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.
How This Provider Compares
This Provider
Avg in State & Specialty
Providers in this state and specialty were reimbursed, on average, $260 per patient in 2015.
They performed about 4 services per patient. Here’s how this provider compares.
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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 31 different services in 2015
(15 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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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 |
321 times performed, 23% of his services |
1st 3rd most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
200 patients got this service, 47% of his patients |
1.6 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.5) |
$66,450.21an average of $207.01 per time performed |
$16,621.38 an average of $51.78 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 |
212 times performed, 15% of his services |
2nd 16th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
212 patients got this service, 50% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$100,464.68an average of $473.89 per time performed |
$24,382.12 an average of $115.01 per time performed |
MEDICINEMeasurement and graphic recording of the amount and speed... + Measurement and graphic recording of the amount and speed of breathed air, before and following medication administration × Service Code: 94060Performed in an office |
155 times performed, 11% of his services |
3rd 11th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
152 patients got this service, 36% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.2) |
$28,138.70an average of $181.54 per time performed |
$6,753.35 an average of $43.57 per time performed |
MEDICINEDetermination of lung volumes using plethysmography Service Code: 94726Performed in an office |
133 times performed, 9% of his services |
4th 10th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
132 patients got this service, 31% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.1) |
$23,423.96an average of $176.12 per time performed |
$5,119.17 an average of $38.49 per time performed |
MEDICINEMeasurement of lung diffusing capacity Service Code: 94729Performed in an office |
133 times performed, 9% of his services |
5th 7th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
131 patients got this service, 31% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.1) |
$20,982.08an average of $157.76 per time performed |
$5,264.14 an average of $39.58 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 |
84 times performed, 6% of his services |
6th 1st most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
68 patients got this service, 16% of his patients |
1.2 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.8) |
$25,813.20an average of $307.30 per time performed |
$6,441.12 an average of $76.68 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 |
77 times performed, 5% of his services |
7th 42nd most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
77 patients got this service, 18% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$23,695.98an average of $307.74 per time performed |
$6,048.35 an average of $78.55 per time performed |
RESPIRATORY SYSTEMUltrasound of lung airways using an endoscope Service Code: 31620Performed in a facility |
43 times performed, 3% of his services |
8th 79th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
37 patients got this service, 9% of his patients |
1.2 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$25,801.72an average of $600.04 per time performed |
$2,270.40 an average of $52.80 per time performed |
RESPIRATORY SYSTEMNeedle biopsy of windpipe cartilage, airway, and/or lung ... + Needle biopsy of windpipe cartilage, airway, and/or lung using an endoscope × Service Code: 31629Performed in a facility |
42 times performed, 3% of his services |
9th 66th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
37 patients got this service, 9% of his patients |
1.1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$25,464.60an average of $606.30 per time performed |
$6,527.64 an average of $155.42 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 |
31 times performed, 2% of his services |
10th 23rd most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
31 patients got this service, 7% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$18,318.21an average of $590.91 per time performed |
$4,415.95 an average of $142.45 per time performed |
RESPIRATORY SYSTEMIrrigation and suction of lung airways to obtain cells us... + Irrigation and suction of lung airways to obtain cells using an endoscope × Service Code: 31624Performed in a facility |
31 times performed, 2% of his services |
11th 45th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
28 patients got this service, 7% of his patients |
1.1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.1) |
$13,593.81an average of $438.51 per time performed |
$519.87 an average of $16.77 per time performed |
RESPIRATORY SYSTEMComputer-assisted image-guided navigation of lung airways... + Computer-assisted image-guided navigation of lung airways using an endoscope × Service Code: 31627Performed in a facility |
31 times performed, 2% of his services |
12th
most performed service for this provider 5 or fewer providers in this specialty in NC perform this service |
26 patients got this service, 6% of his patients |
1.2 average number of visits a patient made for this service |
$79,268.86an average of $2,557.06 per time performed |
$2,345.46 an average of $75.66 per time performed |
MEDICINEMeasurement and graphic recording of total and timed exha... + Measurement and graphic recording of total and timed exhaled air capacity × Service Code: 94010Performed in an office |
28 times performed, 2% of his services |
13th 12th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
28 patients got this service, 7% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.2) |
$2,944.48an average of $105.16 per time performed |
$747.04 an average of $26.68 per time performed |
RESPIRATORY SYSTEMBiopsy of one lobe of lung using an endoscope Service Code: 31628Performed in a facility |
20 times performed, 1% of his services |
14th 70th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
19 patients got this service, 4% of his patients |
1.1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.1) |
$11,448.40an average of $572.42 per time performed |
$814.60 an average of $40.73 per time performed |
RESPIRATORY SYSTEMExamination of lung airways using an endoscope Service Code: 31623Performed in a facility |
19 times performed, 1% of his services |
15th 93rd most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
19 patients got this service, 4% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$8,407.69an average of $442.51 per time performed |
$22.23 an average of $1.17 per time performed |
RESPIRATORY SYSTEMNeedle biopsy of lung using an endoscope Service Code: 31633Performed in a facility |
18 times performed, 1% of his services |
16th 134th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
18 patients got this service, 4% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$3,411.18an average of $189.51 per time performed |
$889.56 an average of $49.42 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.
Scott D Skibo
Average for Pulmonary Disease 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
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.