$674.2M in total Medicare payments across 6 years
Procedure 00731 (Anesthesia for other procedure on esophagus, stomach, or upper small bowel using an endoscope) received $674.2M in total Medicare payments.
Across 7.8M services, the average Medicare payment was $86.92 per service.
AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.
| Year | Payments | Services | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $129.7M | 1.5M | — |
| 2019 | $133.0M | 1.5M | +2.5% |
| 2020 | $104.5M | 1.2M | -21.4% |
| 2021 | $109.5M | 1.2M | +4.8% |
| 2022 | $101.2M | 1.2M | -7.5% |
| 2023 | $96.2M | 1.2M | -5.0% |
| # | Provider | Specialty | State | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ying Kit Lai | Anesthesiology | NY | $71.5K | 526 | $135.84 |
| 2 | James Loftus | Anesthesiology | NY | $55.5K | 503 | $110.36 |
| 3 | Vyacheslav Fattakhov | Anesthesiology | NY | $53.0K | 418 | $126.86 |
| 4 | Michael Tawfellos | Anesthesiology | NY | $53.0K | 391 | $135.58 |
| 5 | Mary Dasher | Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) | WV | $49.5K | 216 | $229.30 |
| 6 | Francis Jones | Anesthesiology | SC | $49.5K | 907 | $54.60 |
| 7 | Jun Li | Anesthesiology | NJ | $48.8K | 440 | $110.88 |
| 8 | Daniel Huther | Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) | KY | $47.4K | 463 | $102.43 |
| 9 | Rodger White | Anesthesiology | MA | $45.1K | 404 | $111.65 |
| 10 | Stephanie Dunbar | Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) | MD | $44.6K | 424 | $105.10 |
| 11 | Janaki Koka | Anesthesiology | FL | $43.7K | 445 | $98.30 |
| 12 | Ellis Lai | Anesthesiology | CA | $43.6K | 301 | $144.82 |
| 13 | Timothy Angelotti | Anesthesiology | CA | $43.3K | 459 | $94.25 |
| 14 | Michael Nguyen | Anesthesiology | CA | $43.1K | 390 | $110.49 |
| 15 | Lance Hudson | Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) | SC | $42.3K | 481 | $88.03 |
| 16 | Petr Sabzanov | Anesthesiology | NY | $41.8K | 304 | $137.38 |
| 17 | Kelly Gignac | Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) | FL | $40.5K | 371 | $109.08 |
| 18 | Kevin Vaughan | Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) | MO | $39.0K | 375 | $103.98 |
| 19 | William Hass | Anesthesiology | AL | $38.9K | 896 | $43.47 |
| 20 | Allene Jolly | Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) | MS | $38.5K | 430 | $89.47 |
| 21 | Lorena Milani | Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) | FL | $37.2K | 395 | $94.25 |
| 22 | Dan Nesmith | Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) | FL | $36.8K | 364 | $101.11 |
| 23 | Mike Nickless | Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) | FL | $36.0K | 375 | $96.04 |
| 24 | Theresa Bruno | Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) | FL | $35.2K | 327 | $107.65 |
| 25 | Marcus Reyes | Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) | TX | $35.1K | 369 | $95.19 |
| State | Payments | Services | Providers | Avg/Provider |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FL | $8.0M | 90.6K | 2.9K | $2.8K |
| NY | $7.9M | 79.9K | 2.2K | $3.5K |
| CA | $7.4M | 67.2K | 2.4K | $3.1K |
| TX | $6.5M | 80.1K | 2.8K | $2.3K |
| PA | $5.0M | 71.3K | 2.4K | $2.1K |
| IL | $3.8M | 45.6K | 1.7K | $2.2K |
| OH | $3.6M | 46.6K | 1.7K | $2.1K |
| NJ | $3.3M | 36.2K | 1.0K | $3.2K |
| NC | $3.0M | 42.3K | 1.4K | $2.2K |
| MA | $2.9M | 39.3K | 1.3K | $2.3K |
| VA | $2.9M | 38.3K | 1.2K | $2.3K |
| MI | $2.8M | 41.8K | 1.6K | $1.8K |
| GA | $2.7M | 38.4K | 1.3K | $2.0K |
| TN | $2.5M | 31.2K | 1.0K | $2.5K |
| MO | $2.3M | 29.0K | 1.0K | $2.3K |
| MD | $2.2M | 23.9K | 722 | $3.0K |
| SC | $2.2M | 31.2K | 849 | $2.6K |
| AZ | $2.0M | 21.5K | 656 | $3.0K |
| IN | $1.9M | 22.6K | 793 | $2.5K |
| KY | $1.7M | 19.8K | 720 | $2.3K |
| LA | $1.6M | 18.6K | 599 | $2.6K |
| WA | $1.6M | 16.6K | 660 | $2.4K |
| AL | $1.5M | 24.8K | 708 | $2.1K |
| MS | $1.2M | 15.6K | 385 | $3.2K |
| KS | $1.2M | 14.9K | 506 | $2.3K |
| MN | $1.2M | 16.7K | 651 | $1.8K |
| WI | $1.2M | 15.7K | 712 | $1.6K |
| OK | $1.1M | 12.5K | 394 | $2.9K |
| CT | $1.1M | 15.0K | 548 | $2.0K |
| CO | $1.1M | 13.0K | 553 | $2.0K |
Last Updated: February 2026 (data through 2023, the latest CMS release)
Note: All data is from publicly available Medicare records. OpenMedicare is an independent journalism project not affiliated with CMS.