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, $369 per patient in 2015.
They performed about 5 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 his Part B patients.
This Provider's Services
This provider performed 99 different services in 2015
(77 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 |
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EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENTEstablished patient office or other outpatient, visit typ... + Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes × Service Code: 99214Performed in an office |
511 times performed, 22% of his services |
1st 5th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
397 patients got this service, 52% of his patients |
1.3 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.4) |
$89,266.59an average of $174.69 per time performed |
$40,139.05 an average of $78.55 per time performed |
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENTEstablished patient office or other outpatient visit, typ... + Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes × Service Code: 99213Performed in an office |
404 times performed, 18% of his services |
2nd 1st most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
292 patients got this service, 38% of his patients |
1.4 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.6) |
$52,358.40an average of $129.60 per time performed |
$21,250.40 an average of $52.60 per time performed |
RADIOLOGYX-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2 or 3 views Service Code: 72100Performed in an office |
224 times performed, 10% of his services |
3rd 25th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
188 patients got this service, 24% of his patients |
1.2 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.1) |
$23,105.60an average of $103.15 per time performed |
$5,505.92 an average of $24.58 per time performed |
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENTNew patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 3... + New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes × Service Code: 99203Performed in an office |
162 times performed, 7% of his services |
4th 6th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
162 patients got this service, 21% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$32,302.80an average of $199.40 per time performed |
$12,517.74 an average of $77.27 per time performed |
MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEMAspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule + Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule × Service Code: 20610Performed in an office |
89 times performed, 4% of his services |
5th 3rd most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
73 patients got this service, 9% of his patients |
1.2 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.8) |
$18,908.94an average of $212.46 per time performed |
$4,311.16 an average of $48.44 per time performed |
RADIOLOGYService Code: 73562Performed in an office |
67 times performed, 3% of his services |
6th 7th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
56 patients got this service, 7% of his patients |
1.1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.2) |
$4,994.18an average of $74.54 per time performed |
$1,584.55 an average of $23.65 per time performed |
DRUGSInjection, methylprednisolone acetate, 80 mg Service Code: J1040Performed in an office |
54 times performed, 2% of his services |
7th 14th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
42 patients got this service, 5% of his patients |
1.1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.4) |
$1,620.00an average of $30.00 per time performed |
$281.34 an average of $5.21 per time performed |
NERVOUS SYSTEMPartial removal of spine bone with release of spinal cord... + Partial removal of spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves × Service Code: 63048Performed in a facility |
51 times performed, 2% of his services |
8th 85th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
21 patients got this service, 3% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$30,651.00an average of $601.00 per time performed |
$8,442.54 an average of $165.54 per time performed |
RADIOLOGYX-ray of ribs of one side of body, minimum of 2 views Service Code: 73510Performed in an office |
48 times performed, 2% of his services |
9th 13th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
45 patients got this service, 6% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.3) |
$3,071.04an average of $63.98 per time performed |
$1,026.24 an average of $21.38 per time performed |
RADIOLOGYX-ray of upper spine, 4 or 5 views Service Code: 72050Performed in an office |
43 times performed, 2% of his services |
10th 83rd most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
42 patients got this service, 5% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.1) |
$6,235.00an average of $145.00 per time performed |
$1,323.11 an average of $30.77 per time performed |
RADIOLOGYService Code: 72170Performed in an office |
40 times performed, 2% of his services |
11th 17th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
40 patients got this service, 5% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.2) |
$2,628.80an average of $65.72 per time performed |
$705.60 an average of $17.64 per time performed |
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENTInitial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per... + Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day × Service Code: 99222Performed in a facility |
40 times performed, 2% of his services |
12th 40th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
40 patients got this service, 5% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$8,800.00an average of $220.00 per time performed |
$4,230.80 an average of $105.77 per time performed |
RADIOLOGYX-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views Service Code: 73030Performed in an office |
36 times performed, 2% of his services |
13th 12th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
33 patients got this service, 4% of his patients |
1.1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.2) |
$2,682.72an average of $74.52 per time performed |
$662.40 an average of $18.40 per time performed |
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENTSubsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes ... + Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day × Service Code: 99231Performed in a facility |
30 times performed, 1% of his services |
14th 75th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
17 patients got this service, 2% of his patients |
1.8 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.7) |
$1,980.00an average of $66.00 per time performed |
$903.30 an average of $30.11 per time performed |
RADIOLOGYX-ray of middle spine, 3 views Service Code: 72070Performed in an office |
22 times performed, 0.97% of his services |
15th 99th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
20 patients got this service, 3% of his patients |
1.1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.2) |
$2,223.54an average of $101.07 per time performed |
$471.90 an average of $21.45 per time performed |
DRUGSInjection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg Service Code: J1030Performed in an office |
21 times performed, 0.92% of his services |
16th 9th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
15 patients got this service, 2% of his patients |
1.3 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.4) |
$315.00an average of $15.00 per time performed |
$59.22 an average of $2.82 per time performed |
RADIOLOGYX-ray of spine of neck, 2 or 3 views Service Code: 72040Performed in an office |
21 times performed, 0.92% of his services |
17th 45th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
12 patients got this service, 2% of his patients |
1.8 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.1) |
$2,011.38an average of $95.78 per time performed |
$501.27 an average of $23.87 per time performed |
NERVOUS SYSTEMPartial removal of middle spine bone with release of spin... + Partial removal of middle spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves × Service Code: 63047Performed in a facility |
20 times performed, 0.88% of his services |
18th 98th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
20 patients got this service, 3% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$58,940.00an average of $2,947.00 per time performed |
$14,121.40 an average of $706.07 per time performed |
RADIOLOGYX-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views Service Code: 72110Performed in an office |
20 times performed, 0.88% of his services |
19th 44th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
20 patients got this service, 3% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.1) |
$2,825.00an average of $141.25 per time performed |
$683.20 an average of $34.16 per time performed |
RADIOLOGYX-ray of hip on one side of body, 1 view Service Code: 73500Performed in an office |
15 times performed, 0.66% of his services |
20th 32nd most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
14 patients got this service, 2% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.2) |
$963.00an average of $64.20 per time performed |
$258.75 an average of $17.25 per time performed |
MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEMHarvest of bone fragments for spine surgery graft Service Code: 20937Performed in a facility |
11 times performed, 0.48% of his services |
21st
most performed service for this provider 5 or fewer providers in this specialty in NY perform this service |
11 patients got this service, 1% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service |
$5,632.00an average of $512.00 per time performed |
$1,438.47 an average of $130.77 per time performed |
PROCEDURESPhysician certification for medicare-covered home health ... + Physician certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians to affirm the initial imple × Service Code: G0180Performed in an office |
11 times performed, 0.48% of his services |
22nd 84th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
11 patients got this service, 1% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$1,694.00an average of $154.00 per time performed |
$450.01 an average of $40.91 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.
This provider did not bill Medicare for any 5’s.
Richard J Distefano
Average for Orthopaedic Surgery Providers in New York
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.