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J9217

Leuprolide acetate (for depot suspension), 7.5 mg

$1.2B in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

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.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$131.2M775.9K—
2015$140.6M786.4K+7.2%
2016$143.9M804.8K+2.3%
2017$128.1M785.3K-11.0%
2018$131.5M789.0K+2.6%
2019$144.0M818.4K+9.5%
2020$131.8M756.2K-8.5%
2021$98.9M699.2K-25.0%
2022$90.9M659.0K-8.1%
2023$76.8M577.1K-15.5%

Top Providers for J9217

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Luke NordquistMedical OncologyNE$237.6K1.8K$129.61
2Helen ReidlerPhysician AssistantDE$149.5K1.1K$133.64
3William TownsendUrologyNC$139.5K1.0K$133.64
4David ChengUrologyGA$137.5K1.1K$130.08
5Joy MaulikNurse PractitionerMD$137.4K1.0K$133.97
6Sukumar EthirajanHematologyKS$135.4K1.0K$133.93
7Paul EberUrologyTN$119.3K888$134.31
8Iris KennedyNurse PractitionerAR$107.8K801$134.56
9Jiakai ZhuUrologyMD$107.1K808$132.56
10Felix Chi-Ming YipUrologyCA$105.7K783$135.02
11David KeyUrologyOH$103.2K763$135.31
12Ghasoub HarbUrologyIA$101.2K747$135.53
13Melissa GiesePhysician AssistantMD$101.1K754$134.10
14John ShenHematology-OncologyCA$100.8K760$132.65
15Eugene KwonUrologyMN$100.6K754$133.44
16John MalcolmUrologyVA$100.6K747$134.66
17Jeanette ForondaPhysician AssistantPA$99.8K752$132.78
18Joyce FreidlyPhysician AssistantMD$98.9K733$134.96
19Gordon BrownUrologyNJ$98.7K741$133.17
20Patrick DailyUrologyMS$96.5K716$134.74
21Kara CossisPhysician AssistantMD$96.1K709$135.49
22Louis KeelerUrologyNJ$95.4K703$135.75
23Michael FranksUrologyVA$93.4K702$133.06
24Matthew RutterUrologyKY$91.9K686$134.00
25Frances MartinUrologyKY$91.4K693$131.85

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
CA$7.1M53.5K321$22.1K
FL$6.8M50.5K362$18.7K
TX$4.9M36.8K266$18.4K
IL$3.3M25.0K158$21.1K
VA$3.1M23.2K129$23.9K
PA$2.8M21.1K132$21.3K
NY$2.8M21.3K155$18.1K
AZ$2.7M20.4K138$19.7K
MD$2.7M20.2K98$27.3K
NJ$2.6M19.2K116$22.0K
NC$2.4M18.3K117$20.9K
TN$2.4M18.2K111$22.0K
GA$2.4M18.0K119$20.0K
OH$2.2M16.2K97$22.3K
IN$2.0M15.2K88$23.0K
MI$1.7M13.0K77$22.5K
SC$1.6M12.1K73$22.1K
MS$1.6M12.1K53$30.4K
MN$1.4M10.8K84$17.1K
IA$1.3M9.5K54$23.4K
MO$1.3M9.4K71$17.7K
KS$1.2M9.2K45$27.3K
WA$1.2M9.3K82$14.9K
OK$1.2M9.2K59$20.7K
AL$1.1M8.7K50$22.4K
NE$1.1M8.4K54$20.6K
AR$1.1M8.1K54$20.0K
LA$1.0M7.7K47$21.8K
MA$993.5K7.4K55$18.1K
CO$891.8K6.7K57$15.6K

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Data Sources

  • • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
  • • Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data (2014-2023)
  • • CMS National Health Expenditure Data

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.