$519.9M in total Medicare payments across 10 years
Procedure J7325 (Hyaluronan or derivative, synvisc or synvisc-one, for intra-articular injection, 1 mg) received $519.9M in total Medicare payments.
Across 56.3M services, the average Medicare payment was $9.23 per service.
AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.
| Year | Payments | Services | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $82.0M | 8.5M | — |
| 2015 | $80.5M | 8.2M | -1.9% |
| 2016 | $78.1M | 7.9M | -3.0% |
| 2017 | $73.1M | 7.5M | -6.4% |
| 2018 | $56.1M | 6.1M | -23.2% |
| 2019 | $45.1M | 5.1M | -19.6% |
| 2020 | $27.5M | 3.2M | -39.0% |
| 2021 | $28.3M | 3.3M | +2.9% |
| 2022 | $25.1M | 3.2M | -11.3% |
| 2023 | $24.1M | 3.3M | -4.1% |
| # | Provider | Specialty | State | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pejman Shirazy | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | CA | $412.5K | 55.8K | $7.40 |
| 2 | Jon Dounchis | Orthopedic Surgery | FL | $137.6K | 19.2K | $7.15 |
| 3 | Daniel Parker | Sports Medicine | CA | $110.3K | 14.9K | $7.39 |
| 4 | Walter Choung | Orthopedic Surgery | FL | $98.3K | 13.3K | $7.37 |
| 5 | Muzaffar Hussain | Orthopedic Surgery | OK | $98.1K | 13.3K | $7.39 |
| 6 | Gregory Rubin | Sports Medicine | FL | $94.0K | 13.1K | $7.17 |
| 7 | James O'dowd | Orthopedic Surgery | CA | $91.8K | 12.4K | $7.40 |
| 8 | Matt Thornburg | Family Practice | MO | $82.0K | 11.1K | $7.39 |
| 9 | Sydney Chung | Physician Assistant | CA | $78.5K | 10.7K | $7.34 |
| 10 | Kelly Connor | Physician Assistant | AZ | $76.5K | 10.5K | $7.28 |
| 11 | Adam Buerk | Orthopedic Surgery | PA | $72.7K | 10.1K | $7.19 |
| 12 | David Mehl | Orthopedic Surgery | IL | $72.5K | 9.8K | $7.36 |
| 13 | Landon Todd | Physician Assistant | CA | $66.8K | 9.0K | $7.40 |
| 14 | Brian Dickson | Orthopedic Surgery | AR | $66.6K | 9.2K | $7.26 |
| 15 | Hasham Alvi | Orthopedic Surgery | IL | $66.3K | 9.0K | $7.34 |
| 16 | Russell Tigges | Orthopedic Surgery | NY | $66.1K | 8.9K | $7.40 |
| 17 | Scott Alpert | Orthopedic Surgery | NY | $64.8K | 8.8K | $7.38 |
| 18 | John Hardcastle | Orthopedic Surgery | NY | $64.7K | 8.8K | $7.31 |
| 19 | Cristin Henry | Physician Assistant | SC | $64.6K | 8.9K | $7.24 |
| 20 | Todd Tredinnick | Orthopedic Surgery | MD | $60.5K | 8.3K | $7.33 |
| 21 | Gerard Varlotta | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | NY | $59.5K | 8.5K | $6.97 |
| 22 | Jill La Posta | Physician Assistant | SC | $58.8K | 8.0K | $7.32 |
| 23 | Christopher Cassidy | Physician Assistant | NY | $57.4K | 7.8K | $7.35 |
| 24 | Michael Wolfe | Orthopedic Surgery | AR | $57.4K | 7.7K | $7.42 |
| 25 | Steven Deluca | Orthopedic Surgery | PA | $56.1K | 7.6K | $7.35 |
| State | Payments | Services | Providers | Avg/Provider |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | $2.2M | 299.7K | 109 | $20.2K |
| NY | $1.8M | 244.7K | 125 | $14.3K |
| PA | $1.8M | 243.0K | 126 | $14.0K |
| TX | $1.4M | 197.3K | 113 | $12.7K |
| NC | $1.2M | 159.9K | 111 | $10.5K |
| FL | $1.1M | 148.3K | 72 | $15.0K |
| IL | $1.0M | 142.1K | 63 | $16.4K |
| WA | $956.6K | 131.1K | 86 | $11.1K |
| AL | $908.6K | 125.7K | 71 | $12.8K |
| MD | $882.0K | 120.6K | 54 | $16.3K |
| MO | $810.9K | 111.8K | 52 | $15.6K |
| MN | $805.2K | 110.4K | 73 | $11.0K |
| OH | $804.1K | 110.9K | 71 | $11.3K |
| SC | $777.0K | 106.5K | 44 | $17.7K |
| LA | $648.0K | 88.8K | 48 | $13.5K |
| WI | $508.5K | 70.5K | 46 | $11.1K |
| OR | $476.0K | 65.6K | 44 | $10.8K |
| KY | $475.7K | 65.4K | 31 | $15.3K |
| AZ | $468.9K | 64.6K | 36 | $13.0K |
| OK | $452.3K | 62.1K | 27 | $16.8K |
| GA | $435.0K | 59.6K | 34 | $12.8K |
| CO | $409.9K | 56.7K | 34 | $12.1K |
| TN | $388.3K | 53.3K | 30 | $12.9K |
| AR | $337.1K | 46.0K | 16 | $21.1K |
| NJ | $318.8K | 43.2K | 26 | $12.3K |
| IN | $260.6K | 35.7K | 17 | $15.3K |
| MT | $231.2K | 32.3K | 17 | $13.6K |
| IA | $228.9K | 31.2K | 23 | $10.0K |
| MA | $226.1K | 30.9K | 21 | $10.8K |
| ID | $215.8K | 29.8K | 24 | $9.0K |
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.