$412.0M in total Medicare payments across 10 years
Procedure J7326 (Hyaluronan or derivative, gel-one, for intra-articular injection, per dose) received $412.0M in total Medicare payments.
Across 598.5K services, the average Medicare payment was $688.38 per service.
AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.
| Year | Payments | Services | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $8.2M | 18.6K | — |
| 2015 | $10.1M | 23.1K | +24.0% |
| 2016 | $13.3M | 29.6K | +31.8% |
| 2017 | $13.9M | 32.5K | +4.3% |
| 2018 | $15.2M | 37.3K | +8.9% |
| 2019 | $51.0M | 63.8K | +236.4% |
| 2020 | $74.8M | 82.9K | +46.7% |
| 2021 | $112.7M | 118.1K | +50.6% |
| 2022 | $77.7M | 105.7K | -31.0% |
| 2023 | $35.0M | 87.0K | -55.0% |
| # | Provider | Specialty | State | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gregory Smith | Orthopedic Surgery | FL | $247.7K | 616 | $402.10 |
| 2 | Jeffrey Oettinger | Orthopedic Surgery | FL | $233.7K | 576 | $405.67 |
| 3 | Julia Bruene | Orthopedic Surgery | IL | $214.1K | 534 | $400.94 |
| 4 | Thomas John | Orthopedic Surgery | NJ | $211.3K | 520 | $406.28 |
| 5 | Phillip Ludkowski | Orthopedic Surgery | IL | $183.0K | 457 | $400.37 |
| 6 | Oscar Vazquez | Orthopedic Surgery | NJ | $181.8K | 449 | $405.01 |
| 7 | Eric Shapiro | Orthopedic Surgery | FL | $173.4K | 428 | $405.14 |
| 8 | Eric Mirsky | Orthopedic Surgery | NJ | $169.7K | 418 | $406.02 |
| 9 | Kevin Cassidy | Orthopedic Surgery | NY | $163.9K | 406 | $403.62 |
| 10 | James O'leary | Sports Medicine | SC | $159.9K | 396 | $403.79 |
| 11 | Peter Kurzweil | Orthopedic Surgery | CA | $150.6K | 372 | $404.91 |
| 12 | David Raab | Orthopedic Surgery | IL | $138.0K | 340 | $406.00 |
| 13 | Douglas Dodson | Orthopedic Surgery | NM | $137.4K | 349 | $393.66 |
| 14 | Kurt Hirshorn | Orthopedic Surgery | FL | $133.0K | 333 | $399.32 |
| 15 | Elvis Grandic | Orthopedic Surgery | FL | $132.4K | 326 | $406.25 |
| 16 | Sridhar Durbhakula | Orthopedic Surgery | MD | $130.4K | 322 | $404.96 |
| 17 | Mark Chase | Orthopedic Surgery | NJ | $117.5K | 291 | $403.82 |
| 18 | Shariar Cohen-Gadol | Rheumatology | CA | $115.3K | 285 | $404.44 |
| 19 | Kraig Pepper | Orthopedic Surgery | TX | $109.2K | 270 | $404.48 |
| 20 | David Bullek | Orthopedic Surgery | NJ | $108.5K | 267 | $406.41 |
| 21 | Philip Glassner | Orthopedic Surgery | NJ | $105.7K | 261 | $405.05 |
| 22 | Stacie Grossfeld | Orthopedic Surgery | KY | $104.5K | 258 | $405.19 |
| 23 | Robert Tait | Orthopedic Surgery | NV | $103.8K | 260 | $399.34 |
| 24 | Marc Connell | Orthopedic Surgery | MD | $103.7K | 258 | $402.05 |
| 25 | Meredith Mcmillin | Nurse Practitioner | MS | $103.1K | 255 | $404.45 |
| State | Payments | Services | Providers | Avg/Provider |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NJ | $4.5M | 11.1K | 140 | $32.0K |
| FL | $3.8M | 9.3K | 132 | $28.5K |
| IL | $2.8M | 7.1K | 115 | $24.7K |
| NY | $2.7M | 6.8K | 124 | $22.0K |
| PA | $2.4M | 5.8K | 112 | $21.0K |
| TX | $1.6M | 4.1K | 103 | $15.9K |
| SC | $1.5M | 3.8K | 49 | $31.2K |
| MD | $1.5M | 3.7K | 62 | $24.4K |
| CA | $1.5M | 3.7K | 64 | $23.1K |
| NC | $1.4M | 3.5K | 64 | $22.3K |
| OH | $998.2K | 2.5K | 71 | $14.1K |
| VA | $942.8K | 2.3K | 53 | $17.8K |
| KY | $854.3K | 2.1K | 42 | $20.3K |
| GA | $829.7K | 2.1K | 48 | $17.3K |
| MA | $693.6K | 1.7K | 41 | $16.9K |
| AL | $613.4K | 1.5K | 36 | $17.0K |
| TN | $576.2K | 1.4K | 40 | $14.4K |
| MS | $568.8K | 1.4K | 23 | $24.7K |
| CO | $478.4K | 1.2K | 29 | $16.5K |
| IA | $458.7K | 1.2K | 17 | $27.0K |
| IN | $453.9K | 1.1K | 25 | $18.2K |
| WA | $379.9K | 945 | 20 | $19.0K |
| NM | $351.2K | 881 | 11 | $31.9K |
| AR | $349.2K | 868 | 15 | $23.3K |
| OK | $340.0K | 851 | 22 | $15.5K |
| NV | $316.2K | 787 | 11 | $28.7K |
| MO | $275.9K | 683 | 16 | $17.2K |
| LA | $243.7K | 604 | 14 | $17.4K |
| MI | $185.0K | 462 | 14 | $13.2K |
| NE | $150.1K | 377 | 13 | $11.5K |
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.