 27.6K | $35.70 |
| 7 | Stephanie Melton | Nurse Practitioner | OH | $776.7K | 21.7K | $35.76 |
| 8 | Andrew Gordon | Neurology | IL | $756.8K | 21.6K | $35.02 |
| 9 | Jennifer Douglas | Physician Assistant | SC | $725.1K | 20.2K | $35.83 |
| 10 | Thu Tran | Nurse Practitioner | CA | $709.4K | 19.9K | $35.70 |
| 11 | Ralph Boccia | Hematology-Oncology | MD | $672.5K | 18.8K | $35.76 |
| 12 | Stefano Tarantolo | Medical Oncology | NE | $609.2K | 17.1K | $35.60 |
| 13 | Andrea Gillon | Nurse Practitioner | MI | $594.2K | 16.7K | $35.64 |
| 14 | Angela Hightower | Nurse Practitioner | TN | $561.6K | 15.7K | $35.77 |
| 15 | Hyatt Degreen | Medical Oncology | PA | $536.0K | 15.0K | $35.74 |
| 16 | Cheryl Mcdonald | Infectious Disease | TX | $533.5K | 14.9K | $35.71 |
| 17 | Abbas Mehdi | Neurology | CA | $531.8K | 15.0K | $35.52 |
| 18 | Dexter Estrada | Hematology-Oncology | CA | $518.3K | 14.5K | $35.80 |
| 19 | Gadi Avshalomov | Allergy/ Immunology | NY | $493.6K | 13.7K | $36.03 |
| 20 | Richard Furie | Rheumatology | NY | $489.4K | 13.7K | $35.72 |
| 21 | Mitchell Martin | Medical Oncology | TN | $482.6K | 13.5K | $35.72 |
| 22 | Kristi Hunter | Family Practice | GA | $480.0K | 13.4K | $35.80 |
| 23 | Thomas Buroker | Medical Oncology | IA | $461.3K | 12.9K | $35.65 |
| 24 | Alpana Desai | Hematology-Oncology | FL | $460.4K | 12.8K | $35.83 |
| 25 | Jason Raasch | Allergy/ Immunology | MN | $455.7K | 12.8K | $35.71 |
| State | Payments | Services | Providers | Avg/Provider |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FL | $23.3M | 651.2K | 132 | $176.2K |
| CA | $11.5M | 322.3K | 38 | $303.5K |
| TX | $9.6M | 269.2K | 22 | $435.1K |
| IL | $6.4M | 181.2K | 45 | $143.0K |
| TN | $4.7M | 133.5K | 27 | $175.2K |
| OH | $3.5M | 97.4K | 17 | $203.8K |
| VA | $3.4M | 95.4K | 25 | $135.7K |
| AZ | $3.2M | 91.1K | 40 | $81.2K |
| SC | $3.2M | 90.9K | 20 | $161.4K |
| NY | $2.2M | 64.0K | 8 | $279.7K |
| MO | $2.2M | 63.0K | 13 | $171.2K |
| MI | $2.2M | 61.1K | 11 | $197.2K |
| PA | $2.2M | 60.7K | 9 | $239.0K |
| NE | $2.0M | 56.6K | 9 | $224.3K |
| MN | $1.9M | 55.0K | 14 | $137.2K |
| OK | $1.9M | 53.9K | 15 | $125.8K |
| NC | $1.8M | 51.2K | 14 | $130.8K |
| MD | $1.8M | 51.1K | 9 | $203.0K |
| AL | $1.8M | 50.5K | 10 | $179.3K |
| AR | $1.6M | 44.1K | 13 | $120.3K |
| IA | $1.5M | 41.3K | 11 | $133.6K |
| NJ | $1.3M | 37.3K | 12 | $111.3K |
| KS | $979.6K | 27.4K | 5 | $195.9K |
| GA | $950.5K | 26.6K | 4 | $237.6K |
| ME | $869.5K | 24.3K | 6 | $144.9K |
| WI | $605.5K | 17.0K | 3 | $201.8K |
| CT | $568.0K | 15.9K | 3 | $189.3K |
| ID | $213.4K | 6.0K | 1 | $213.4K |
| LA | $190.4K | 5.3K | 1 | $190.4K |
| VT | $147.8K | 4.1K | 1 | $147.8K |
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.