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The Doctors and Services in Medicare Part B
MERLE WADE MD
713 GOODYEAR AVE , GADSDEN, AL, 35903 | (256) 492-4040
How This Provider Compares
This Provider
Avg in State & Specialty
Providers in this state and specialty were reimbursed, on average, $285 per patient in 2015.
They performed about 27 services per patient. Here’s how this provider compares.
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Note: About 20% of this provider’s Medicare payments were for drugs administered in his office.
This is intended to reimburse the provider for purchasing the drugs, plus an additional percentage for overhead.
How This Provider’s Patients Compare
Doctors often say their patients are sicker or more complex than those of their peers. The measure displayed below, used by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, takes into account patients’ characteristics to estimate whether they are expected to have above-average Medicare spending. It considers patients’ age, sex, diagnoses from the past year and other factors. This provider’s score below takes into account all of his Part B patients.
This Provider's Services
This provider performed 101 different services in 2015
(66 were redacted as they were performed on less than 11 patients)
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CATEGORYDescription of Service |
Times Performed (or Units) | This Service's Rank | Patients | Unique Visits Per Patient |
Billed to Medicare | Payments from Medicare |
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Injection, testosterone cypionate, 1mg Service Code: J1071Performed in an office |
106,002 times performed, 93% of his services |
1st 1st most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
41 patients got this service, 4% of his patients |
14.5 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 4.9) |
$12,720.24an average of $0.12 per time performed |
$2,120.04 an average of $0.02 per time performed |
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYService Code: 81003Performed in an office |
1,600 times performed, 1% of his services |
2nd 6th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
777 patients got this service, 82% of his patients |
2.1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.7) |
$12,800.00an average of $8.00 per time performed |
$4,720.00 an average of $2.95 per time performed |
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENTEstablished patient office or other outpatient, visit typ... + Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes × Service Code: 99214Performed in an office |
1,014 times performed, 0.89% of his services |
3rd 5th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
541 patients got this service, 57% of his patients |
1.9 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.4) |
$126,750.00an average of $125.00 per time performed |
$72,460.44 an average of $71.46 per time performed |
MEDICINEInjection beneath the skin or into muscle for therapy, di... + Injection beneath the skin or into muscle for therapy, diagnosis, or prevention × Service Code: 96372Performed in an office |
598 times performed, 0.53% of his services |
4th 16th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
44 patients got this service, 5% of his patients |
13.6 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 3.6) |
$14,950.00an average of $25.00 per time performed |
$10,004.54 an average of $16.73 per time performed |
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMInsertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample + Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample × Service Code: 36415Performed in an office |
584 times performed, 0.51% of his services |
5th 8th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
394 patients got this service, 42% of his patients |
1.5 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.4) |
$2,920.00an average of $5.00 per time performed |
$1,716.96 an average of $2.94 per time performed |
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYPsa (prostate specific antigen) measurement Service Code: 84153Performed in an office |
489 times performed, 0.43% of his services |
6th 11th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
353 patients got this service, 37% of his patients |
1.4 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.4) |
$17,115.00an average of $35.00 per time performed |
$11,740.89 an average of $24.01 per time performed |
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENTEstablished patient office or other outpatient visit, typ... + Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes × Service Code: 99213Performed in an office |
467 times performed, 0.41% of his services |
7th 3rd most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
337 patients got this service, 36% of his patients |
1.4 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.5) |
$32,690.00an average of $70.00 per time performed |
$21,850.93 an average of $46.79 per time performed |
URINARY SYSTEMUltrasound measurement of bladder capacity after voiding + Ultrasound measurement of bladder capacity after voiding × Service Code: 51798Performed in an office |
416 times performed, 0.37% of his services |
8th 9th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
256 patients got this service, 27% of his patients |
1.6 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.5) |
$41,600.00an average of $100.00 per time performed |
$5,075.20 an average of $12.20 per time performed |
CHEMOTHERAPY DRUGSLeuprolide acetate (for depot suspension), 7.5 mg Service Code: J9217Performed in an office |
409 times performed, 0.36% of his services |
9th 17th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
46 patients got this service, 5% of his patients |
2.2 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.8) |
$267,895.00an average of $655.00 per time performed |
$71,595.45 an average of $175.05 per time performed |
URINARY SYSTEMDiagnostic examination of the bladder and bladder canal (... + Diagnostic examination of the bladder and bladder canal (urethra) using an endoscope × Service Code: 52000Performed in an office |
193 times performed, 0.17% of his services |
10th 15th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
160 patients got this service, 17% of his patients |
1.2 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.2) |
$54,426.00an average of $282.00 per time performed |
$27,936.75 an average of $144.75 per time performed |
