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00812

Anesthesia for exam of colon using an endoscope

$247.7M in total Medicare payments across 6 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure 00812 (Anesthesia for exam of colon using an endoscope) received $247.7M in total Medicare payments.

Across 2.9M services, the average Medicare payment was $86.05 per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2018$43.7M511.2K—
2019$43.4M501.6K-0.9%
2020$30.3M341.8K-30.1%
2021$41.1M472.6K+35.6%
2022$44.4M516.8K+8.1%
2023$44.7M534.1K+0.6%

Top Providers for 00812

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Alexander EitelAnesthesiologyMD$51.7K447$115.76
2Mary DasherCertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)WV$51.1K208$245.84
3Phuoc NguyenAnesthesiologyCA$48.5K400$121.21
4Rohit SoodAnesthesiologyNJ$44.0K435$101.16
5Linda FieldsAnesthesiologyVA$41.7K434$96.19
6Carol WadeCertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)VA$40.3K385$104.58
7Christopher SolaCertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)MD$39.9K380$105.12
8Joanne SmithCertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)VA$36.7K351$104.69
9John MashikianAnesthesiologyMA$36.7K655$56.03
10Karen BurnhamAnesthesiologyVA$36.4K389$93.63
11Meredith SobersCertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)VA$36.1K351$102.76
12John LenahanCertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)VA$35.1K352$99.82
13Kathryn LongworthCertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)VA$34.3K327$104.97
14Jeffery SchultzCertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)MT$34.1K284$120.23
15Jeewon KimAnesthesiologyVA$33.8K299$112.99
16Maribel AbenirCertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)VA$33.7K333$101.23
17Marie SnyderCertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)PA$33.7K377$89.26
18Suzette HenahanCertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)VA$32.5K324$100.18
19Thomas ScruggsCertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)MT$32.3K291$111.06
20Courtney HansonCertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)VA$32.2K320$100.48
21Nathaniel FullerAnesthesiologyMD$32.0K277$115.48
22Meghan LambCertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)MO$31.8K331$95.97
23Jaclyn MillerCertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)NC$31.7K248$127.73
24Thomas ArmstrongCertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)FL$31.5K296$106.44
25Adedayo AlaladeCertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)MD$31.4K290$108.12

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
NY$3.2M34.0K933$3.5K
FL$3.1M36.7K1.1K$3.0K
TX$3.0M36.9K1.2K$2.6K
PA$2.9M40.0K1.1K$2.7K
CA$2.6M25.0K799$3.3K
VA$2.1M25.9K646$3.3K
MA$1.8M25.1K706$2.5K
IL$1.7M18.8K722$2.4K
NC$1.6M19.5K564$2.9K
NJ$1.6M18.5K464$3.5K
OH$1.6M18.3K600$2.6K
MD$1.5M15.9K345$4.5K
GA$1.3M17.1K542$2.4K
MI$1.2M17.4K679$1.8K
SC$1.1M14.1K406$2.6K
TN$1.1M12.4K402$2.6K
MO$1.0M12.3K421$2.4K
AZ$942.9K10.5K263$3.6K
IN$798.1K9.1K375$2.1K
KY$703.3K8.3K310$2.3K
WA$698.2K7.1K235$3.0K
LA$670.0K7.7K275$2.4K
KS$610.0K7.0K249$2.4K
CO$571.0K6.2K206$2.8K
WI$563.0K7.6K286$2.0K
OK$562.8K6.2K192$2.9K
AL$532.2K8.2K279$1.9K
CT$523.8K7.2K253$2.1K
MS$499.8K6.2K156$3.2K
AR$449.2K5.0K125$3.6K

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Data Sources

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  • • Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data (2014-2023)
  • • CMS National Health Expenditure Data

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.