Lumbar epidural steroid injection · Kentucky
Lumbar epidural steroid injection in Kentucky: the highest-volume physicians
112 physicians in Kentucky billed Medicare for 18,387 lumbar epidural steroid injection procedures in 2024. The top 25, with the year before beside it.
Top 25
| Rank | Physician | 2024 | 2023 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John T. Ruxer, DOPain Management · Paducah | 782 | 669 | +17% |
| 2 | Justin J. Kruer, MDInterventional Pain Management · Erlanger | 706 | 336 | +110% |
| 3 | Aaron Compton, MDPain Management · Louisville | 693 | 628 | +10% |
| 4 | Konrad Kijewski, MDAnesthesiology · Louisville | 581 | 462 | +26% |
| 5 | Michael C. Cronen, DOAnesthesiology · Louisville | 578 | 600 | −4% |
| 6 | Nadeem Usmani, MDAnesthesiology · Louisville | 524 | 478 | +10% |
| 7 | James W. Jackson, MDPain Management · Louisville | 519 | 525 | −1% |
| 8 | Jenna L. Dismore Wrinkles, MDPain Management · Elizabethtown | 479 | 455 | +5% |
| 9 | Raghunath Gudibanda, MDPain Management · Louisville | 453 | 532 | −15% |
| 10 | Anilkumar N. Vinayakan, MDPain Management · Louisville | 422 | 440 | −4% |
| 11 | Jeffrey W. Berg, MDInterventional Pain Management · Louisville | 404 | 430 | −6% |
| 12 | Brandon E. Gish, MDPain Management · Lexington | 387 | 291 | +33% |
| 13 | Arul Verghis, MDAnesthesiology · Louisville | 381 | 373 | +2% |
| 14 | Larry L. Zhou, MDAnesthesiology · Louisville | 374 | 430 | −13% |
| 15 | Darel D. Barnett, MDAnesthesiology · Louisville | 357 | 290 | +23% |
| 16 | Monte E. Rommelman, MDPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation · Paducah | 329 | 298 | +10% |
| 17 | Christopher L. Anderson, MDPain Management · Elizabethtown | 308 | 333 | −8% |
| 18 | Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MDInterventional Pain Management · Paducah | 304 | 411 | −26% |
| 19 | James W. Rice, MDOrthopedic Surgery · Winchester | 266 | 232 | +15% |
| 20 | Harold H. Rutledge, MDInterventional Pain Management · Somerset | 257 | 251 | +2% |
| 21 | Stephen K. Young, MDPain Management · Louisville | 238 | 242 | −2% |
| 22 | Brooke Bauer, MDAnesthesiology · Louisville | 226 | 237 | −5% |
| 23 | Matthew T. Desjardins, MDSports Medicine · Edgewood | 220 | 251 | −12% |
| 24 | Daniel Reynolds, MDPain Management · Bowling Green | 216 | 137 | +58% |
| 25 | Jonathan K. Grainger, MDAnesthesiology · Florence | 212 | 164 | +29% |
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.