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, $1,131 per patient in 2015.
They performed about 2 services per patient. Here’s how this provider compares.

Number of
Patients
421
Rank: 73rd
out of 144 providers in this state & specialty
Services
Performed
1,048
Rank: 59th
out of 144 providers in this state & specialty
Avg Services
Per Patient
2.5 This Provider
Avg 2.3
Total Paid
by Medicare
$573K
Rank: 50th
out of 144 providers in this state & specialty
Avg Paid
Per Patient
$1,361 This Provider
Avg $1,131

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 Part B patients.

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

This Provider's Services

This provider performed 191 different services in 2015
(177 were redacted as they were performed on less than 11 patients)

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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
NERVOUS SYSTEM

Injections 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: 64483
Performed in a facility
130
times performed,
12% of services

1st 4th

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

40
patients got this service, 10% of patients
2.2
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.8)
$378,535.30an average of $2,911.81 per time performed $30,875.00
an average of $237.50 per time performed
medical
URINARY SYSTEM

Shock wave crushing of kidney stones

Service Code: 50590
Performed in a facility
41
times performed,
4% of services

2nd 60th

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

30
patients got this service, 7% of patients
1.4
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.3)
$668,458.67an average of $16,303.87 per time performed $55,868.65
an average of $1,362.65 per time performed
medical
NERVOUS SYSTEM

Injections of lower or sacral spine facet joint using ima... +

Injections of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance ×

Service Code: 64493
Performed in a facility
39
times performed,
4% of services

3rd 7th

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

16
patients got this service, 4% of patients
1.8
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.7)
$110,668.35an average of $2,837.65 per time performed $9,629.49
an average of $246.91 per time performed
medical
URINARY SYSTEM

Insertion of stent in urinary duct (ureter) using an endo... +

Insertion of stent in urinary duct (ureter) using an endoscope ×

Service Code: 52332
Performed in a facility
34
times performed,
3% of services

4th Alert

most performed service for this provider 5 or fewer providers in this specialty in AZ perform this service

22
patients got this service, 5% of patients
1.5
average number of visits a patient made for this service
$292,206.88an average of $8,594.32 per time performed $16,430.50
an average of $483.25 per time performed
medical
NERVOUS SYSTEM

Release and/or relocation of median nerve of hand

Service Code: 64721
Performed in a facility
33
times performed,
3% of services

5th 27th

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

29
patients got this service, 7% of patients
1.1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.1)
$217,264.08an average of $6,583.76 per time performed $18,942.66
an average of $574.02 per time performed
medical
MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM

Correction of toe joint deformity

Service Code: 28285
Performed in a facility
25
times performed,
2% of services

6th 38th

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

11
patients got this service, 3% of patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$191,451.25an average of $7,658.05 per time performed $10,687.00
an average of $427.48 per time performed
medical
MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM

Incision of tendon covering

Service Code: 26055
Performed in a facility
21
times performed,
2% of services

7th 30th

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

17
patients got this service, 4% of patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.1)
$127,833.30an average of $6,087.30 per time performed $6,991.11
an average of $332.91 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
19
times performed,
2% of services

8th Alert

most performed service for this provider 5 or fewer providers in this specialty in AZ perform this service

18
patients got this service, 4% of patients
1.1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
$54,952.56an average of $2,892.24 per time performed $3,725.33
an average of $196.07 per time performed
medical
NERVOUS SYSTEM

Injections of substances into lower or sacral spine

Service Code: 62311
Performed in a facility
19
times performed,
2% of services

9th 8th

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

15
patients got this service, 4% of patients
1.3
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 2)
$55,324.39an average of $2,911.81 per time performed $5,590.56
an average of $294.24 per time performed
medical
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

Repair of groin hernia patient age 5 years or older

Service Code: 49505
Performed in a facility
17
times performed,
2% of services

10th Alert

most performed service for this provider 5 or fewer providers in this specialty in AZ perform this service

16
patients got this service, 4% of patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
$185,868.65an average of $10,933.45 per time performed $18,347.42
an average of $1,079.26 per time performed
medical
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

Biopsy of the esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowe... +

Biopsy of the esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using an endoscope ×

Service Code: 43239
Performed in a facility
13
times performed,
1% of services

11th 3rd

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

13
patients got this service, 3% of patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$47,253.31an average of $3,634.87 per time performed $3,094.26
an average of $238.02 per time performed
medical
URINARY SYSTEM

Laser vaporization of prostate including control of bleed... +

Laser vaporization of prostate including control of bleeding using an endoscope ×

Service Code: 52648
Performed in a facility
12
times performed,
1% of services

12th Alert

most performed service for this provider 5 or fewer providers in this specialty in AZ perform this service

12
patients got this service, 3% of patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
$203,408.52an average of $16,950.71 per time performed $16,359.36
an average of $1,363.28 per time performed
medical
MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM

Removal of one knee cartilage using an endoscope

Service Code: 29881
Performed in a facility
11
times performed,
1% of services

13th 40th

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

11
patients got this service, 3% of patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$113,605.91an average of $10,327.81 per time performed $10,131.77
an average of $921.07 per time performed
medical
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

Biopsy of large bowel using an endoscope

Service Code: 45380
Performed in a facility
11
times performed,
1% of services

14th 2nd

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

11
patients got this service, 3% of patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$41,150.56an average of $3,740.96 per time performed $3,285.26
an average of $298.66 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.

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