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, $371 per patient in 2015.
They performed about 6 services per patient. Here’s how this provider compares.

Number of
Patients
316
Rank: 309th
out of 561 providers in this state & specialty
Services
Performed
1,974
Rank: 275th
out of 561 providers in this state & specialty
Avg Services
Per Patient
6.2 This Provider
Avg 6
Total Paid
by Medicare
$129K
Rank: 274th
out of 561 providers in this state & specialty
Avg Paid
Per Patient
$409 This Provider
Avg $371

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 Patients
Expected to have lower spending
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This Provider's Services

This provider performed 79 different services in 2015
(62 were redacted as they were performed on less than 11 patients)

All Services

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Drug Services
Medical Services
CATEGORY
Description of Service
Times Performed (or Units) This Service's Rank Patients Unique Visits
Per Patient
Billed to Medicare Payments from Medicare
drug
DRUGS

Injection, betamethasone acetate 3mg and betamethasone so... +

Injection, betamethasone acetate 3mg and betamethasone sodium phosphate 3mg ×

Service Code: J0702
Performed in an office
425
times performed,
22% of his services

1st 7th

most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty

101
patients got this service, 32% of his patients
1.4
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.3)
$4,250.00an average of $10.00 per time performed $1,836.00
an average of $4.32 per time performed
medical
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT

Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typ... +

Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes ×

Service Code: 99213
Performed in an office
286
times performed,
14% of his services

2nd 2nd

most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty

178
patients got this service, 56% of his patients
1.6
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.6)
$33,748.00an average of $118.00 per time performed $13,610.74
an average of $47.59 per time performed
medical
MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM

Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule +

Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule ×

Service Code: 20610
Performed in an office
284
times performed,
14% of his services

3rd 4th

most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty

105
patients got this service, 33% of his patients
2.2
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.6)
$43,736.00an average of $154.00 per time performed $10,777.80
an average of $37.95 per time performed
medical
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT

Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typ... +

Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes ×

Service Code: 99214
Performed in an office
201
times performed,
10% of his services

4th 5th

most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty

147
patients got this service, 47% of his patients
1.4
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.3)
$34,371.00an average of $171.00 per time performed $15,151.38
an average of $75.38 per time performed
drug
DRUGS

Hyaluronan or derivative, hyalgan or supartz, for intra-a... +

Hyaluronan or derivative, hyalgan or supartz, for intra-articular injection, per dose ×

Service Code: J7321
Performed in an office
125
times performed,
6% of his services

5th 29th

most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty

21
patients got this service, 7% of his patients
4.7
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 3.8)
$18,750.00an average of $150.00 per time performed $8,607.50
an average of $68.86 per time performed
medical
RADIOLOGY

X-ray of pelvis, 1 or 2 views

Service Code: 72170
Performed in an office
99
times performed,
5% of his services

6th 15th

most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty

76
patients got this service, 24% of his patients
1.3
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.2)
$6,039.00an average of $61.00 per time performed $1,935.45
an average of $19.55 per time performed
medical
RADIOLOGY

X-ray of hip on one side of body, 1 view

Service Code: 73500
Performed in an office
84
times performed,
4% of his services

7th 26th

most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty

67
patients got this service, 21% of his patients
1.3
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.2)
$5,124.00an average of $61.00 per time performed $1,584.24
an average of $18.86 per time performed
medical
RADIOLOGY

X-ray of knee, 1 or 2 views

Service Code: 73560
Performed in an office
71
times performed,
4% of his services

8th 13th

most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty

48
patients got this service, 15% of his patients
1.2
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.2)
$4,970.00an average of $70.00 per time performed $1,357.52
an average of $19.12 per time performed
medical
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT

New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 3... +

New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes ×

Service Code: 99203
Performed in an office
68
times performed,
3% of his services

9th 8th

most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty

68
patients got this service, 22% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$14,892.00an average of $219.00 per time performed $5,138.08
an average of $75.56 per time performed
medical
RADIOLOGY

X-ray of knee, 4 or more views

Service Code: 73564
Performed in an office
64
times performed,
3% of his services

10th 19th

most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty

55
patients got this service, 17% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.1)
$6,528.00an average of $102.00 per time performed $1,769.60
an average of $27.65 per time performed
medical
RADIOLOGY

X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2 or 3 views

Service Code: 72100
Performed in an office
22
times performed,
1% of his services

11th 17th

most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty

22
patients got this service, 7% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.2)
$2,310.00an average of $105.00 per time performed $570.02
an average of $25.91 per time performed
medical
RADIOLOGY

X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views

Service Code: 73030
Performed in an office
22
times performed,
1% of his services

12th 12th

most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty

19
patients got this service, 6% of his patients
1.1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.3)
$1,782.00an average of $81.00 per time performed $436.48
an average of $19.84 per time performed
medical
MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM

Repair of knee joint

Service Code: 27447
Performed in a facility
19
times performed,
0.96% of his services

13th 22nd

most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty

18
patients got this service, 6% of his patients
1.1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$136,879.99an average of $7,204.21 per time performed $19,549.10
an average of $1,028.90 per time performed
medical
PROCEDURES

Physician certification for medicare-covered home health ... +

Physician certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians to affirm the initial imple ×

Service Code: G0180
Performed in an office
18
times performed,
0.91% of his services

14th 37th

most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty

18
patients got this service, 6% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$1,890.00an average of $105.00 per time performed $729.54
an average of $40.53 per time performed
medical
RADIOLOGY

X-ray of knee, 3 views

Service Code: 73562
Performed in an office
14
times performed,
0.71% of his services

15th 9th

most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty

12
patients got this service, 4% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.2)
$1,036.00an average of $74.00 per time performed $329.14
an average of $23.51 per time performed
medical
RADIOLOGY

X-ray of both hips minimum 2 views

Service Code: 73520
Performed in an office
12
times performed,
0.61% of his services

16th 41st

most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty

12
patients got this service, 4% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.2)
$1,140.00an average of $95.00 per time performed $351.48
an average of $29.29 per time performed
medical
MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM

Replacement of thigh bone and hip joint prosthesis

Service Code: 27130
Performed in a facility
11
times performed,
0.56% of his services

17th 35th

most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty

11
patients got this service, 3% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$71,500.00an average of $6,500.00 per time performed $11,378.29
an average of $1,034.39 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.

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This provider did not bill Medicare for any 5’s.

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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.

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