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, $549 per patient in 2015.
They performed about 13 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 81 different services in 2015
(64 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 |
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NERVOUS SYSTEMInjections of substances into lower or sacral spine Service Code: 62311Performed in a facility |
291 times performed, 18% of his services |
1st 15th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
201 patients got this service, 41% of his patients |
1.4 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.6) |
$233,120.10an average of $801.10 per time performed |
$20,791.95 an average of $71.45 per time performed |
RADIOLOGYRadiological supervision and interpretation x-ray of cove... + Radiological supervision and interpretation x-ray of covering of spinal cord × Service Code: 72275Performed in a facility |
264 times performed, 16% of his services |
2nd 60th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
184 patients got this service, 37% of his patients |
1.4 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.9) |
$34,320.00an average of $130.00 per time performed |
$8,374.08 an average of $31.72 per time performed |
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENTEstablished patient office or other outpatient visit, typ... + Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes × Service Code: 99213Performed in an office |
201 times performed, 12% of his services |
3rd 3rd most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
128 patients got this service, 26% of his patients |
1.6 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 3) |
$26,130.00an average of $130.00 per time performed |
$12,250.95 an average of $60.95 per time performed |
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENTEstablished patient office or other outpatient, visit typ... + Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes × Service Code: 99214Performed in an office |
185 times performed, 11% of his services |
4th 2nd most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
103 patients got this service, 21% of his patients |
1.8 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 3.4) |
$41,625.00an average of $225.00 per time performed |
$16,378.05 an average of $88.53 per time performed |
ANESTHESIAService Code: 00142Performed in a facility |
121 times performed, 7% of his services |
5th 95th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
111 patients got this service, 23% of his patients |
1.1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.2) |
$95,160.45an average of $786.45 per time performed |
$14,555.09 an average of $120.29 per time performed |
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENTNew patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 3... + New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes × Service Code: 99203Performed in an office |
95 times performed, 6% of his services |
6th 44th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
95 patients got this service, 19% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$19,000.00an average of $200.00 per time performed |
$8,583.25 an average of $90.35 per time performed |
NERVOUS SYSTEMInjections of substances into upper or middle spine Service Code: 62310Performed in a facility |
45 times performed, 3% of his services |
7th 55th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
39 patients got this service, 8% of his patients |
1.2 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.5) |
$36,000.00an average of $800.00 per time performed |
$3,840.75 an average of $85.35 per time performed |
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMInsertion of central venous catheter for infusion, patien... + Insertion of central venous catheter for infusion, patient 5 years or older × Service Code: 36556Performed in a facility |
31 times performed, 2% of his services |
8th
most performed service for this provider 5 or fewer providers in this specialty in CA perform this service |
30 patients got this service, 6% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service |
$14,880.00an average of $480.00 per time performed |
$3,179.05 an average of $102.55 per time performed |
ANESTHESIAAnesthesia for procedure on lower intestine using an endo... + Anesthesia for procedure on lower intestine using an endoscope × Service Code: 00810Performed in a facility |
26 times performed, 2% of his services |
9th 160th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
26 patients got this service, 5% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$22,920.04an average of $881.54 per time performed |
$3,560.18 an average of $136.93 per time performed |
RADIOLOGYFluoroscopic guidance for insertion of needle Service Code: 77002Performed in a facility |
24 times performed, 1% of his services |
10th 130th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
19 patients got this service, 4% of his patients |
1.3 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.6) |
$4,399.92an average of $183.33 per time performed |
$555.60 an average of $23.15 per time performed |
ANESTHESIAAnesthesia for procedure on gastrointestinal tract using ... + Anesthesia for procedure on gastrointestinal tract using an endoscope × Service Code: 00740Performed in a facility |
23 times performed, 1% of his services |
11th 141st most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
23 patients got this service, 5% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$20,400.08an average of $886.96 per time performed |
$3,110.98 an average of $135.26 per time performed |
NERVOUS SYSTEMInjections of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into lower o... + Injections of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into lower or sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance × Service Code: 64483Performed in a facility |
23 times performed, 1% of his services |
12th 16th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
19 patients got this service, 4% of his patients |
1.2 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.5) |
$19,199.94an average of $834.78 per time performed |
$2,007.44 an average of $87.28 per time performed |
MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEMAspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule + Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule × Service Code: 20610Performed in a facility |
23 times performed, 1% of his services |
13th 102nd most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
17 patients got this service, 3% of his patients |
1.4 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.6) |
$18,400.00an average of $800.00 per time performed |
$813.74 an average of $35.38 per time performed |
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENTNew patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 4... + New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes × Service Code: 99204Performed in an office |
19 times performed, 1% of his services |
14th 17th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
19 patients got this service, 4% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$5,700.00an average of $300.00 per time performed |
$2,536.50 an average of $133.50 per time performed |
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMInsertion of arterial catheter for blood sampling or infu... + Insertion of arterial catheter for blood sampling or infusion, accessed through the skin × Service Code: 36620Performed in a facility |
17 times performed, 1% of his services |
15th 185th 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) |
$6,120.00an average of $360.00 per time performed |
$729.47 an average of $42.91 per time performed |
NERVOUS SYSTEMInjections of lower or sacral spine facet joint using ima... + Injections of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance × Service Code: 64493Performed in a facility |
17 times performed, 1% of his services |
16th 29th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
15 patients got this service, 3% of his patients |
1.1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.5) |
$22,000.04an average of $1,294.12 per time performed |
$1,541.90 an average of $90.70 per time performed |
NERVOUS SYSTEMInjections of lower or sacral spine facet joint using ima... + Injections of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance × Service Code: 64494Performed in a facility |
17 times performed, 1% of his services |
17th 35th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
15 patients got this service, 3% of his patients |
1.1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.5) |
$22,000.04an average of $1,294.12 per time performed |
$931.43 an average of $54.79 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.
This provider did not bill Medicare for any 5’s.
Alireza Katouzian
Average for Pain Medicine Providers in California
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.