Treatment Tracker
The Doctors and Services in Medicare Part B
This database was last updated in December 2017. It should only be used as a historical snapshot. More recent data is available via the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ lookup tool.
LINDA BELHORN M.D.
DURHAM, NC, 27704
How This Provider Compares
This Provider
Avg in State & Specialty
Providers in this state and specialty were reimbursed, on average, $383 per patient in 2015.
They performed about 11 services per patient. Here’s how this provider compares.
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Note: About 88% of this provider’s Medicare payments were for drugs administered in her 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 her Part B patients.
This Provider's Services
This provider performed 53 different services in 2015
(40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DRUGSService Code: J1745Performed in an office |
4,165 times performed, 16% of her services |
1st 8th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
19 patients got this service, 8% of her patients |
5.3 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 5.5) |
$784,769.30an average of $188.42 per time performed |
$249,816.70 an average of $59.98 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 |
441 times performed, 2% of her services |
2nd 6th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
183 patients got this service, 80% of her patients |
2.4 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.7) |
$97,813.80an average of $221.80 per time performed |
$30,182.04 an average of $68.44 per time performed |
MEDICINEInfusion of chemotherapy into a vein up to 1 hour Service Code: 96413Performed in an office |
167 times performed, 0.65% of her services |
3rd 77th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
30 patients got this service, 13% of her patients |
5.6 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 5.9) |
$58,640.38an average of $351.14 per time performed |
$15,364.00 an average of $92.00 per time performed |
DRUGSInfusion, normal saline solution , 250 cc Service Code: J7050Performed in an office |
107 times performed, 0.42% of her services |
4th 61st most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
29 patients got this service, 13% of her patients |
3.5 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 4.5) |
$3,210.00an average of $30.00 per time performed |
$31.03 an average of $0.29 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 |
85 times performed, 0.33% of her services |
5th 4th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
57 patients got this service, 25% of her patients |
1.5 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.7) |
$12,514.55an average of $147.23 per time performed |
$4,068.10 an average of $47.86 per time performed |
RADIOLOGYX-ray of hand, minimum of 3 views Service Code: 73130Performed in an office |
57 times performed, 0.22% of her services |
6th 301st most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
29 patients got this service, 13% of her patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$4,932.78an average of $86.54 per time performed |
$1,081.29 an average of $18.97 per time performed |
MEDICINEInfusion of chemotherapy into a vein Service Code: 96415Performed in an office |
46 times performed, 0.18% of her services |
7th 104th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
11 patients got this service, 5% of her patients |
2.5 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 5.1) |
$4,399.90an average of $95.65 per time performed |
$923.22 an average of $20.07 per time performed |
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENTNew patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 6... + New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 60 minutes × Service Code: 99205Performed in an office |
43 times performed, 0.17% of her services |
8th 82nd most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
43 patients got this service, 19% of her patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$18,604.81an average of $432.67 per time performed |
$5,850.15 an average of $136.05 per time performed |
DRUGSInjection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg Service Code: J1030Performed in an office |
38 times performed, 0.15% of her services |
9th 69th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
25 patients got this service, 11% of her patients |
1.3 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.6) |
$380.00an average of $10.00 per time performed |
$105.26 an average of $2.77 per time performed |
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYRed blood cell sedimentation rate, to detect inflammation + Red blood cell sedimentation rate, to detect inflammation × Service Code: 85651Performed in an office |
35 times performed, 0.14% of her services |
10th 340th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
29 patients got this service, 13% of her patients |
1.2 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.3) |
$1,050.00an average of $30.00 per time performed |
$160.65 an average of $4.59 per time performed |
MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEMAspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule + Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule × Service Code: 20610Performed in an office |
32 times performed, 0.12% of her services |
11th 59th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
21 patients got this service, 9% of her patients |
1.5 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.6) |
$5,912.96an average of $184.78 per time performed |
$1,510.40 an average of $47.20 per time performed |
RADIOLOGYService Code: 73562Performed in an office |
22 times performed, 0.09% of her services |
12th 254th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
13 patients got this service, 6% of her patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.1) |
$2,272.82an average of $103.31 per time performed |
$437.36 an average of $19.88 per time performed |
RADIOLOGYX-ray of foot, minimum of 3 views Service Code: 73630Performed in an office |
20 times performed, 0.08% of her services |
13th 240th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
11 patients got this service, 5% of her patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.1) |
$1,783.40an average of $89.17 per time performed |
$362.40 an average of $18.12 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.
This provider did not bill Medicare for any 5’s.
Linda R. Belhorn
Average for Specialist Providers in North Carolina
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
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