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
530
Rank: 139th
out of 561 providers in this state & specialty
Services
Performed
3,723
Rank: 129th
out of 561 providers in this state & specialty
Avg Services
Per Patient
7 This Provider
Avg 6
Total Paid
by Medicare
$190K
Rank: 167th
out of 561 providers in this state & specialty
Avg Paid
Per Patient
$358 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
Expected to have higher spending

This Provider's Services

This provider performed 113 different services in 2015
(96 were redacted as they were performed on less than 11 patients)

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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, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specif... +

Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg ×

Service Code: J3301
Performed in an office
2,008
times performed,
54% of his services

1st 1st

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

264
patients got this service, 50% of his patients
1.5
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.4)
$24,096.00an average of $12.00 per time performed $2,710.80
an average of $1.35 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
369
times performed,
10% of his services

2nd 4th

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

226
patients got this service, 43% of his patients
1.5
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.6)
$109,024.74an average of $295.46 per time performed $17,320.86
an average of $46.94 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
273
times performed,
7% of his services

3rd 2nd

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

196
patients got this service, 37% of his patients
1.4
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.6)
$38,220.00an average of $140.00 per time performed $13,011.18
an average of $47.66 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
207
times performed,
6% of his services

4th 5th

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

150
patients got this service, 28% of his patients
1.4
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.3)
$43,056.00an average of $208.00 per time performed $15,943.14
an average of $77.02 per time performed
medical
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT

New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 4... +

New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes ×

Service Code: 99204
Performed in an office
178
times performed,
5% of his services

5th 16th

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

178
patients got this service, 34% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$57,138.00an average of $321.00 per time performed $20,434.40
an average of $114.80 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
79
times performed,
2% of his services

6th 8th

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

79
patients got this service, 15% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$16,701.39an average of $211.41 per time performed $5,382.27
an average of $68.13 per time performed
medical
RADIOLOGY

X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views

Service Code: 73030
Performed in an office
59
times performed,
2% of his services

7th 12th

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

50
patients got this service, 9% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.3)
$4,838.00an average of $82.00 per time performed $1,226.61
an average of $20.79 per time performed
medical
RADIOLOGY

X-ray of knee, 3 views

Service Code: 73562
Performed in an office
37
times performed,
0.99% of his services

8th 9th

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

27
patients got this service, 5% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.2)
$3,182.00an average of $86.00 per time performed $921.30
an average of $24.90 per time performed
medical
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT

Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per... +

Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day ×

Service Code: 99223
Performed in a facility
35
times performed,
0.94% of his services

9th 56th

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

34
patients got this service, 6% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$14,175.00an average of $405.00 per time performed $5,464.20
an average of $156.12 per time performed
medical
MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM

Injections of tendon sheath, ligament, or muscle membrane +

Injections of tendon sheath, ligament, or muscle membrane ×

Service Code: 20550
Performed in an office
27
times performed,
0.73% of his services

10th 32nd

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

22
patients got this service, 4% of his patients
1.2
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.2)
$6,728.13an average of $249.19 per time performed $1,124.28
an average of $41.64 per time performed
medical
RADIOLOGY

X-ray of ankle, minimum of 3 views

Service Code: 73610
Performed in an office
22
times performed,
0.59% of his services

11th 25th

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

16
patients got this service, 3% of his patients
1.4
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.6)
$1,760.00an average of $80.00 per time performed $440.66
an average of $20.03 per time performed
medical
RADIOLOGY

X-ray of knee, 1 or 2 views

Service Code: 73560
Performed in an office
20
times performed,
0.54% of his services

12th 13th

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

15
patients got this service, 3% of his patients
1.3
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.2)
$1,540.00an average of $77.00 per time performed $426.80
an average of $21.34 per time performed
medical
RADIOLOGY

X-ray of ribs of one side of body, minimum of 2 views

Service Code: 73510
Performed in an office
17
times performed,
0.46% of his services

13th 14th

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

14
patients got this service, 3% of his patients
1.2
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.3)
$1,547.00an average of $91.00 per time performed $466.82
an average of $27.46 per time performed
medical
MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM

Shaving of shoulder bone using an endoscope

Service Code: 29826
Performed in a facility
15
times performed,
0.4% of his services

14th 51st

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

15
patients got this service, 3% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$24,645.00an average of $1,643.00 per time performed $2,046.45
an average of $136.43 per time performed
medical
MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM

Repair of shoulder rotator cuff using an endoscope

Service Code: 29827
Performed in a facility
14
times performed,
0.38% of his services

15th 66th

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

14
patients got this service, 3% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$37,534.00an average of $2,681.00 per time performed $11,358.34
an average of $811.31 per time performed
medical
MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM

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

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

Service Code: 20600
Performed in an office
14
times performed,
0.38% of his services

16th 64th

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

12
patients got this service, 2% of his patients
1.2
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.2)
$3,555.02an average of $253.93 per time performed $490.00
an average of $35.00 per time performed
medical
MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM

Repair of knee joint

Service Code: 27447
Performed in a facility
11
times performed,
0.3% of his services

17th 22nd

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

11
patients got this service, 2% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$42,390.04an average of $3,853.64 per time performed $10,966.67
an average of $996.97 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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