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, $359 per patient in 2015.
They performed about 9 services per patient. Here’s how this provider compares.

Number of
Patients
613
Rank: 66th
out of 160 providers in this state & specialty
Services
Performed
3,006
Rank: 90th
out of 160 providers in this state & specialty
Avg Services
Per Patient
4.9 This Provider
Avg 9.5
Total Paid
by Medicare
$205K
Rank: 75th
out of 160 providers in this state & specialty
Avg Paid
Per Patient
$334 This Provider
Avg $359

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 88 different services in 2015
(69 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
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
505
times performed,
17% of his services

1st 3rd

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

355
patients got this service, 58% of his patients
1.4
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.5)
$73,225.00an average of $145.00 per time performed $25,219.70
an average of $49.94 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
467
times performed,
16% of his services

2nd 4th

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

289
patients got this service, 47% of his patients
1.6
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.6)
$100,264.90an average of $214.70 per time performed $35,585.40
an average of $76.20 per time performed
medical
URINARY SYSTEM

Electronic assessment of bladder emptying

Service Code: 51741
Performed in an office
160
times performed,
5% of his services

3rd 13th

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

147
patients got this service, 24% of his patients
1.1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.2)
$5,019.20an average of $31.37 per time performed $1,728.00
an average of $10.80 per time performed
medical
RADIOLOGY

Ultrasound of pelvis

Service Code: 76857
Performed in an office
124
times performed,
4% of his services

4th 28th

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

115
patients got this service, 19% of his patients
1.1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.2)
$12,989.00an average of $104.75 per time performed $4,017.60
an average of $32.40 per time performed
medical
URINARY SYSTEM

Diagnostic examination of the bladder and bladder canal (... +

Diagnostic examination of the bladder and bladder canal (urethra) using an endoscope ×

Service Code: 52000
Performed in an office
103
times performed,
3% of his services

5th 9th

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

84
patients got this service, 14% of his patients
1.2
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.2)
$41,815.94an average of $405.98 per time performed $15,636.43
an average of $151.81 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
81
times performed,
3% of his services

6th 12th

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

81
patients got this service, 13% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$26,730.00an average of $330.00 per time performed $9,729.72
an average of $120.12 per time performed
medical
URINARY SYSTEM

Ultrasound measurement of bladder capacity after voiding +

Ultrasound measurement of bladder capacity after voiding ×

Service Code: 51798
Performed in an office
48
times performed,
2% of his services

7th 6th

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

46
patients got this service, 8% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.5)
$1,824.00an average of $38.00 per time performed $699.36
an average of $14.57 per time performed
medical
MEDICINE

Injection beneath the skin or into muscle for therapy, di... +

Injection beneath the skin or into muscle for therapy, diagnosis, or prevention ×

Service Code: 96372
Performed in an office
42
times performed,
1% of his services

8th 16th

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

31
patients got this service, 5% of his patients
1.4
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.7)
$1,700.16an average of $40.48 per time performed $783.72
an average of $18.66 per time performed
medical
RADIOLOGY

Ultrasound of rectum

Service Code: 76872
Performed in an office
35
times performed,
1% of his services

9th 24th

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

28
patients got this service, 5% of his patients
1.3
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.1)
$6,540.10an average of $186.86 per time performed $2,518.25
an average of $71.95 per time performed
medical
URINARY SYSTEM

Bladder irrigation and/or instillation

Service Code: 51700
Performed in an office
33
times performed,
1% of his services

10th 26th

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

28
patients got this service, 5% of his patients
1.2
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.3)
$5,466.12an average of $165.64 per time performed $2,059.53
an average of $62.41 per time performed
medical
RADIOLOGY

Ultrasonic guidance imaging supervision and interpretatio... +

Ultrasonic guidance imaging supervision and interpretation for insertion of needle ×

Service Code: 76942
Performed in an office
32
times performed,
1% of his services

11th 29th

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

26
patients got this service, 4% of his patients
1.2
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.1)
$4,444.16an average of $138.88 per time performed $1,523.52
an average of $47.61 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
25
times performed,
0.83% of his services

12th 21st

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

25
patients got this service, 4% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$5,391.00an average of $215.64 per time performed $1,902.25
an average of $76.09 per time performed
medical
MALE GENITAL SYSTEM

Biopsy of prostate gland

Service Code: 55700
Performed in an office
25
times performed,
0.83% of his services

13th 35th

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

24
patients got this service, 4% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$10,880.00an average of $435.20 per time performed $4,035.75
an average of $161.43 per time performed
drug
DRUGS

Injection, garamycin, gentamicin, up to 80 mg

Service Code: J1580
Performed in an office
24
times performed,
0.8% of his services

14th 23rd

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

24
patients got this service, 4% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.3)
$48.00an average of $2.00 per time performed $26.64
an average of $1.11 per time performed
medical
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT

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

Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes ×

Service Code: 99215
Performed in an office
21
times performed,
0.7% of his services

15th 18th

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

18
patients got this service, 3% of his patients
1.2
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.4)
$6,050.94an average of $288.14 per time performed $2,285.85
an average of $108.85 per time performed
medical
RADIOLOGY

Imaging guidance for procedure, up to 1 hour

Service Code: 76000
Performed in a facility
20
times performed,
0.67% of his services

16th 66th

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

15
patients got this service, 2% of his patients
1.3
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.3)
$725.00an average of $36.25 per time performed $139.00
an average of $6.95 per time performed
medical
URINARY SYSTEM

Dilation of bladder canal (urethra) using an endoscope

Service Code: 52281
Performed in an office
17
times performed,
0.57% of his services

17th 74th

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

17
patients got this service, 3% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.2)
$9,198.02an average of $541.06 per time performed $3,510.67
an average of $206.51 per time performed
medical
URINARY SYSTEM

Shock wave crushing of kidney stones

Service Code: 50590
Performed in a facility
16
times performed,
0.53% of his services

18th 65th

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

13
patients got this service, 2% of his patients
1.2
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.2)
$23,084.00an average of $1,442.75 per time performed $6,958.40
an average of $434.90 per time performed
medical
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT

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

Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes ×

Service Code: 99212
Performed in an office
14
times performed,
0.47% of his services

19th 22nd

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

13
patients got this service, 2% of his patients
1.1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.3)
$1,223.04an average of $87.36 per time performed $344.26
an average of $24.59 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 charged Medicare for a lower percentage of 5’s than his peers

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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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