Lumbar epidural steroid injection · Connecticut
Lumbar epidural steroid injection in Connecticut: the highest-volume physicians
89 physicians in Connecticut billed Medicare for 8,737 lumbar epidural steroid injection procedures in 2024. The top 25, with the year before beside it.
Top 25
| Rank | Physician | 2024 | 2023 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jesse T. Hochkeppel, MDPain Management · Danbury | 445 | 378 | +18% |
| 2 | Ramsey Saba, MDAnesthesiology · Fairfield | 401 | 334 | +20% |
| 3 | Oksana Gauthier, DOPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation · North Franklin | 339 | 283 | +20% |
| 4 | Antonio Paz, MDInterventional Pain Management · Brookfield | 308 | 375 | −18% |
| 5 | Pietro A. Memmo, MDPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation · Hartford | 305 | 279 | +9% |
| 6 | Tamer B. Ghaly, MDInterventional Pain Management · Farmington | 304 | 280 | +9% |
| 7 | David C. Levi, MDInterventional Pain Management · Newtown | 290 | 357 | −19% |
| 8 | Rakesh H. Patel, MDInterventional Pain Management · Hamden | 287 | 294 | −2% |
| 9 | Craig E. Foster, MDAnesthesiology · Willimantic | 271 | 245 | +11% |
| 10 | Bhavesh R. Patel, MDPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation · Middlebury | 264 | 283 | −7% |
| 11 | Joseph M. Sohn, MDOrthopedic Surgery · Middletown | 262 | 211 | +24% |
| 12 | Nicole Matar, MDPain Management · Stamford | 242 | 66 | +267% |
| 13 | Vincent T. Codispoti, MDPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation · Hartford | 205 | 218 | −6% |
| 14 | Jeffrey A. Bash, MDOrthopedic Surgery · Middletown | 182 | 204 | −11% |
| 15 | David Kloth, MDPain Management · Danbury | 178 | 159 | +12% |
| 16 | Brian A. Bast, DOPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation · Norwalk | 167 | 121 | +38% |
| 17 | Brian R. Forzani, MDPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation · Waterbury | 165 | 100 | +65% |
| 18 | Tamar Kessel, MDPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation · Greenwich | 160 | 184 | −13% |
| 19 | Yili Huang, DOPain Management · New Haven | 159 | 96 | +66% |
| 20 | Hans Knopp, DOPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation · Middlebury | 154 | 136 | +13% |
| 21 | Daniel L. Kline, MDPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation · Branford | 152 | 58 | +162% |
| 22 | Stephen J. Massimi, MDPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation · Stamford | 132 | 122 | +8% |
| 23 | Rahul S. Anand, MDPain Management · Fairfield | 127 | 155 | −18% |
| 24 | Jeffrey M. Heftler, MDInterventional Pain Management · Greenwich | 126 | 151 | −17% |
| 25 | Sudhir Kadian, MDInternal Medicine · New London | 125 | 117 | +7% |
A rank counts procedures billed under the physician's own NPI (CPT 62323, 64483), in 2024, Medicare fee-for-service only. A surgeon who mostly treats younger or Medicare Advantage patients will rank lower than their total volume. Method and limits.