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENTNew patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 3... + New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes × Service Code: 99203Performed in an office |
182 times performed, 0.16% of his services |
11th 20th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
182 patients got this service, 19% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$18,564.00an average of $102.00 per time performed |
$12,723.62 an average of $69.91 per time performed |
URINARY SYSTEMNon-needle measurement and recording of electrical activi... + Non-needle measurement and recording of electrical activity of muscles at bladder and bowel openings × Service Code: 51784Performed in an office |
176 times performed, 0.16% of his services |
12th 52nd most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
56 patients got this service, 6% of his patients |
3.1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.4) |
$40,128.00an average of $228.00 per time performed |
$18,393.76 an average of $104.51 per time performed |
MEDICINEApplication of electrical stimulation to 1 or more areas,... + Application of electrical stimulation to 1 or more areas, each 15 minutes × Service Code: 97032Performed in an office |
125 times performed, 0.11% of his services |
13th
most performed service for this provider 5 or fewer providers in this specialty in AL perform this service |
16 patients got this service, 2% of his patients |
7.8 average number of visits a patient made for this service |
$2,500.00an average of $20.00 per time performed |
$1,772.50 an average of $14.18 per time performed |
MEDICINEHormonal anti-neoplastic chemotherapy administration bene... + Hormonal anti-neoplastic chemotherapy administration beneath the skin or into muscle × Service Code: 96402Performed in an office |
103 times performed, 0.09% of his services |
14th 23rd most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
46 patients got this service, 5% of his patients |
2.2 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 2.2) |
$6,180.00an average of $60.00 per time performed |
$2,087.81 an average of $20.27 per time performed |
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYService Code: 84403Performed in an office |
92 times performed, 0.08% of his services |
15th 31st most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
47 patients got this service, 5% of his patients |
2 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.5) |
$6,072.00an average of $66.00 per time performed |
$2,810.60 an average of $30.55 per time performed |
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENTSubsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes ... + Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day × Service Code: 99231Performed in a facility |
88 times performed, 0.08% of his services |
16th 28th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
50 patients got this service, 5% of his patients |
1.8 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.8) |
$4,136.00an average of $47.00 per time performed |
$2,588.96 an average of $29.42 per time performed |
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENTEstablished patient office or other outpatient visit, typ... + Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 5 minutes × Service Code: 99211Performed in an office |
84 times performed, 0.07% of his services |
17th 43rd most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
51 patients got this service, 5% of his patients |
1.6 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 2.1) |
$2,688.00an average of $32.00 per time performed |
$1,126.44 an average of $13.41 per time performed |
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENTInitial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per... + Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day × Service Code: 99222Performed in a facility |
75 times performed, 0.07% of his services |
18th 35th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
72 patients got this service, 8% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$9,975.00an average of $133.00 per time performed |
$7,729.50 an average of $103.06 per time performed |
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENTEstablished patient office or other outpatient, visit typ... + Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes × Service Code: 99215Performed in an office |
60 times performed, 0.05% of his services |
19th 22nd most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
54 patients got this service, 6% of his patients |
1.1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.3) |
$8,220.00an average of $137.00 per time performed |
$5,920.20 an average of $98.67 per time performed |
RADIOLOGYService Code: 74000Performed in an office |
51 times performed, 0.04% of his services |
20th 25th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
37 patients got this service, 4% of his patients |
1.4 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.4) |
$3,825.00an average of $75.00 per time performed |
$784.38 an average of $15.38 per time performed |
URINARY SYSTEMInsertion of electronic device into bladder with voiding ... + Insertion of electronic device into bladder with voiding and bladder canal (urethra) pressure studies × Service Code: 51729Performed in an office |
47 times performed, 0.04% of his services |
21st 80th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
46 patients got this service, 5% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$21,150.00an average of $450.00 per time performed |
$11,143.23 an average of $237.09 per time performed |
URINARY SYSTEMInsertion of device into the abdomen with measurement of ... + Insertion of device into the abdomen with measurement of pressure and urine flow rate × Service Code: 51797Performed in an office |
47 times performed, 0.04% of his services |
22nd 64th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
46 patients got this service, 5% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$12,549.00an average of $267.00 per time performed |
$3,711.59 an average of $78.97 per time performed |
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYService Code: 85018Performed in an office |
44 times performed, 0.04% of his services |
23rd 86th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
27 patients got this service, 3% of his patients |
1.6 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.5) |
$220.00an average of $5.00 per time performed |
$129.80 an average of $2.95 per time performed |
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYRed blood cell concentration measurement Service Code: 85014Performed in an office |
