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, $258 per patient in 2015.
They performed about 7 services per patient. Here’s how this provider compares.

Number of
Patients
617
Rank: 365th
out of 2,523 providers in this state & specialty
Services
Performed
17,222
Rank: 104th
out of 2,523 providers in this state & specialty
Avg Services
Per Patient
27.9 This Provider is in the top 10%
Avg 7.3
Total Paid
by Medicare
$214K
Rank: 263rd
out of 2,523 providers in this state & specialty
Avg Paid
Per Patient
$347 This Provider
Avg $258

Note: About 16% of this provider’s Medicare payments were for drugs administered in her 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 her Part B patients.

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

This Provider's Services

This provider performed 160 different services in 2015
(117 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
drug
TEMPORARY CODES

Low osmolar contrast material, 300-399 mg/ml iodine conce... +

Low osmolar contrast material, 300-399 mg/ml iodine concentration, per ml ×

Service Code: Q9967
Performed in an office
970
times performed,
6% of her services

1st 9th

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

12
patients got this service, 2% of her patients
1.2
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.1)
$1,940.00an average of $2.00 per time performed $116.40
an average of $0.12 per time performed
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
942
times performed,
5% of her services

2nd 3rd

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

441
patients got this service, 71% of her patients
2.1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 2.1)
$23,550.00an average of $25.00 per time performed $2,769.48
an average of $2.94 per time performed
medical
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORY

Blood test, comprehensive group of blood chemicals

Service Code: 80053
Performed in an office
664
times performed,
4% of her services

3rd 10th

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

404
patients got this service, 65% of her patients
1.6
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.5)
$59,760.00an average of $90.00 per time performed $7,337.20
an average of $11.05 per time performed
medical
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORY

Blood test, lipids (cholesterol and triglycerides)

Service Code: 80061
Performed in an office
638
times performed,
4% of her services

4th 8th

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

391
patients got this service, 63% of her patients
1.6
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.5)
$57,420.00an average of $90.00 per time performed $7,234.92
an average of $11.34 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
524
times performed,
3% of her services

5th 1st

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

348
patients got this service, 56% of her patients
1.5
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 2.3)
$96,416.00an average of $184.00 per time performed $37,062.52
an average of $70.73 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
407
times performed,
2% of her services

6th 4th

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

248
patients got this service, 40% of her patients
1.6
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 2)
$44,533.94an average of $109.42 per time performed $18,506.29
an average of $45.47 per time performed
medical
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORY

Hemoglobin a1c level

Service Code: 83036
Performed in an office
302
times performed,
2% of her services

7th 11th

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

178
patients got this service, 29% of her patients
1.7
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.7)
$16,610.00an average of $55.00 per time performed $3,910.90
an average of $12.95 per time performed
medical
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORY

Blood test, thyroid stimulating hormone (tsh)

Service Code: 84443
Performed in an office
242
times performed,
1% of her services

8th 13th

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

157
patients got this service, 25% of her patients
1.5
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.4)
$24,926.00an average of $103.00 per time performed $5,258.66
an average of $21.73 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
237
times performed,
1% of her services

9th 22nd

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

237
patients got this service, 38% of her patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$45,153.24an average of $190.52 per time performed $26,126.88
an average of $110.24 per time performed
medical
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT

Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typ... +

Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 5 minutes ×

Service Code: 99211
Performed in an office
237
times performed,
1% of her services

10th 26th

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

120
patients got this service, 19% of her patients
2
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 3.1)
$12,324.00an average of $52.00 per time performed $3,057.30
an average of $12.90 per time performed
medical
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORY

Blood test, clotting time

Service Code: 85610
Performed in an office
227
times performed,
1% of her services

11th 14th

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

105
patients got this service, 17% of her patients
2.2
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 5.1)
$5,221.00an average of $23.00 per time performed $1,189.48
an average of $5.24 per time performed
medical
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORY

Thyroxine (thyroid chemical) measurement

Service Code: 84439
Performed in an office
205
times performed,
1% of her services

12th 35th

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

139
patients got this service, 23% of her patients
1.5
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.5)
$16,195.00an average of $79.00 per time performed $2,464.10
an average of $12.02 per time performed
medical
PROCEDURES

Administration of pneumococcal vaccine

Service Code: G0009
Performed in an office
172
times performed,
1% of her services

13th 19th

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

169
patients got this service, 27% of her patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$6,880.00an average of $40.00 per time performed $4,057.48
an average of $23.59 per time performed
drug
MEDICINE

