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.
SAUL ARTURO SALVADOR M.D.
PINEHURST, NC, 28374
How This Provider Compares
This Provider
Avg in State & Specialty
Providers in this state and specialty were reimbursed, on average, $383 per patient in 2015.
They performed about 11 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 25 different services in 2015
(14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENTSubsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes ... + Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day × Service Code: 99232Performed in a facility |
1,315 times performed, 58% of his services |
1st 18th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
484 patients got this service, 52% of his patients |
2.7 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 2.7) |
$210,807.65an average of $160.31 per time performed |
$73,035.10 an average of $55.54 per time performed |
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENTHospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes Service Code: 99239Performed in a facility |
261 times performed, 12% of his services |
2nd 85th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
254 patients got this service, 27% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$57,164.22an average of $219.02 per time performed |
$21,448.98 an average of $82.18 per time performed |
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENTInitial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per... + Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day × Service Code: 99223Performed in a facility |
206 times performed, 9% of his services |
3rd 52nd most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
202 patients got this service, 22% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.1) |
$117,069.80an average of $568.30 per time performed |
$32,125.70 an average of $155.95 per time performed |
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENTSubsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes ... + Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day × Service Code: 99233Performed in a facility |
179 times performed, 8% of his services |
4th 46th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
135 patients got this service, 15% of his patients |
1.3 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 2) |
$43,647.36an average of $243.84 per time performed |
$14,346.85 an average of $80.15 per time performed |
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENTHospital observation care discharge Service Code: 99217Performed in a facility |
76 times performed, 3% of his services |
5th 207th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
76 patients got this service, 8% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$12,552.92an average of $165.17 per time performed |
$4,233.20 an average of $55.70 per time performed |
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENTHospital observation care typically 70 minutes per day Service Code: 99220Performed in a facility |
65 times performed, 3% of his services |
6th 227th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
65 patients got this service, 7% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$30,884.75an average of $475.15 per time performed |
$9,289.15 an average of $142.91 per time performed |
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENTSubsequent observation care, typically 25 minutes per day + Subsequent observation care, typically 25 minutes per day × Service Code: 99225Performed in a facility |
33 times performed, 1% of his services |
7th 352nd most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
29 patients got this service, 3% of his patients |
1.1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.4) |
$5,280.00an average of $160.00 per time performed |
$1,844.04 an average of $55.88 per time performed |
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENTHospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less Service Code: 99238Performed in a facility |
25 times performed, 1% of his services |
8th 140th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
25 patients got this service, 3% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.1) |
$4,240.00an average of $169.60 per time performed |
$1,357.00 an average of $54.28 per time performed |
PROCEDURESSmoking 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: G0436Performed in a facility |
25 times performed, 1% of his services |
9th
most performed service for this provider 5 or fewer providers in this specialty in NC perform this service |
24 patients got this service, 3% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service |
$975.00an average of $39.00 per time performed |
$291.50 an average of $11.66 per time performed |
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENTCritical care delivery critically ill or injured patient,... + Critical care delivery critically ill or injured patient, first 30-74 minutes × Service Code: 99291Performed in a facility |
19 times performed, 0.84% of his services |
10th 139th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
19 patients got this service, 2% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.3) |
$12,438.92an average of $654.68 per time performed |
$3,277.12 an average of $172.48 per time performed |
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENTSmoking and tobacco use intermediate counseling, greater ... + Smoking and tobacco use intermediate counseling, greater than 3 minutes up to 10 minutes × Service Code: 99406Performed in a facility |
11 times performed, 0.49% of his services |
11th
most performed service for this provider 5 or fewer providers in this specialty in NC perform this service |
11 patients got this service, 1% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service |
$429.00an average of $39.00 per time performed |
$104.94 an average of $9.54 per time performed |
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.