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, $256 per patient in 2015.
They performed about 6 services per patient. Here’s how this provider compares.

Number of
Patients
182
Rank: 1525th
out of 3,272 providers in this state & specialty
Services
Performed
2,270
Rank: 539th
out of 3,272 providers in this state & specialty
Avg Services
Per Patient
12.5 This Provider is in the top 10%
Avg 5.8
Total Paid
by Medicare
$84.4K
Rank: 686th
out of 3,272 providers in this state & specialty
Avg Paid
Per Patient
$464 This Provider
Avg $256

Note: About 18% 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 Patients
Expected to have lower spending
Expected to have higher spending

This Provider's Services

This provider performed 75 different services in 2015
(53 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
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM

Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample +

Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample ×

Service Code: 36415
Performed in an office
256
times performed,
11% of his services

1st 3rd

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

134
patients got this service, 74% of his patients
1.9
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 2)
$4,096.00an average of $16.00 per time performed $752.64
an average of $2.94 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 an office
255
times performed,
11% of his services

2nd 2nd

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

138
patients got this service, 76% of his patients
1.8
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 2.1)
$46,155.00an average of $181.00 per time performed $19,494.75
an average of $76.45 per time performed
medical
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORY

Blood test, comprehensive group of blood chemicals

Service Code: 80053
Performed in an office
218
times performed,
10% of his services

3rd 12th

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

131
patients got this service, 72% of his patients
1.7
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.6)
$6,758.00an average of $31.00 per time performed $2,635.62
an average of $12.09 per time performed
medical
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORY

Blood test, lipids (cholesterol and triglycerides)

Service Code: 80061
Performed in an office
145
times performed,
6% of his services

4th 13th

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

100
patients got this service, 55% of his patients
1.5
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.6)
$5,365.00an average of $37.00 per time performed $1,974.90
an average of $13.62 per time performed
medical
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORY

Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, p... +

Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test ×

Service Code: 85025
Performed in an office
143
times performed,
6% of his services

5th 11th

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

109
patients got this service, 60% of his patients
1.3
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.6)
$3,575.00an average of $25.00 per time performed $1,474.33
an average of $10.31 per time performed
medical
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORY

Blood test, thyroid stimulating hormone (tsh)

Service Code: 84443
Performed in an office
127
times performed,
6% of his services

6th 23rd

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

96
patients got this service, 53% of his patients
1.3
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.4)
$5,969.00an average of $47.00 per time performed $2,846.07
an average of $22.41 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
103
times performed,
5% of his services

7th 45th

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

103
patients got this service, 57% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$29,458.00an average of $286.00 per time performed $10,712.00
an average of $104.00 per time performed
medical
PROCEDURES

Administration of pneumococcal vaccine

Service Code: G0009
Performed in an office
86
times performed,
4% of his services

8th 16th

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

86
patients got this service, 47% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$2,494.00an average of $29.00 per time performed $2,049.38
an average of $23.83 per time performed
medical
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORY

Hemoglobin a1c level

Service Code: 83036
Performed in an office
80
times performed,
4% of his services

9th 20th

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

44
patients got this service, 24% of his patients
1.8
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.8)
$2,240.00an average of $28.00 per time performed $1,036.00
an average of $12.95 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
76
times performed,
3% of his services

10th 46th

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

76
patients got this service, 42% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$21,432.00an average of $282.00 per time performed $12,513.40
an average of $164.65 per time performed
drug
MEDICINE

Pneumococcal vaccine for injection into muscle

Service Code: 90670
Performed in an office
73
times performed,
3% of his services

11th 19th

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

73
patients got this service, 40% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$13,651.00an average of $187.00 per time performed $12,387.37
an average of $169.69 per time performed
medical
PROCEDURES

Administration of influenza virus vaccine

Service Code: G0008
Performed in an office
72
times performed,
3% of his services

12th 5th

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

72
patients got this service, 40% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$2,088.72an average of $29.01 per time performed $1,720.08
an average of $23.89 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
71
times performed,
3% of his services

13th 54th

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

71
patients got this service, 39% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$2,272.00an average of $32.00 per time performed $1,263.80
an average of $17.80 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
63
times performed,
3% of his services

14th 8th

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

60
patients got this service, 33% of his patients
1.1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.2)
$5,103.00an average of $81.00 per time performed $749.07
an average of $11.89 per time performed
medical
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORY

Urinalysis, manual test

Service Code: 81002
Performed in an office
43
times performed,
2% of his services

15th 22nd

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

41
patients got this service, 23% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.4)
$344.00an average of $8.00 per time performed $146.63
an average of $3.41 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
30
times performed,
1% of his services

16th 15th

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

30
patients got this service, 16% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$5,670.00an average of $189.00 per time performed $3,338.40
an average of $111.28 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
28
times performed,
1% of his services

17th 1st

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

26
patients got this service, 14% of his patients
1.1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 2.3)
$3,416.00an average of $122.00 per time performed $1,400.84
an average of $50.03 per time performed
medical
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORY

Automated urinalysis test

Service Code: 81003
Performed in an office
26
times performed,
1% of his services

18th 36th

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

26
patients got this service, 14% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.3)
$208.00an average of $8.00 per time performed $78.00
an average of $3.00 per time performed
medical
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORY

Vitamin d-3 level

Service Code: 82306
Performed in an office
23
times performed,
1% of his services

19th 42nd

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

20
patients got this service, 11% of his patients
1.2
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.3)
$1,886.00an average of $82.00 per time performed $890.56
an average of $38.72 per time performed
medical
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORY

Urine microalbumin (protein) analysis

Service Code: 82044
Performed in an office
18
times performed,
0.79% of his services

20th 79th

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

15
patients got this service, 8% of his patients
1.2
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.5)
$342.00an average of $19.00 per time performed $109.80
an average of $6.10 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
14
times performed,
0.62% of his services

21st 92nd

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

14
patients got this service, 8% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$1,246.00an average of $89.00 per time performed $1,086.40
an average of $77.60 per time performed
medical
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT

New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 3... +

New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes ×

Service Code: 99203
Performed in an office
11
times performed,
0.48% of his services

22nd 33rd

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

11
patients got this service, 6% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$2,178.00an average of $198.00 per time performed $760.32
an average of $69.12 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 did not bill Medicare for any 5’s.

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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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