Pneumococcal vaccine for injection into muscle

Service Code: 90670
Performed in an office
161
times performed,
0.93% of her services

14th 21st

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

161
patients got this service, 26% of her patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$29,946.00an average of $186.00 per time performed $26,793.62
an average of $166.42 per time performed
medical
PROCEDURES

Administration of influenza virus vaccine

Service Code: G0008
Performed in an office
159
times performed,
0.92% of her services

15th 15th

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

157
patients got this service, 25% of her patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$6,360.00an average of $40.00 per time performed $3,753.99
an average of $23.61 per time performed
medical
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORY

Vitamin d-3 level

Service Code: 82306
Performed in an office
143
times performed,
0.83% of her services

16th 34th

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

120
patients got this service, 19% of her patients
1.2
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.3)
$15,730.00an average of $110.00 per time performed $5,645.64
an average of $39.48 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
136
times performed,
0.79% of her services

17th 7th

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

98
patients got this service, 16% of her patients
1.4
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.6)
$6,936.00an average of $51.00 per time performed $1,410.32
an average of $10.37 per time performed
medical
MEDICINE

Injection beneath the skin or into muscle for therapy, di... +

Injection beneath the skin or into muscle for therapy, diagnosis, or prevention ×

Service Code: 96372
Performed in an office
126
times performed,
0.73% of her services

18th 18th

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

25
patients got this service, 4% of her patients
5
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 2.6)
$7,056.00an average of $56.00 per time performed $2,026.08
an average of $16.08 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
117
times performed,
0.68% of her services

19th 55th

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

115
patients got this service, 19% of her patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$2,407.86an average of $20.58 per time performed $2,080.26
an average of $17.78 per time performed
medical
PROCEDURES

Screening mammography, producing direct digital image, bi... +

Screening mammography, producing direct digital image, bilateral, all views ×

Service Code: G0202
Performed in an office
113
times performed,
0.66% of her services

20th 119th

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

113
patients got this service, 18% of her patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$27,233.00an average of $241.00 per time performed $10,253.62
an average of $90.74 per time performed
medical
RADIOLOGY

Computer analysis of screening mammogram to assist detect... +

Computer analysis of screening mammogram to assist detection of cancer ×

Service Code: 77052
Performed in an office
112
times performed,
0.65% of her services

21st 160th

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

112
patients got this service, 18% of her patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$2,800.00an average of $25.00 per time performed $577.92
an average of $5.16 per time performed
medical
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORY

Urine microalbumin (protein) level

Service Code: 82043
Performed in an office
97
times performed,
0.56% of her services

22nd 54th

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

88
patients got this service, 14% of her patients
1.1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.2)
$2,813.00an average of $29.00 per time performed $747.87
an average of $7.71 per time performed
medical
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORY

Creatinine level to test for kidney function or muscle in... +

Creatinine level to test for kidney function or muscle injury ×

Service Code: 82570
Performed in an office
97
times performed,
0.56% of her services

23rd 40th

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

88
patients got this service, 14% of her patients
1.1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.3)
$2,847.92an average of $29.36 per time performed $669.30
an average of $6.90 per time performed
medical
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORY

Manual urinalysis test with examination using microscope +

Manual urinalysis test with examination using microscope ×

Service Code: 81001
Performed in an office
66
times performed,
0.38% of her services

24th 30th

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

47
patients got this service, 8% of her patients
1.4
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.4)
$1,914.00an average of $29.00 per time performed $275.22
an average of $4.17 per time performed
medical
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORY

Blood test, basic group of blood chemicals

Service Code: 80048
Performed in an office
65
times performed,
0.38% of her services

25th 24th

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

54
patients got this service, 9% of her patients
1.2
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.6)
$3,900.00an average of $60.00 per time performed $628.55
an average of $9.67 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
59
times performed,
0.34% of her services

26th 71st

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

59
patients got this service, 10% of her patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$17,269.89an average of $292.71 per time performed $9,645.32
an average of $163.48 per time performed
medical
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORY

Hepatitis c antibody measurement

Service Code: 86803
Performed in an office
54
times performed,
0.31% of her services

27th 289th

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

54
patients got this service, 9% of her patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$3,834.00an average of $71.00 per time performed $1,027.62
an average of $19.03 per time performed
medical
PROCEDURES

Prostate cancer screening; prostate specific antigen test... +

Prostate cancer screening; prostate specific antigen test (psa) ×

Service Code: G0103
Performed in an office
51
times performed,
0.3% of her services

