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, $211 per patient in 2015.
They performed about 11 services per patient. Here’s how this provider compares.

Number of
Patients
284
Rank: 291st
out of 717 providers in this state & specialty
Services
Performed
1,835
Rank: 298th
out of 717 providers in this state & specialty
Avg Services
Per Patient
6.5 This Provider
Avg 10.7
Total Paid
by Medicare
$59.3K
Rank: 269th
out of 717 providers in this state & specialty
Avg Paid
Per Patient
$209 This Provider
Avg $211

Note: About 25% 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 66 different services in 2015
(45 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 15 minutes ×

Service Code: 99213
Performed in an office
436
times performed,
24% of his services

1st 2nd

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

240
patients got this service, 85% of his patients
1.8
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 2)
$43,835.44an average of $100.54 per time performed $17,335.36
an average of $39.76 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
256
times performed,
14% of his services

2nd 4th

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

183
patients got this service, 64% of his patients
1.4
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 2)
$2,385.92an average of $9.32 per time performed $750.08
an average of $2.93 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
119
times performed,
6% of his services

3rd 3rd

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

90
patients got this service, 32% of his patients
1.3
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 2)
$19,178.04an average of $161.16 per time performed $8,136.03
an average of $68.37 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: 85027
Performed in an office
93
times performed,
5% of his services

4th 32nd

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

80
patients got this service, 28% of his patients
1.2
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.4)
$1,953.00an average of $21.00 per time performed $802.59
an average of $8.63 per time performed
medical
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORY

Blood test, basic group of blood chemicals

Service Code: 80048
Performed in an office
79
times performed,
4% of his services

5th 20th

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

74
patients got this service, 26% of his patients
1.1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.6)
$1,659.00an average of $21.00 per time performed $756.82
an average of $9.58 per time performed
medical
PROCEDURES

Administration of pneumococcal vaccine

Service Code: G0009
Performed in an office
77
times performed,
4% of his services

6th 16th

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

77
patients got this service, 27% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$770.00an average of $10.00 per time performed $754.60
an average of $9.80 per time performed
drug
MEDICINE

Pneumococcal vaccine for injection into muscle

Service Code: 90670
Performed in an office
76
times performed,
4% of his services

7th 17th

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

76
patients got this service, 27% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$13,460.36an average of $177.11 per time performed $12,731.52
an average of $167.52 per time performed
medical
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORY

Blood test, lipids (cholesterol and triglycerides)

Service Code: 80061
Performed in an office
76
times performed,
4% of his services

8th 12th

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

75
patients got this service, 26% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.3)
$2,236.68an average of $29.43 per time performed $962.92
an average of $12.67 per time performed
medical
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORY

Hemoglobin a1c level

Service Code: 83036
Performed in an office
60
times performed,
3% of his services

9th 14th

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

37
patients got this service, 13% of his patients
1.6
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.7)
$1,422.00an average of $23.70 per time performed $765.00
an average of $12.75 per time performed
drug
MEDICINE

Vaccine for influenza for injection into muscle

Service Code: 90662
Performed in an office
59
times performed,
3% of his services

10th 19th

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

59
patients got this service, 21% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$2,301.00an average of $39.00 per time performed $2,099.81
an average of $35.59 per time performed
medical
PROCEDURES

Administration of influenza virus vaccine

Service Code: G0008
Performed in an office
59
times performed,
3% of his services

11th 10th

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

59
patients got this service, 21% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$590.00an average of $10.00 per time performed $578.20
an average of $9.80 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
49
times performed,
3% of his services

12th 28th

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

36
patients got this service, 13% of his patients
1.4
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.4)
$558.11an average of $11.39 per time performed $206.78
an average of $4.22 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
37
times performed,
2% of his services

13th 30th

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

37
patients got this service, 13% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$7,724.86an average of $208.78 per time performed $3,921.63
an average of $105.99 per time performed
medical
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORY

Liver enzyme (sgpt), level

Service Code: 84460
Performed in an office
28
times performed,
2% of his services

14th 94th

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

27
patients got this service, 10% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.3)
$374.92an average of $13.39 per time performed $134.68
an average of $4.81 per time performed
medical
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORY

Urine microalbumin (protein) level

Service Code: 82043
Performed in an office
27
times performed,
1% of his services

15th 53rd

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

27
patients got this service, 10% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.2)
$554.04an average of $20.52 per time performed $208.17
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
27
times performed,
1% of his services

16th 40th

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

27
patients got this service, 10% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.2)
$554.04an average of $20.52 per time performed $186.30
an average of $6.90 per time performed
medical
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORY

Blood test, comprehensive group of blood chemicals

Service Code: 80053
Performed in an office
25
times performed,
1% of his services

17th 11th

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

25
patients got this service, 9% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.5)
$649.00an average of $25.96 per time performed $308.50
an average of $12.34 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
25
times performed,
1% of his services

18th 27th

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

24
patients got this service, 8% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.1)
$1,683.00an average of $67.32 per time performed $305.00
an average of $12.20 per time performed
medical
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORY

Blood test, thyroid stimulating hormone (tsh)

Service Code: 84443
Performed in an office
19
times performed,
1% of his services

19th 23rd

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

19
patients got this service, 7% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.3)
$695.97an average of $36.63 per time performed $425.79
an average of $22.41 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
19
times performed,
1% of his services

20th 59th

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

19
patients got this service, 7% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1)
$3,935.09an average of $207.11 per time performed $2,985.85
an average of $157.15 per time performed
medical
RADIOLOGY

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

Service Code: 71020
Performed in an office
13
times performed,
0.71% of his services

21st 24th

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

13
patients got this service, 5% of his patients
1
average number of visits a patient made for this service
(Peers: 1.2)
$1,249.04an average of $96.08 per time performed $258.31
an average of $19.87 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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Average for Family Medicine Providers in Nebraska

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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