44 times performed, 0.04% of his services |
24th 61st most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
27 patients got this service, 3% of his patients |
1.6 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.4) |
$220.00an average of $5.00 per time performed |
$129.80 an average of $2.95 per time performed |
URINARY SYSTEMElectronic assessment of bladder emptying Service Code: 51741Performed in an office |
42 times performed, 0.04% of his services |
25th 37th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
41 patients got this service, 4% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.1) |
$4,746.00an average of $113.00 per time performed |
$243.60 an average of $5.80 per time performed |
MALE GENITAL SYSTEMService Code: 55700Performed in an office |
33 times performed, 0.03% of his services |
26th 42nd most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
32 patients got this service, 3% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$8,712.00an average of $264.00 per time performed |
$5,189.91 an average of $157.27 per time performed |
RADIOLOGYService Code: 76872Performed in an office |
33 times performed, 0.03% of his services |
27th 34th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
32 patients got this service, 3% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$10,692.00an average of $324.00 per time performed |
$2,234.43 an average of $67.71 per time performed |
RADIOLOGYUltrasonic guidance imaging supervision and interpretatio... + Ultrasonic guidance imaging supervision and interpretation for insertion of needle × Service Code: 76942Performed in an office |
33 times performed, 0.03% of his services |
28th 41st most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
32 patients got this service, 3% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$7,920.00an average of $240.00 per time performed |
$1,454.97 an average of $44.09 per time performed |
URINARY SYSTEMInsertion of indwelling bladder catheter Service Code: 51703Performed in an office |
33 times performed, 0.03% of his services |
29th 91st most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
13 patients got this service, 1% of his patients |
2.5 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.8) |
$6,930.00an average of $210.00 per time performed |
$2,949.21 an average of $89.37 per time performed |
DRUGSInjection, garamycin, gentamicin, up to 80 mg Service Code: J1580Performed in an office |
29 times performed, 0.03% of his services |
30th 32nd most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
28 patients got this service, 3% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.2) |
$435.00an average of $15.00 per time performed |
$30.74 an average of $1.06 per time performed |
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENTNew patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 4... + New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes × Service Code: 99204Performed in an office |
22 times performed, 0.02% of his services |
31st 21st most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
22 patients got this service, 2% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$3,850.00an average of $175.00 per time performed |
$2,308.68 an average of $104.94 per time performed |
URINARY SYSTEMShock wave crushing of kidney stones Service Code: 50590Performed in a facility |
20 times performed, 0.02% of his services |
32nd 51st most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
19 patients got this service, 2% of his patients |
1.1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.1) |
$31,500.00an average of $1,575.00 per time performed |
$8,383.80 an average of $419.19 per time performed |
URINARY SYSTEMInsertion of stent in urinary duct (ureter) using an endo... + Insertion of stent in urinary duct (ureter) using an endoscope × Service Code: 52332Performed in a facility |
18 times performed, 0.02% of his services |
33rd 40th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
16 patients got this service, 2% of his patients |
1.1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.2) |
$15,400.08an average of $855.56 per time performed |
$1,906.56 an average of $105.92 per time performed |
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENTNew patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 2... + New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 20 minutes × Service Code: 99202Performed in an office |
13 times performed, 0.01% of his services |
34th 45th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
13 patients got this service, 1% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$897.00an average of $69.00 per time performed |
$516.23 an average of $39.71 per time performed |
URINARY SYSTEMElectro-removal of prostate through bladder canal (urethr... + Electro-removal of prostate through bladder canal (urethra) with control of bleeding using an endoscope × Service Code: 52601Performed in a facility |
11 times performed, 0.01% of his services |
35th 66th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
11 patients got this service, 1% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$23,078.00an average of $2,098.00 per time performed |
$6,959.92 an average of $632.72 per time performed |
Office Visits
Medicare reimburses office visits using a five-point scale, with five being the most intensive and costly. The chart below shows what percentage of this provider’s office visits were reimbursed at each level. A higher than average proportion of costly visits is not necessarily an indication of a problem, but it may be worth asking about.
Merle Lindy Wade
Average for Urology Providers in Alabama
Notes: Medicare redacted this data for any services provided to fewer than 11 patients. The contact information listed above is the most current we have for this provider. The services listed on this page may have been delivered at a previous address or as part of a different practice.
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Sources: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, National Plan and Provider Enumeration System, American Medical Association
Services that begin with a letter come from CMS. All other codes and descriptions of the medical procedures are from the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code set, copyright 2015 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. Where practical, AMA’s consumer friendly translation of the CPT descriptor was used. ProPublica has received permission from the AMA to use these codes on this site.