$1.2B in total Medicare payments across 10 years
Procedure J9217 (Leuprolide acetate (for depot suspension), 7.5 mg) received $1.2B in total Medicare payments.
Across 7.5M services, the average Medicare payment was $163.42 per service.
AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.
| Year | Payments | Services | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $131.2M | 775.9K | — |
| 2015 | $140.6M | 786.4K | +7.2% |
| 2016 | $143.9M | 804.8K | +2.3% |
| 2017 | $128.1M | 785.3K | -11.0% |
| 2018 | $131.5M | 789.0K | +2.6% |
| 2019 | $144.0M | 818.4K | +9.5% |
| 2020 | $131.8M | 756.2K | -8.5% |
| 2021 | $98.9M | 699.2K | -25.0% |
| 2022 | $90.9M | 659.0K | -8.1% |
| 2023 | $76.8M | 577.1K | -15.5% |
| # | Provider | Specialty | State | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luke Nordquist | Medical Oncology | NE | $237.6K | 1.8K | $129.61 |
| 2 | Helen Reidler | Physician Assistant | DE | $149.5K | 1.1K | $133.64 |
| 3 | William Townsend | Urology | NC | $139.5K | 1.0K | $133.64 |
| 4 | David Cheng | Urology | GA | $137.5K | 1.1K | $130.08 |
| 5 | Joy Maulik | Nurse Practitioner | MD | $137.4K | 1.0K | $133.97 |
| 6 | Sukumar Ethirajan | Hematology | KS | $135.4K | 1.0K | $133.93 |
| 7 | Paul Eber | Urology | TN | $119.3K | 888 | $134.31 |
| 8 | Iris Kennedy | Nurse Practitioner | AR | $107.8K | 801 | $134.56 |
| 9 | Jiakai Zhu | Urology | MD | $107.1K | 808 | $132.56 |
| 10 | Felix Chi-Ming Yip | Urology | CA | $105.7K | 783 | $135.02 |
| 11 | David Key | Urology | OH | $103.2K | 763 | $135.31 |
| 12 | Ghasoub Harb | Urology | IA | $101.2K | 747 | $135.53 |
| 13 | Melissa Giese | Physician Assistant | MD | $101.1K | 754 | $134.10 |
| 14 | John Shen | Hematology-Oncology | CA | $100.8K | 760 | $132.65 |
| 15 | Eugene Kwon | Urology | MN | $100.6K | 754 | $133.44 |
| 16 | John Malcolm | Urology | VA | $100.6K | 747 | $134.66 |
| 17 | Jeanette Foronda | Physician Assistant | PA | $99.8K | 752 | $132.78 |
| 18 | Joyce Freidly | Physician Assistant | MD | $98.9K | 733 | $134.96 |
| 19 | Gordon Brown | Urology | NJ | $98.7K | 741 | $133.17 |
| 20 | Patrick Daily | Urology | MS | $96.5K | 716 | $134.74 |
| 21 | Kara Cossis | Physician Assistant | MD | $96.1K | 709 | $135.49 |
| 22 | Louis Keeler | Urology | NJ | $95.4K | 703 | $135.75 |
| 23 | Michael Franks | Urology | VA | $93.4K | 702 | $133.06 |
| 24 | Matthew Rutter | Urology | KY | $91.9K | 686 | $134.00 |
| 25 | Frances Martin | Urology | KY | $91.4K | 693 | $131.85 |
| State | Payments | Services | Providers | Avg/Provider |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | $7.1M | 53.5K | 321 | $22.1K |
| FL | $6.8M | 50.5K | 362 | $18.7K |
| TX | $4.9M | 36.8K | 266 | $18.4K |
| IL | $3.3M | 25.0K | 158 | $21.1K |
| VA | $3.1M | 23.2K | 129 | $23.9K |
| PA | $2.8M | 21.1K | 132 | $21.3K |
| NY | $2.8M | 21.3K | 155 | $18.1K |
| AZ | $2.7M | 20.4K | 138 | $19.7K |
| MD | $2.7M | 20.2K | 98 | $27.3K |
| NJ | $2.6M | 19.2K | 116 | $22.0K |
| NC | $2.4M | 18.3K | 117 | $20.9K |
| TN | $2.4M | 18.2K | 111 | $22.0K |
| GA | $2.4M | 18.0K | 119 | $20.0K |
| OH | $2.2M | 16.2K | 97 | $22.3K |
| IN | $2.0M | 15.2K | 88 | $23.0K |
| MI | $1.7M | 13.0K | 77 | $22.5K |
| SC | $1.6M | 12.1K | 73 | $22.1K |
| MS | $1.6M | 12.1K | 53 | $30.4K |
| MN | $1.4M | 10.8K | 84 | $17.1K |
| IA | $1.3M | 9.5K | 54 | $23.4K |
| MO | $1.3M | 9.4K | 71 | $17.7K |
| KS | $1.2M | 9.2K | 45 | $27.3K |
| WA | $1.2M | 9.3K | 82 | $14.9K |
| OK | $1.2M | 9.2K | 59 | $20.7K |
| AL | $1.1M | 8.7K | 50 | $22.4K |
| NE | $1.1M | 8.4K | 54 | $20.6K |
| AR | $1.1M | 8.1K | 54 | $20.0K |
| LA | $1.0M | 7.7K | 47 | $21.8K |
| MA | $993.5K | 7.4K | 55 | $18.1K |
| CO | $891.8K | 6.7K | 57 | $15.6K |
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.