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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.
CONNECTICUT ORTHOPAEDIC SPECIALISTS OUTPATIENT SURGICAL CENTER LLC
BRANFORD, CT, 06405
Ambulatory Health Care Facilities, Ambulatory Surgical
How This Provider Compares
This Provider
Avg in State & Specialty
Providers in this state and specialty were reimbursed, on average, $1,047 per patient in 2015.
They performed about 2 services per patient. Here’s how this provider compares.
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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 Services
This provider performed 74 different services in 2015
(64 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NERVOUS SYSTEMInjections of substances into lower or sacral spine Service Code: 62311Performed in a facility |
140 times performed, 30% of services |
1st 5th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
106 patients got this service, 35% of patients |
1.3 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.5) |
$354,579.40an average of $2,532.71 per time performed |
$44,881.20 an average of $320.58 per time performed |
NERVOUS SYSTEMRelease and/or relocation of median nerve of hand Service Code: 64721Performed in a facility |
37 times performed, 8% of services |
2nd 13th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
35 patients got this service, 11% of patients |
1.1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.2) |
$285,223.75an average of $7,708.75 per time performed |
$23,652.25 an average of $639.25 per time performed |
NERVOUS SYSTEMInjections of lower or sacral spine facet joint using ima... + Injections of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance × Service Code: 64493Performed in a facility |
34 times performed, 7% of services |
3rd 12th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
20 patients got this service, 7% of patients |
1.3 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.4) |
$74,055.06an average of $2,178.09 per time performed |
$9,617.24 an average of $282.86 per time performed |
NERVOUS SYSTEMInjections 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: 64483Performed in a facility |
32 times performed, 7% of services |
4th 6th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
26 patients got this service, 8% of patients |
1.2 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.3) |
$77,743.36an average of $2,429.48 per time performed |
$10,258.56 an average of $320.58 per time performed |
NERVOUS SYSTEMInjection of anesthetic agent, other peripheral nerve or ... + Injection of anesthetic agent, other peripheral nerve or branch × Service Code: 64450Performed in a facility |
28 times performed, 6% of services |
5th
most performed service for this provider 5 or fewer providers in this specialty in CT perform this service |
28 patients got this service, 9% of patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service |
$87,523.80an average of $3,125.85 per time performed |
$707.56 an average of $25.27 per time performed |
MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEMRemoval of both knee cartilages using an endoscope Service Code: 29880Performed in a facility |
16 times performed, 3% of services |
6th 18th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
16 patients got this service, 5% of patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$173,471.52an average of $10,841.97 per time performed |
$16,420.96 an average of $1,026.31 per time performed |
MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEMExtensive removal of shoulder joint tissue using an endos... + Extensive removal of shoulder joint tissue using an endoscope × Service Code: 29823Performed in a facility |
15 times performed, 3% of services |
7th
most performed service for this provider 5 or fewer providers in this specialty in CT perform this service |
15 patients got this service, 5% of patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service |
$160,564.50an average of $10,704.30 per time performed |
$29,019.75 an average of $1,934.65 per time performed |
MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEMService Code: 26055Performed in a facility |
13 times performed, 3% of services |
8th 14th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
11 patients got this service, 4% of patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.1) |
$99,781.11an average of $7,675.47 per time performed |
$6,152.12 an average of $473.24 per time performed |
MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEMRepair of torn tendons of shoulder, open procedure Service Code: 23412Performed in a facility |
12 times performed, 3% of services |
9th
most performed service for this provider 5 or fewer providers in this specialty in CT perform this service |
12 patients got this service, 4% of patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service |
$205,483.32an average of $17,123.61 per time performed |
$10,769.76 an average of $897.48 per time performed |
MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEMRemoval of one knee cartilage using an endoscope Service Code: 29881Performed in a facility |
11 times performed, 2% of services |
10th 16th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
11 patients got this service, 4% of patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$119,261.67an average of $10,841.97 per time performed |
$11,289.41 an average of $1,026.31 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.