$161.4M in total Medicare payments across 5 years
Procedure J3304 (Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, preservative-free, extended-release, microsphere formulation, 1 mg) received $161.4M in total Medicare payments.
Across 11.6M services, the average Medicare payment was $13.87 per service.
AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.
| Year | Payments | Services | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | $20.2M | 1.4M | — |
| 2020 | $29.7M | 2.0M | +47.2% |
| 2021 | $38.3M | 2.7M | +29.2% |
| 2022 | $37.0M | 2.8M | -3.5% |
| 2023 | $36.2M | 2.8M | -2.1% |
| # | Provider | Specialty | State | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robin Mcdonald | Nurse Practitioner | MS | $690.4K | 52.4K | $13.19 |
| 2 | Eric Benson | Orthopedic Surgery | NH | $393.3K | 29.7K | $13.24 |
| 3 | Pejman Shirazy | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | CA | $334.0K | 25.4K | $13.15 |
| 4 | Garvin Yee | Orthopedic Surgery | FL | $330.9K | 25.1K | $13.19 |
| 5 | Valerie Starnes | Nurse Practitioner | FL | $317.0K | 23.8K | $13.31 |
| 6 | Andrew Rosen | Orthopedic Surgery | NY | $308.4K | 23.3K | $13.24 |
| 7 | Brian Schafer | Orthopedic Surgery | MO | $297.1K | 22.5K | $13.22 |
| 8 | Peter Kurzweil | Orthopedic Surgery | CA | $257.6K | 19.9K | $12.96 |
| 9 | James Bicknell | Orthopedic Surgery | LA | $250.3K | 19.1K | $13.12 |
| 10 | Jean Benoit Houle | Orthopedic Surgery | IL | $239.1K | 18.2K | $13.11 |
| 11 | John Nickless | Sports Medicine | IL | $237.9K | 18.0K | $13.23 |
| 12 | Gregory Martin | Orthopedic Surgery | FL | $198.4K | 15.0K | $13.25 |
| 13 | Angela Freehill | Orthopedic Surgery | IL | $179.4K | 13.7K | $13.07 |
| 14 | Trinity Pilkington | Orthopedic Surgery | DE | $174.7K | 13.3K | $13.12 |
| 15 | Brian Vannozzi | Orthopedic Surgery | NJ | $174.5K | 13.4K | $12.98 |
| 16 | Kelly Pucek | Orthopedic Surgery | TN | $170.8K | 13.0K | $13.18 |
| 17 | George Branovacki | Orthopedic Surgery | IL | $170.6K | 13.1K | $13.03 |
| 18 | John Barrington | Orthopedic Surgery | TX | $169.5K | 12.8K | $13.27 |
| 19 | Hari Bezwada | Orthopedic Surgery | NJ | $165.1K | 12.7K | $12.99 |
| 20 | William Woods | Orthopedic Surgery | OH | $159.3K | 12.1K | $13.13 |
| 21 | Gregory Lieberman | Orthopedic Surgery | NY | $153.3K | 12.7K | $12.09 |
| 22 | Jayme Royston-Locke | Physician Assistant | OK | $144.1K | 11.1K | $13.01 |
| 23 | Robert Grumet | Sports Medicine | CA | $143.1K | 10.8K | $13.23 |
| 24 | Christopher Chong | Sports Medicine | NJ | $142.2K | 10.7K | $13.31 |
| 25 | Mark Dean | Orthopedic Surgery | SC | $140.2K | 10.6K | $13.24 |
| State | Payments | Services | Providers | Avg/Provider |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | $3.5M | 268.2K | 98 | $36.1K |
| TX | $3.2M | 247.0K | 128 | $25.3K |
| IL | $2.8M | 211.8K | 78 | $35.7K |
| FL | $2.0M | 151.8K | 53 | $38.0K |
| PA | $1.9M | 144.7K | 69 | $27.6K |
| NY | $1.8M | 140.6K | 61 | $29.9K |
| MS | $1.8M | 137.6K | 26 | $69.4K |
| OK | $1.5M | 114.8K | 44 | $34.1K |
| MO | $1.3M | 100.5K | 40 | $33.0K |
| MA | $1.3M | 98.6K | 53 | $24.5K |
| GA | $1.3M | 96.6K | 43 | $29.5K |
| AL | $1.2M | 89.4K | 41 | $28.5K |
| NJ | $1.1M | 87.7K | 35 | $32.8K |
| OH | $941.9K | 71.9K | 35 | $26.9K |
| TN | $906.0K | 69.0K | 37 | $24.5K |
| NH | $828.7K | 62.5K | 16 | $51.8K |
| KY | $791.4K | 60.3K | 27 | $29.3K |
| LA | $749.4K | 56.9K | 21 | $35.7K |
| DE | $693.2K | 52.8K | 15 | $46.2K |
| VA | $622.3K | 47.0K | 22 | $28.3K |
| NC | $619.5K | 48.7K | 31 | $20.0K |
| AR | $548.0K | 41.7K | 23 | $23.8K |
| SC | $524.6K | 39.7K | 17 | $30.9K |
| MD | $522.1K | 39.6K | 29 | $18.0K |
| NV | $492.1K | 37.4K | 18 | $27.3K |
| IN | $432.8K | 32.9K | 13 | $33.3K |
| KS | $285.4K | 21.8K | 10 | $28.5K |
| AZ | $230.4K | 17.7K | 9 | $25.6K |
| WV | $220.7K | 17.1K | 10 | $22.1K |
| CO | $211.3K | 16.0K | 8 | $26.4K |
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.