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J2323

Injection, natalizumab, 1 mg

$336.0M in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure J2323 (Injection, natalizumab, 1 mg) received $336.0M in total Medicare payments.

Across 24.2M services, the average Medicare payment was $13.86 per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$42.6M4.0M—
2015$46.7M3.9M+9.7%
2016$44.7M3.5M-4.3%
2017$37.6M2.7M-15.8%
2018$29.9M2.1M-20.5%
2019$30.2M2.1M+0.9%
2020$29.4M1.9M-2.5%
2021$28.4M1.6M-3.5%
2022$25.8M1.4M-9.1%
2023$20.6M1.1M-20.0%

Top Providers for J2323

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Christopher LagankeNeurologyAL$2.4M130.2K$18.09
2Martin BelkinNeurologyMI$1.3M72.3K$17.50
3Vincent MacalusoNeurologyNY$1.3M67.2K$18.79
4Diana BanksNeurologyUT$1.2M66.0K$17.82
5Heidi CraytonNeurologyVA$1.0M53.7K$18.90
6Mark GudesblattNeurologyNY$966.0K52.0K$18.57
7April ErwinNeurologyUT$940.2K50.7K$18.54
8Armistead WilliamsNephrologyNY$921.1K52.2K$17.65
9Timothy CarrabineInternal MedicineOH$836.5K48.3K$17.32
10Sean MilliganNeurologyTX$829.2K46.2K$17.95
11Fara StrickerNurse PractitionerNY$793.8K46.2K$17.18
12Danny BartelNeurologyTX$748.4K39.6K$18.90
13John FoleyNeurologyUT$568.1K32.1K$17.68
14Timothy WestNeurologyUT$522.2K30.3K$17.23
15Regina BerkovichNeurologyCA$513.5K27.0K$19.02
16Viktoria KaplanNeurologyUT$501.3K29.1K$17.22
17James BarryNeurologyTX$450.6K32.4K$13.91
18Krzysztof RomanowskiNeurologySC$370.1K21.0K$17.62
19Venise CameronNurse PractitionerNY$361.0K19.8K$18.23
20Jeffrey GittNeurologyAZ$355.8K22.2K$16.03
21Salvatore NapoliNeurologyMA$344.4K19.3K$17.88
22Sandra GibsonPhysician AssistantNY$342.9K18.0K$19.05
23Myassar ZarifNeurologyNY$335.2K18.0K$18.58
24Rosalee UnwinNurse PractitionerOH$318.6K16.8K$18.96
25John ScagnelliNeurologyNC$317.4K17.1K$18.56

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
NY$5.1M278.6K8$632.8K
UT$3.7M208.3K5$741.7K
AL$2.4M130.2K1$2.4M
TX$2.0M118.2K3$676.1K
NC$1.9M99.6K11$171.2K
MI$1.3M72.3K1$1.3M
OH$1.2M65.1K2$577.5K
VA$1.0M53.7K1$1.0M
SC$635.6K36.6K3$211.9K
CA$570.7K30.0K2$285.3K
AZ$355.8K22.2K1$355.8K
MA$344.4K19.3K1$344.4K
MN$265.5K14.7K1$265.5K

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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.