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, $406 per patient in 2015.
They performed about 18 services per patient. Here’s how this provider compares.

Number of
Patients
278
Rank: 470th
out of 675 providers in this state & specialty
Services
Performed
1,084
Rank: 472nd
out of 675 providers in this state & specialty
Avg Services
Per Patient
3.9 This Provider
Avg 18.3
Total Paid
by Medicare
$71.4K
Rank: 499th
out of 675 providers in this state & specialty
Avg Paid
Per Patient
$257 This Provider
Avg $406

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 her Part B patients.

This Provider's Patients
Expected to have lower spending
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This Provider's Services

This provider performed 52 different services in 2015
(35 were redacted as they were performed on less than 11 patients)

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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

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

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

Service Code: 99204
Performed in a facility
114
times performed,
11% of her services

1st 73rd

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

114
patients got this service, 41% of her patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$89,342.94an average of $783.71 per time performed $12,698.46
an average of $111.39 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 a facility
112
times performed,
10% of her services

2nd 47th

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

88
patients got this service, 32% of her patients
1.3
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.4)
$58,067.52an average of $518.46 per time performed $7,767.20
an average of $69.35 per time performed
medical
RADIOLOGY

Radiological supervision and interpretation x-ray of urin... +

Radiological supervision and interpretation x-ray of urinary bladder and urethra ×

Service Code: 74455
Performed in a facility
82
times performed,
8% of her services

3rd 183rd

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

78
patients got this service, 28% of her patients
1.1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$20,167.08an average of $245.94 per time performed $1,199.66
an average of $14.63 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 a facility
81
times performed,
7% of her services

4th 31st

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

63
patients got this service, 23% of her patients
1.3
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.3)
$28,618.92an average of $353.32 per time performed $3,499.20
an average of $43.20 per time performed
medical
URINARY SYSTEM

Injection procedure for x-ray imaging of the bladder or d... +

Injection procedure for x-ray imaging of the bladder or during voiding ×

Service Code: 51600
Performed in a facility
79
times performed,
7% of her services

5th 178th

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

75
patients got this service, 27% of her patients
1.1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$61,187.08an average of $774.52 per time performed $1,636.88
an average of $20.72 per time performed
medical
URINARY SYSTEM

Non-needle measurement and recording of electrical activi... +

Non-needle measurement and recording of electrical activity of muscles at bladder and bowel openings ×

Service Code: 51784
Performed in a facility
78
times performed,
7% of her services

6th 195th

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

74
patients got this service, 27% of her patients
1.1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$33,774.00an average of $433.00 per time performed $2,691.78
an average of $34.51 per time performed
medical
URINARY SYSTEM

Insertion of device into the abdomen with measurement of ... +

Insertion of device into the abdomen with measurement of pressure and urine flow rate ×

Service Code: 51797
Performed in a facility
76
times performed,
7% of her services

7th 176th

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

73
patients got this service, 26% of her patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$17,404.00an average of $229.00 per time performed $2,694.96
an average of $35.46 per time performed
medical
URINARY SYSTEM

Electronic assessment of bladder emptying

Service Code: 51741
Performed in a facility
70
times performed,
6% of her services

8th 128th

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

66
patients got this service, 24% of her patients
1.1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.1)
$16,730.00an average of $239.00 per time performed $274.40
an average of $3.92 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 a facility
64
times performed,
6% of her services

9th 53rd

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

61
patients got this service, 22% of her patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.2)
$81,088.00an average of $1,267.00 per time performed $6,865.28
an average of $107.27 per time performed
medical
URINARY SYSTEM

Insertion of electronic device into bladder with voiding ... +

Insertion of electronic device into bladder with voiding and bladder canal (urethra) pressure studies ×

Service Code: 51729
Performed in a facility
56
times performed,
5% of her services

10th 210th

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

53
patients got this service, 19% of her patients
1.1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$32,608.80an average of $582.30 per time performed $4,972.80
an average of $88.80 per time performed
medical
URINARY SYSTEM

Bladder irrigation and/or instillation

Service Code: 51700
Performed in a facility
32
times performed,
3% of her services

11th 143rd

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

14
patients got this service, 5% of her patients
2.3
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 2.2)
$16,704.00an average of $522.00 per time performed $1,181.44
an average of $36.92 per time performed
medical
URINARY SYSTEM

Insertion of electronic device into bladder with voiding ... +

Insertion of electronic device into bladder with voiding pressure studies ×

Service Code: 51728
Performed in a facility
23
times performed,
2% of her services

12th 213th

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

23
patients got this service, 8% of her patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$11,048.05an average of $480.35 per time performed $1,839.31
an average of $79.97 per time performed
medical
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT

New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 6... +

New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 60 minutes ×

Service Code: 99205
Performed in a facility
18
times performed,
2% of her services

13th 138th

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

18
patients got this service, 6% of her patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$17,467.02an average of $970.39 per time performed $2,674.08
an average of $148.56 per time performed
medical
RADIOLOGY

Imaging of urinary tract

Service Code: 74420
Performed in a facility
14
times performed,
1% of her services

14th 84th

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

14
patients got this service, 5% of her patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.2)
$3,742.06an average of $267.29 per time performed $222.60
an average of $15.90 per time performed
medical

Examination with injections of chemical for destruction o... +

Examination with injections of chemical for destruction of bladder using an endoscope ×

Service Code: 52287
Performed in a facility
14
times performed,
1% of her services

15th 207th

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

12
patients got this service, 4% of her patients
1.2
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.3)
$21,580.02an average of $1,541.43 per time performed $2,136.96
an average of $152.64 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 a facility
13
times performed,
1% of her services

16th 124th

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

13
patients got this service, 5% of her patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.2)
$8,958.04an average of $689.08 per time performed $1,036.75
an average of $79.75 per time performed
medical
URINARY SYSTEM

Insertion of catheter into urinary duct (ureter) using an... +

Insertion of catheter into urinary duct (ureter) using an endoscope ×

Service Code: 52005
Performed in a facility
12
times performed,
1% of her services

17th 179th

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

12
patients got this service, 4% of her patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$21,192.00an average of $1,766.00 per time performed $1,414.92
an average of $117.91 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.

Hover over each slice to see percentage breakdown.

This provider charged Medicare for a higher percentage of 5’s than her 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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