28th 66th

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

51
patients got this service, 8% of her patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$4,080.00an average of $80.00 per time performed $1,251.03
an average of $24.53 per time performed
drug
MEDICINE

Vaccine for influenza for injection into muscle, patient ... +

Vaccine for influenza for injection into muscle, patient 3 years and older ×

Service Code: 90656
Performed in an office
41
times performed,
0.24% of her services

29th 144th

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

41
patients got this service, 7% of her patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$861.00an average of $21.00 per time performed $565.80
an average of $13.80 per time performed
medical
RADIOLOGY

X-ray of chest, 2 views, front and side

Service Code: 71020
Performed in an office
41
times performed,
0.24% of her services

30th 39th

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

35
patients got this service, 6% of her patients
1.2
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.1)
$3,157.00an average of $77.00 per time performed $452.64
an average of $11.04 per time performed
medical
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORY

Liver function blood test panel

Service Code: 80076
Performed in an office
35
times performed,
0.2% of her services

31st 38th

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

27
patients got this service, 4% of her patients
1.3
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.5)
$2,380.00an average of $68.00 per time performed $306.60
an average of $8.76 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
33
times performed,
0.19% of her services

32nd 27th

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

33
patients got this service, 5% of her patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.1)
$3,498.00an average of $106.00 per time performed $383.79
an average of $11.63 per time performed
medical
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORY

Red blood cell sedimentation rate, to detect inflammation +

Red blood cell sedimentation rate, to detect inflammation ×

Service Code: 85651
Performed in an office
33
times performed,
0.19% of her services

33rd 97th

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

31
patients got this service, 5% of her patients
1.1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.4)
$1,056.00an average of $32.00 per time performed $155.76
an average of $4.72 per time performed
medical
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORY

Cyanocobalamin (vitamin b-12) level

Service Code: 82607
Performed in an office
30
times performed,
0.17% of her services

34th 65th

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

27
patients got this service, 4% of her patients
1.1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.2)
$2,610.00an average of $87.00 per time performed $603.00
an average of $20.10 per time performed
medical
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORY

Ferritin (blood protein) level

Service Code: 82728
Performed in an office
29
times performed,
0.17% of her services

35th 79th

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

29
patients got this service, 5% of her patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.4)
$2,523.00an average of $87.00 per time performed $526.93
an average of $18.17 per time performed
medical
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORY

Iron level

Service Code: 83540
Performed in an office
28
times performed,
0.16% of her services

36th 86th

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

27
patients got this service, 4% of her patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.4)
$784.00an average of $28.00 per time performed $241.64
an average of $8.63 per time performed
medical
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORY

Iron binding capacity

Service Code: 83550
Performed in an office
28
times performed,
0.16% of her services

37th 91st

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

27
patients got this service, 4% of her patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.4)
$840.00an average of $30.00 per time performed $326.48
an average of $11.66 per time performed
medical
PROCEDURES

Initial 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: G0402
Performed in an office
27
times performed,
0.16% of her services

38th 148th

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

27
patients got this service, 4% of her patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$6,480.00an average of $240.00 per time performed $4,279.50
an average of $158.50 per time performed
medical
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORY

Automated urinalysis test

Service Code: 81003
Performed in an office
21
times performed,
0.12% of her services

39th 29th

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

19
patients got this service, 3% of her patients
1.1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.3)
$483.00an average of $23.00 per time performed $63.00
an average of $3.00 per time performed
medical
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORY

Magnesium level

Service Code: 83735
Performed in an office
19
times performed,
0.11% of her services

40th 87th

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

17
patients got this service, 3% of her patients
1.1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.3)
$1,121.00an average of $59.00 per time performed $169.67
an average of $8.93 per time performed
medical
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORY

Uric acid level, blood

Service Code: 84550
Performed in an office
16
times performed,
0.09% of her services

41st 75th

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

13
patients got this service, 2% of her patients
1.2
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.5)
$368.00an average of $23.00 per time performed $50.88
an average of $3.18 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
14
times performed,
0.08% of her services

42nd 108th

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

14
patients got this service, 2% of her patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$2,604.00an average of $186.00 per time performed $885.92
an average of $63.28 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
11
times performed,
0.06% of her services

43rd 111th

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

11
patients got this service, 2% of her patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$949.96an average of $86.36 per time performed $862.07
an average of $78.37 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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