$295.4M in total Medicare payments across 10 years
Procedure 22551 (Fusion of upper spine bone with removal of disc and release of spinal cord or nerve, 1 disc) received $295.4M in total Medicare payments.
Across 296.8K services, the average Medicare payment was $995.31 per service.
AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.
| Year | Payments | Services | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $26.7M | 29.5K | — |
| 2015 | $30.5M | 32.4K | +14.1% |
| 2016 | $33.4M | 35.1K | +9.7% |
| 2017 | $33.6M | 34.9K | +0.4% |
| 2018 | $32.6M | 34.3K | -2.8% |
| 2019 | $35.2M | 35.2K | +7.8% |
| 2020 | $26.9M | 26.0K | -23.5% |
| 2021 | $26.9M | 24.0K | -0.0% |
| 2022 | $25.0M | 23.0K | -7.1% |
| 2023 | $24.7M | 22.4K | -1.2% |
| # | Provider | Specialty | State | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Surgery Center Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | MS | $311.2K | 49 | $6.4K |
| 2 | Mayfield Spine Surgery Center Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | OH | $311.1K | 46 | $6.8K |
| 3 | Madison Physician Surgery Center, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | MS | $303.3K | 46 | $6.6K |
| 4 | Wichita Falls Specialty Asc Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | TX | $245.1K | 37 | $6.6K |
| 5 | Spine Center Of Excellence Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | LA | $218.6K | 33 | $6.6K |
| 6 | Semmes-Murphey Clinic Pc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | TN | $200.6K | 34 | $5.9K |
| 7 | Northwest Neurospine Institute, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | OR | $192.6K | 38 | $5.1K |
| 8 | San Luis Obispo Surgery Center A California Limited Partnership | Ambulatory Surgical Center | CA | $176.7K | 22 | $8.0K |
| 9 | Proliance Surgery Center At Valley, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | WA | $163.2K | 21 | $7.8K |
| 10 | Advanced Surgery Center Of Sarasota, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | FL | $158.8K | 23 | $6.9K |
| 11 | Surgical Clinic Solutions, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | AL | $157.1K | 27 | $5.8K |
| 12 | Olympia Orthopaedic Associates Pllc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | WA | $153.6K | 21 | $7.3K |
| 13 | Waveco Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | NC | $132.7K | 19 | $7.0K |
| 14 | Charleston Surgery Center Limited Partnership | Ambulatory Surgical Center | SC | $130.5K | 19 | $6.9K |
| 15 | Wake Spine And Specialty Surgery Center Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | NC | $128.9K | 20 | $6.4K |
| 16 | Performance Health Surgicenter, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | FL | $115.7K | 17 | $6.8K |
| 17 | Mark Frenkel | Neurosurgery | FL | $114.5K | 75 | $1.5K |
| 18 | Central Oregon Surgical Institute, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | OR | $114.2K | 16 | $7.1K |
| 19 | Wellness Ambulatory Surgery Center, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | TX | $112.7K | 16 | $7.0K |
| 20 | Michael Haglund | Neurosurgery | NC | $107.5K | 86 | $1.2K |
| 21 | Greensboro Specialty Surgery Center Limited Partnership | Ambulatory Surgical Center | NC | $102.1K | 15 | $6.8K |
| 22 | Southeastern Surgical, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | TN | $99.0K | 15 | $6.6K |
| 23 | Medstar Surgery Center At Brandywine, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | MD | $99.0K | 15 | $6.6K |
| 24 | Doctors Same Day Surgery Center, Ltd | Ambulatory Surgical Center | FL | $96.3K | 14 | $6.9K |
| 25 | Neospine Puyallup Spine Center, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | WA | $96.2K | 13 | $7.4K |
| State | Payments | Services | Providers | Avg/Provider |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TX | $2.8M | 2.6K | 137 | $20.3K |
| FL | $2.7M | 2.4K | 124 | $21.7K |
| CA | $1.3M | 1.1K | 62 | $20.5K |
| NC | $1.1M | 915 | 46 | $23.6K |
| MD | $964.1K | 731 | 40 | $24.1K |
| MS | $941.7K | 484 | 21 | $44.8K |
| TN | $911.3K | 757 | 49 | $18.6K |
| VA | $849.3K | 879 | 52 | $16.3K |
| OH | $844.5K | 617 | 38 | $22.2K |
| GA | $837.0K | 874 | 57 | $14.7K |
| LA | $812.4K | 759 | 38 | $21.4K |
| SC | $799.1K | 659 | 37 | $21.6K |
| AZ | $768.4K | 761 | 48 | $16.0K |
| WA | $760.1K | 407 | 25 | $30.4K |
| AL | $719.8K | 762 | 47 | $15.3K |
| IL | $615.6K | 551 | 32 | $19.2K |
| OK | $590.9K | 707 | 42 | $14.1K |
| OR | $563.4K | 340 | 18 | $31.3K |
| NY | $551.6K | 472 | 30 | $18.4K |
| CO | $469.4K | 507 | 33 | $14.2K |
| MO | $437.8K | 480 | 30 | $14.6K |
| MI | $436.1K | 361 | 23 | $19.0K |
| IN | $400.5K | 533 | 35 | $11.4K |
| MA | $380.1K | 316 | 18 | $21.1K |
| PA | $357.9K | 299 | 18 | $19.9K |
| AR | $315.5K | 364 | 18 | $17.5K |
| KS | $293.5K | 400 | 16 | $18.3K |
| KY | $256.0K | 273 | 21 | $12.2K |
| NJ | $224.8K | 257 | 17 | $13.2K |
| DE | $160.6K | 185 | 9 | $17.8K |
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.