$59.3M in total Medicare payments across 5 years
Procedure J7329 (Hyaluronan or derivative, trivisc, for intra-articular injection, 1 mg) received $59.3M in total Medicare payments.
Across 6.9M services, the average Medicare payment was $8.61 per service.
AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.
| Year | Payments | Services | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | $29.0K | 5.5K | — |
| 2020 | $71.7K | 11.8K | +147.0% |
| 2021 | $4.1M | 272.0K | +5664.8% |
| 2022 | $29.1M | 2.9M | +605.0% |
| 2023 | $26.0M | 3.7M | -10.8% |
| # | Provider | Specialty | State | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chin Kim | Internal Medicine | CA | $350.5K | 49.9K | $7.03 |
| 2 | Valerie Starnes | Nurse Practitioner | FL | $318.2K | 44.1K | $7.21 |
| 3 | Stephen Zabinski | Orthopedic Surgery | NJ | $317.6K | 44.8K | $7.09 |
| 4 | Mitesh Patel | Sports Medicine | NJ | $255.5K | 36.6K | $6.98 |
| 5 | Edwin Choi | Family Practice | CA | $228.7K | 32.4K | $7.06 |
| 6 | Daniel Kuesis | Orthopedic Surgery | IL | $202.3K | 28.4K | $7.12 |
| 7 | Craig Rubenstein | Sports Medicine | PA | $186.7K | 26.8K | $6.98 |
| 8 | Sunny Gupta | Sports Medicine | NJ | $179.0K | 25.8K | $6.94 |
| 9 | Charles Toman | Orthopedic Surgery | FL | $171.3K | 24.2K | $7.08 |
| 10 | Sean Bryan | Family Practice | PA | $169.4K | 24.3K | $6.97 |
| 11 | Keith Pitchford | Orthopedic Surgery | IN | $144.6K | 20.4K | $7.10 |
| 12 | Andrew Rosen | Orthopedic Surgery | NY | $142.5K | 19.9K | $7.18 |
| 13 | Mark Dean | Orthopedic Surgery | SC | $136.9K | 19.5K | $7.03 |
| 14 | Michael Vercillo | Orthopedic Surgery | CA | $133.4K | 18.8K | $7.10 |
| 15 | Ralph Venuto | Orthopedic Surgery | CA | $133.2K | 18.8K | $7.08 |
| 16 | Danielle Degiorgio | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | NY | $133.1K | 18.9K | $7.04 |
| 17 | Charles Waltman | Physician Assistant | FL | $129.7K | 18.4K | $7.05 |
| 18 | David Cooper | Orthopedic Surgery | PA | $126.5K | 19.0K | $6.65 |
| 19 | Jianghui Zhang | Orthopedic Surgery | CA | $126.0K | 17.5K | $7.20 |
| 20 | Jason Key | Family Practice | FL | $121.6K | 17.2K | $7.07 |
| 21 | Jennifer D'andrea | Nurse Practitioner | NV | $118.3K | 17.3K | $6.83 |
| 22 | Dennis Nutini | Sports Medicine | NJ | $113.3K | 16.2K | $6.98 |
| 23 | Michael Marandola | Sports Medicine | CA | $113.2K | 16.4K | $6.91 |
| 24 | Kyrian Obidiegwu | Physician Assistant | CA | $112.1K | 16.1K | $6.96 |
| 25 | Christopher Mcclellan | Orthopedic Surgery | PA | $111.2K | 16.1K | $6.90 |
| State | Payments | Services | Providers | Avg/Provider |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | $4.4M | 619.9K | 128 | $34.2K |
| FL | $3.3M | 470.3K | 123 | $27.2K |
| PA | $3.2M | 461.4K | 108 | $29.7K |
| IL | $2.8M | 398.8K | 88 | $31.9K |
| NJ | $2.5M | 360.4K | 71 | $35.7K |
| NY | $1.6M | 226.5K | 36 | $44.9K |
| AZ | $1.4M | 201.2K | 68 | $20.7K |
| TX | $1.0M | 145.8K | 52 | $19.9K |
| GA | $765.1K | 107.7K | 42 | $18.2K |
| DE | $528.2K | 75.2K | 17 | $31.1K |
| MD | $462.9K | 63.9K | 17 | $27.2K |
| SC | $354.9K | 50.7K | 14 | $25.4K |
| TN | $325.0K | 46.5K | 28 | $11.6K |
| CT | $321.9K | 45.4K | 9 | $35.8K |
| LA | $258.0K | 36.5K | 21 | $12.3K |
| NV | $254.6K | 37.0K | 8 | $31.8K |
| MI | $226.4K | 32.3K | 16 | $14.1K |
| OK | $221.7K | 31.9K | 10 | $22.2K |
| WI | $204.5K | 29.2K | 11 | $18.6K |
| OR | $199.1K | 28.5K | 14 | $14.2K |
| VA | $190.1K | 27.4K | 12 | $15.8K |
| IN | $180.8K | 25.4K | 4 | $45.2K |
| NC | $164.4K | 22.9K | 12 | $13.7K |
| CO | $162.1K | 23.1K | 11 | $14.7K |
| AL | $132.1K | 18.5K | 5 | $26.4K |
| WA | $110.1K | 15.7K | 4 | $27.5K |
| UT | $92.8K | 13.6K | 2 | $46.4K |
| MO | $81.1K | 11.9K | 1 | $81.1K |
| MN | $79.6K | 11.3K | 2 | $39.8K |
| AK | $77.2K | 11.1K | 5 | $15.4K |
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.