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.
ROBERT VARTABEDIAN M.D.
PLYMOUTH, MI, 48170
How This Provider Compares
This Provider
Avg in State & Specialty
Providers in this state and specialty were reimbursed, on average, $371 per patient in 2015.
They performed about 12 services per patient. Here’s how this provider compares.
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Note: About 24% of this provider’s Medicare payments were for drugs administered in his office.
This is intended to reimburse the provider for purchasing the drugs, plus an additional percentage for overhead.
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 49 different services in 2015
(30 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 MANAGEMENTEstablished patient office or other outpatient, visit typ... + Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes × Service Code: 99214Performed in an office |
533 times performed, 20% of his services |
1st 2nd most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
254 patients got this service, 64% of his patients |
2.1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.9) |
$77,332.97an average of $145.09 per time performed |
$39,234.13 an average of $73.61 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 |
451 times performed, 17% of his services |
2nd 3rd most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
244 patients got this service, 61% of his patients |
1.8 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.7) |
$45,145.10an average of $100.10 per time performed |
$21,625.45 an average of $47.95 per time performed |
PROCEDURESAdministration of influenza virus vaccine Service Code: G0008Performed in an office |
223 times performed, 8% of his services |
3rd 68th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
222 patients got this service, 56% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$6,690.00an average of $30.00 per time performed |
$5,577.23 an average of $25.01 per time performed |
MEDICINEVaccine for influenza for injection into muscle Service Code: 90662Performed in an office |
176 times performed, 7% of his services |
4th
most performed service for this provider 5 or fewer providers in this specialty in MI perform this service |
176 patients got this service, 44% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service |
$7,040.00an average of $40.00 per time performed |
$6,246.24 an average of $35.49 per time performed |
PROCEDURESAdministration of pneumococcal vaccine Service Code: G0009Performed in an office |
168 times performed, 6% of his services |
5th 126th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
168 patients got this service, 42% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$5,040.00an average of $30.00 per time performed |
$4,119.36 an average of $24.52 per time performed |
MEDICINEPneumococcal vaccine for injection into muscle Service Code: 90670Performed in an office |
162 times performed, 6% of his services |
6th 136th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
162 patients got this service, 41% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$31,959.36an average of $197.28 per time performed |
$26,378.46 an average of $162.83 per time performed |
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENTEstablished patient office or other outpatient, visit typ... + Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes × Service Code: 99215Performed in an office |
116 times performed, 4% of his services |
7th 36th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
77 patients got this service, 19% of his patients |
1.5 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.6) |
$22,620.00an average of $195.00 per time performed |
$12,553.52 an average of $108.22 per time performed |
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMInsertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample + Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample × Service Code: 36415Performed in an office |
100 times performed, 4% of his services |
8th 16th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
60 patients got this service, 15% of his patients |
1.7 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 2.8) |
$600.00an average of $6.00 per time performed |
$288.00 an average of $2.88 per time performed |
PROCEDURESAnnual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention... + Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit × Service Code: G0439Performed in an office |
86 times performed, 3% of his services |
9th 118th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
86 patients got this service, 22% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$17,200.00an average of $200.00 per time performed |
$9,983.74 an average of $116.09 per time performed |
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYService Code: 83036Performed in an office |
75 times performed, 3% of his services |
10th 83rd most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
52 patients got this service, 13% of his patients |
1.4 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.7) |
$1,875.00an average of $25.00 per time performed |
$945.00 an average of $12.60 per time performed |
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYService Code: 82947Performed in an office |
71 times performed, 3% of his services |
11th 61st most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
52 patients got this service, 13% of his patients |
1.4 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 2.4) |
$1,065.00an average of $15.00 per time performed |
$346.48 an average of $4.88 per time performed |
MEDICINERoutine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretat... + Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report × Service Code: 93000Performed in an office |
68 times performed, 3% of his services |
12th 46th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
65 patients got this service, 16% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.2) |
$2,040.00an average of $30.00 per time performed |
$782.00 an average of $11.50 per time performed |
MEDICINEInjection beneath the skin or into muscle for therapy, di... + Injection beneath the skin or into muscle for therapy, diagnosis, or prevention × Service Code: 96372Performed in an office |
57 times performed, 2% of his services |
13th 32nd most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
16 patients got this service, 4% of his patients |
3.6 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 3) |
$1,995.00an average of $35.00 per time performed |
$938.79 an average of $16.47 per time performed |
TEMPORARY CODESInfluenza virus vaccine, split virus, when administered t... + Influenza virus vaccine, split virus, when administered to individuals 3 years of age and older, for intramuscular use (fluzone) × Service Code: Q2038Performed in an office |
43 times performed, 2% of his services |
14th 210th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
43 patients got this service, 11% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$1,075.00an average of $25.00 per time performed |
$507.40 an average of $11.80 per time performed |
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYService Code: 81002Performed in an office |
35 times performed, 1% of his services |
15th 65th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
30 patients got this service, 8% of his patients |
1.2 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.3) |
$210.00an average of $6.00 per time performed |
$119.35 an average of $3.41 per time performed |
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENTEstablished patient office or other outpatient visit, typ... + Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes × Service Code: 99212Performed in an office |
20 times performed, 0.76% of his services |
16th 34th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
20 patients got this service, 5% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.3) |
$1,200.00an average of $60.00 per time performed |
$627.20 an average of $31.36 per time performed |
MEDICINEMeasurement and graphic recording of total and timed exha... + Measurement and graphic recording of total and timed exhaled air capacity × Service Code: 94010Performed in an office |
13 times performed, 0.5% of his services |
17th 256th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
13 patients got this service, 3% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.9) |
$780.00an average of $60.00 per time performed |
$294.97 an average of $22.69 per time performed |
PROCEDURESInitial 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: G0402Performed in an office |
12 times performed, 0.46% of his services |
18th
most performed service for this provider 5 or fewer providers in this specialty in MI perform this service |
12 patients got this service, 3% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service |
$2,820.00an average of $235.00 per time performed |
$1,998.72 an average of $166.56 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 |
12 times performed, 0.46% of his services |
19th 41st most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
12 patients got this service, 3% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$2,700.00an average of $225.00 per time performed |
$1,383.12 an average of $115.26 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 charged Medicare for about the same percentage of 5’s as his peers
Robert Vartabedian
Average for Specialist Providers in Michigan
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.