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Interventional Pain Management

Medicare spending analysis for Interventional Pain Management providers

🔎 Data Analysis

Interventional Pain Management accounts for $3.3B in Medicare payments across 16.2K providers.

The specialty's average markup of 5.0x is above the overall Medicare average of 3.77x.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

⚠️

2 AI-Flagged Interventional Pain Management Providers

Providers in this specialty flagged by the ML v2 fraud detection model

John HuntFL
88.5%
Jianping SunTN
87.3%
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Total Payments (10yr)
$3.3B
Top Providers
50
States with Providers
50

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesProvidersYoY Change
2014$369.1M9.9M1.8K—
2015$359.7M9.1M1.7K-2.5%
2016$336.6M7.2M1.6K-6.4%
2017$346.9M7.8M1.6K+3.1%
2018$350.0M8.3M1.6K+0.9%
2019$352.5M8.3M1.6K+0.7%
2020$309.1M7.3M1.6K-12.3%
2021$339.5M7.4M1.6K+9.8%
2022$294.9M6.7M1.5K-13.1%
2023$276.4M6.4M1.5K-6.3%

Top Interventional Pain Management Providers

#ProviderStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Charles SissonCO$2.6M221.2K$11.76
2Timothy GrothNY$2.4M28.1K$84.01
3Alexey RyskinWA$2.3M24.7K$91.21
4Vipul MangalMD$2.2M18.8K$116.73
5Daniel KendallVA$2.2M12.0K$180.08
6Joshua MintzTX$2.2M183.4K$11.77
7Clifford BakerAZ$1.7M50.4K$34.31
8Randall OliverIN$1.5M13.4K$115.21
9Scott FuchsFL$1.5M85.1K$17.41
10Zdenko KorundaFL$1.4M27.6K$49.66
11Donald ErbFL$1.3M86.9K$15.50
12Steven KozmaryNV$1.3M15.6K$85.42
13Josif BorovicCA$1.2M13.7K$85.85
14Chheany UngVA$1.2M74.6K$15.42
15Jonathan DaitchFL$1.1M17.9K$60.19
16Joseph CartwrightFL$1.1M17.3K$61.62
17Emmanuel GageGA$1.1M14.9K$71.27
18Edward RubinNY$1.1M11.8K$89.25
19Daniel MorrisOK$1.0M36.5K$28.42
20Dharam MannNJ$1.0M68.3K$15.12
21Edward KowlowitzIN$1.0M12.0K$85.21
22Daniel BeirneFL$1.0M19.2K$52.71
23Alan MillerFL$984.2K20.0K$49.19
24Ellen LinTX$943.8K8.7K$108.98
25Fabian RamosFL$940.6K12.6K$74.71

Top Procedures

CodeDescriptionPaymentsServicesAvg/Service
99214Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes$55.2M601.3K$91.82
99213Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes$25.6M398.7K$64.23
64483Injection of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance, single level$17.1M103.6K$165.11
64635Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves using imaging guidance, single facet joint$14.6M46.4K$315.00
64493Injection of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance, single level$10.7M73.3K$145.89
62323Injection of substance into lower spine canal using imaging guidance$10.7M76.2K$140.27
99204New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes$9.7M80.8K$119.86
80307Testing for presence of drug, by chemistry analyzers$9.4M157.1K$60.08
64636Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves using imaging guidance, each additional facet joint$7.6M49.7K$152.16
G0482Drug test(s), definitive, utilizing (1) drug identification methods able to identify individual drugs and distinguish between structural isomers (but not necessarily stereoisomers), including, but not limited to gc/ms (any type, single or tandem) and lc/ms$6.6M34.6K$191.99
27096Injection of anesthetic or steroid into joint between lower spine and hip bone using imaging guidance$5.7M48.2K$117.86
64494Injection of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance, second level$5.4M68.6K$79.46
63650Insertion of spinal neurostimulator electrode array through skin$5.0M10.0K$497.73
G0483Drug test(s), definitive, utilizing (1) drug identification methods able to identify individual drugs and distinguish between structural isomers (but not necessarily stereoisomers), including, but not limited to gc/ms (any type, single or tandem) and lc/ms$4.9M20.3K$239.98
K1034Provision of covid-19 test, nonprescription self-administered and self-collected use, fda approved, authorized or cleared, one test count$4.8M404.5K$11.76
G0480Drug test(s), definitive, utilizing (1) drug identification methods able to identify individual drugs and distinguish between structural isomers (but not necessarily stereoisomers), including, but not limited to gc/ms (any type, single or tandem) and lc/ms$4.3M38.3K$110.95
62321Injection of substance into middle or upper spine canal using imaging guidance$4.0M28.7K$139.91
G0481Drug test(s), definitive, utilizing (1) drug identification methods able to identify individual drugs and distinguish between structural isomers (but not necessarily stereoisomers), including, but not limited to gc/ms (any type, single or tandem) and lc/ms$3.9M25.8K$151.90
64490Injection of upper or middle spine facet joint using imaging guidance, single level$3.7M24.6K$152.30
64484Injection of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance, each additional level$3.5M48.9K$71.73

Geographic Distribution

FL
$52.8M
225 providers
TX
$34.0M
172 providers
CA
$18.7M
120 providers
VA
$16.2M
52 providers
NY
$14.3M
63 providers
GA
$10.4M
56 providers
MD
$9.6M
36 providers
AZ
$9.5M
45 providers
IL
$8.3M
44 providers
NJ
$8.1M
50 providers
LA
$7.7M
45 providers
NC
$7.2M
46 providers
IN
$5.9M
30 providers
SC
$4.7M
24 providers
OK
$4.7M
18 providers
MO
$4.5M
30 providers
WA
$4.4M
23 providers
NV
$4.4M
14 providers
PA
$4.3M
36 providers
OH
$4.2M
43 providers
CO
$3.8M
8 providers
TN
$3.7M
21 providers
AL
$3.6M
14 providers
CT
$3.4M
18 providers
MI
$3.4M
26 providers
KY
$3.3M
28 providers
MA
$2.1M
12 providers
AR
$2.0M
12 providers
OR
$1.9M
18 providers
UT
$1.7M
9 providers

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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.