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, $405 per patient in 2015.
They performed about 7 services per patient. Here’s how this provider compares.

Number of
Patients
492
Rank: 195th
out of 971 providers in this state & specialty
Services
Performed
2,647
Rank: 313th
out of 971 providers in this state & specialty
Avg Services
Per Patient
5.4 This Provider
Avg 6.5
Total Paid
by Medicare
$199K
Rank: 219th
out of 971 providers in this state & specialty
Avg Paid
Per Patient
$404 This Provider
Avg $405

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
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This Provider's Services

This provider performed 111 different services in 2015
(91 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
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
548
times performed,
21% of his services

1st 5th

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

314
patients got this service, 64% of his patients
1.7
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.4)
$139,740.00an average of $255.00 per time performed $40,584.88
an average of $74.06 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
543
times performed,
21% of his services

2nd 2nd

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

290
patients got this service, 59% of his patients
1.9
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.6)
$93,939.00an average of $173.00 per time performed $28,371.75
an average of $52.25 per time performed
drug
DRUGS

Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg

Service Code: J1030
Performed in an office
286
times performed,
11% of his services

3rd 7th

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

124
patients got this service, 25% of his patients
1.7
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.4)
$3,432.00an average of $12.00 per time performed $800.80
an average of $2.80 per time performed
medical
MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM

Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule +

Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule ×

Service Code: 20610
Performed in an office
264
times performed,
10% of his services

4th 3rd

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

132
patients got this service, 27% of his patients
1.9
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.7)
$46,200.00an average of $175.00 per time performed $13,097.04
an average of $49.61 per time performed
medical
RADIOLOGY

X-ray of knee, 4 or more views

Service Code: 73564
Performed in an office
178
times performed,
7% of his services

5th 17th

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

129
patients got this service, 26% of his patients
1.1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.1)
$18,690.00an average of $105.00 per time performed $4,955.52
an average of $27.84 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
101
times performed,
4% of his services

6th 6th

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

101
patients got this service, 21% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$25,755.00an average of $255.00 per time performed $7,566.92
an average of $74.92 per time performed
medical
RADIOLOGY

X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views

Service Code: 73030
Performed in an office
80
times performed,
3% of his services

7th 12th

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

67
patients got this service, 14% of his patients
1.1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.3)
$6,000.00an average of $75.00 per time performed $1,644.80
an average of $20.56 per time performed
medical
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT

New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 2... +

New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 20 minutes ×

Service Code: 99202
Performed in an office
64
times performed,
2% of his services

8th 35th

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

64
patients got this service, 13% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$11,264.00an average of $176.00 per time performed $3,303.04
an average of $51.61 per time performed
medical
RADIOLOGY

X-ray of pelvis, 1 or 2 views

Service Code: 72170
Performed in an office
61
times performed,
2% of his services

9th 19th

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

53
patients got this service, 11% of his patients
1.2
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.2)
$4,270.00an average of $70.00 per time performed $1,197.43
an average of $19.63 per time performed
drug
DRUGS

Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 80 mg

Service Code: J1040
Performed in an office
48
times performed,
2% of his services

10th 18th

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

31
patients got this service, 6% of his patients
1.5
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.4)
$697.92an average of $14.54 per time performed $249.12
an average of $5.19 per time performed
medical
RADIOLOGY

X-ray of foot, minimum of 3 views

Service Code: 73630
Performed in an office
43
times performed,
2% of his services

11th 24th

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

30
patients got this service, 6% of his patients
1.2
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.5)
$3,311.00an average of $77.00 per time performed $829.04
an average of $19.28 per time performed
medical
RADIOLOGY

X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2 or 3 views

Service Code: 72100
Performed in an office
26
times performed,
0.98% of his services

12th 25th

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

26
patients got this service, 5% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.2)
$2,262.00an average of $87.00 per time performed $651.82
an average of $25.07 per time performed
medical
RADIOLOGY

X-ray of ankle, minimum of 3 views

Service Code: 73610
Performed in an office
23
times performed,
0.87% of his services

13th 28th

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

15
patients got this service, 3% of his patients
1.5
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.6)
$1,886.00an average of $82.00 per time performed $475.87
an average of $20.69 per time performed
medical
MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM

Repair of knee joint

Service Code: 27447
Performed in a facility
22
times performed,
0.83% of his services

14th 22nd

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

22
patients got this service, 4% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$79,816.00an average of $3,628.00 per time performed $20,989.10
an average of $954.05 per time performed
medical
MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM

Prosthetic repair of shoulder joint

Service Code: 23472
Performed in a facility
12
times performed,
0.45% of his services

15th 91st

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

12
patients got this service, 2% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$42,360.00an average of $3,530.00 per time performed $13,494.36
an average of $1,124.53 per time performed
medical
RADIOLOGY

X-ray of ribs of one side of body, minimum of 2 views

Service Code: 73510
Performed in an office
12
times performed,
0.45% of his services

16th 15th

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

11
patients got this service, 2% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.4)
$1,152.00an average of $96.00 per time performed $287.76
an average of $23.98 per time performed
medical
MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM

Replacement of thigh bone and hip joint prosthesis

Service Code: 27130
Performed in a facility
11
times performed,
0.42% of his services

17th 41st

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

11
patients got this service, 2% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$37,257.00an average of $3,387.00 per time performed $10,566.05
an average of $960.55 per time performed
medical
MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM

Removal of one knee cartilage using an endoscope

Service Code: 29881
Performed in a facility
11
times performed,
0.42% of his services

18th 99th

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

11
patients got this service, 2% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$16,192.00an average of $1,472.00 per time performed $4,564.67
an average of $414.97 per time performed
medical
RADIOLOGY

X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views

Service Code: 72110
Performed in an office
11
times performed,
0.42% of his services

19th 63rd

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

11
patients got this service, 2% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.1)
$1,320.00an average of $120.00 per time performed $395.67
an average of $35.97 per time performed
medical
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT

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

Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes ×

Service Code: 99212
Performed in an office
11
times performed,
0.42% of his services

20th 9th

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

11
patients got this service, 2% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.4)
$1,133.00an average of $103.00 per time performed $298.54
an average of $27.14 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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