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, $268 per patient in 2015.
They performed about 8 services per patient. Here’s how this provider compares.

Number of
Patients
596
Rank: 358th
out of 1,973 providers in this state & specialty
Services
Performed
2,958
Rank: 536th
out of 1,973 providers in this state & specialty
Avg Services
Per Patient
5 This Provider
Avg 7.8
Total Paid
by Medicare
$168K
Rank: 348th
out of 1,973 providers in this state & specialty
Avg Paid
Per Patient
$282 This Provider
Avg $268

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 37 different services in 2015
(18 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
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
1,318
times performed,
45% of his services

1st 1st

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

519
patients got this service, 87% of his patients
2.5
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 2.3)
$416,250.76an average of $315.82 per time performed $95,410.02
an average of $72.39 per time performed
medical
MEDICINE

Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretat... +

Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report ×

Service Code: 93000
Performed in an office
213
times performed,
7% of his services

2nd 17th

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

207
patients got this service, 35% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.1)
$12,984.48an average of $60.96 per time performed $2,632.68
an average of $12.36 per time performed
medical
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORY

Hemoglobin a1c level

Service Code: 83036
Performed in an office
204
times performed,
7% of his services

3rd 13th

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

119
patients got this service, 20% of his patients
1.7
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.8)
$8,702.64an average of $42.66 per time performed $2,631.60
an average of $12.90 per time performed
medical
PROCEDURES

Administration of influenza virus vaccine

Service Code: G0008
Performed in an office
188
times performed,
6% of his services

4th 14th

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

187
patients got this service, 31% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$13,344.24an average of $70.98 per time performed $4,681.20
an average of $24.90 per time performed
drug
MEDICINE

Vaccine for influenza for injection into muscle

Service Code: 90662
Performed in an office
177
times performed,
6% of his services

5th 28th

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

176
patients got this service, 30% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$25,659.69an average of $144.97 per time performed $6,189.69
an average of $34.97 per time performed
medical
PROCEDURES

Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention... +

Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit ×

Service Code: G0439
Performed in an office
156
times performed,
5% of his services

6th 15th

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

156
patients got this service, 26% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$46,842.12an average of $300.27 per time performed $17,191.20
an average of $110.20 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
155
times performed,
5% of his services

7th 3rd

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

132
patients got this service, 22% of his patients
1.2
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 2.1)
$33,238.20an average of $214.44 per time performed $7,808.90
an average of $50.38 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
124
times performed,
4% of his services

8th 27th

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

123
patients got this service, 21% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.3)
$53,103.00an average of $428.25 per time performed $13,186.16
an average of $106.34 per time performed
medical
MEDICINE

Administration of 1 vaccine

Service Code: 90471
Performed in an office
85
times performed,
3% of his services

9th 72nd

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

84
patients got this service, 14% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$10,545.10an average of $124.06 per time performed $1,431.40
an average of $16.84 per time performed
medical
PROCEDURES

Administration of pneumococcal vaccine

Service Code: G0009
Performed in an office
59
times performed,
2% of his services

10th 22nd

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

59
patients got this service, 10% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$4,050.94an average of $68.66 per time performed $1,473.23
an average of $24.97 per time performed
drug
MEDICINE

Vaccine for pneumococcal polysaccharide for injection ben... +

Vaccine for pneumococcal polysaccharide for injection beneath the skin or into muscle, patient 2 years or older ×

Service Code: 90732
Performed in an office
57
times performed,
2% of his services

11th 83rd

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

57
patients got this service, 10% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$18,821.97an average of $330.21 per time performed $4,324.02
an average of $75.86 per time performed
drug
MEDICINE

Vaccine for tetanus, diphtheria toxoids and acellular per... +

Vaccine for tetanus, diphtheria toxoids and acellular pertussis (whooping cough) for injection into muscle, patient 7 years or older ×

Service Code: 90715
Performed in an office
39
times performed,
1% of his services

12th 165th

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

39
patients got this service, 7% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$3,618.03an average of $92.77 per time performed $879.45
an average of $22.55 per time performed
medical
PROCEDURES

Annual wellness visit; includes a personalized prevention... +

Annual wellness visit; includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), initial visit ×

Service Code: G0438
Performed in an office
19
times performed,
0.64% of his services

13th 48th

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

19
patients got this service, 3% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$8,538.98an average of $449.42 per time performed $3,239.69
an average of $170.51 per time performed
medical
PROCEDURES

Smoking and tobacco cessation counseling visit for the as... +

Smoking and tobacco cessation counseling visit for the asymptomatic patient; intermediate, greater than 3 minutes, up to 10 minutes ×

Service Code: G0436
Performed in an office
18
times performed,
0.61% of his services

14th 158th

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

12
patients got this service, 2% of his patients
1.5
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.3)
$702.00an average of $39.00 per time performed $253.08
an average of $14.06 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
12
times performed,
0.41% of his services

15th 54th

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

12
patients got this service, 2% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$5,850.00an average of $487.50 per time performed $1,330.92
an average of $110.91 per time performed
medical
PROCEDURES

Initial preventive physical examination; face-to-face vis... +

Initial preventive physical examination; face-to-face visit, services limited to new beneficiary during the first 12 months of medicare enrollment ×

Service Code: G0402
Performed in an office
12
times performed,
0.41% of his services

16th 113th

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

12
patients got this service, 2% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$5,208.00an average of $434.00 per time performed $1,779.36
an average of $148.28 per time performed
medical
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORY

Urinalysis, manual test

Service Code: 81002
Performed in an office
12
times performed,
0.41% of his services

17th 26th

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

12
patients got this service, 2% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.4)
$108.00an average of $9.00 per time performed $40.92
an average of $3.41 per time performed
drug

Vaccine for influenza administered into muscle to individ... +

Vaccine for influenza administered into muscle to individuals 3 years of age and older ×

Service Code: 90686
Performed in an office
12
times performed,
0.41% of his services

18th 61st

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

12
patients got this service, 2% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$468.00an average of $39.00 per time performed $195.84
an average of $16.32 per time performed
medical
PROCEDURES

Electrocardiogram, routine ecg with 12 leads; performed a... +

Electrocardiogram, routine ecg with 12 leads; performed as a screening for the initial preventive physical examination with interpretation and report ×

Service Code: G0403
Performed in an office
11
times performed,
0.37% of his services

19th 173rd

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)
$528.00an average of $48.00 per time performed $87.45
an average of $7.95 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 higher 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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