$340.4M in total Medicare payments across 10 years
Procedure 22614 (Fusion of additional segment of spine) received $340.4M in total Medicare payments.
Across 1.5M services, the average Medicare payment was $232.68 per service.
AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.
| Year | Payments | Services | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $26.8M | 117.8K | — |
| 2015 | $29.5M | 126.6K | +9.8% |
| 2016 | $32.6M | 140.7K | +10.8% |
| 2017 | $34.3M | 147.3K | +5.2% |
| 2018 | $36.9M | 158.2K | +7.5% |
| 2019 | $39.1M | 166.6K | +6.0% |
| 2020 | $34.5M | 145.5K | -11.8% |
| 2021 | $36.1M | 154.0K | +4.8% |
| 2022 | $35.1M | 150.9K | -3.0% |
| 2023 | $35.5M | 155.3K | +1.4% |
| # | Provider | Specialty | State | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christopher Ames | Neurosurgery | CA | $186.3K | 838 | $222.37 |
| 2 | Vedat Deviren | Orthopedic Surgery | CA | $177.1K | 813 | $217.84 |
| 3 | Gregory Mundis | Orthopedic Surgery | CA | $142.8K | 465 | $307.01 |
| 4 | Henry Aryan | Neurosurgery | CA | $136.7K | 450 | $303.68 |
| 5 | Daniel Williams | Orthopedic Surgery | NC | $136.4K | 463 | $294.53 |
| 6 | Steven Ludwig | Orthopedic Surgery | MD | $122.4K | 374 | $327.27 |
| 7 | Tyler Koski | Neurosurgery | IL | $122.2K | 334 | $366.01 |
| 8 | Cj Kleck | Orthopedic Surgery | CO | $117.7K | 493 | $238.74 |
| 9 | Scott Parker | Neurosurgery | TN | $115.3K | 425 | $271.24 |
| 10 | Tiffany Perry | Neurosurgery | CA | $106.7K | 341 | $312.84 |
| 11 | Daniel Cavanaugh | Orthopedic Surgery | NC | $104.3K | 311 | $335.25 |
| 12 | Richard Allen | Orthopedic Surgery | CA | $101.5K | 331 | $306.71 |
| 13 | George Picetti | Orthopedic Surgery | CA | $94.0K | 320 | $293.84 |
| 14 | Jay Turner | Neurosurgery | AZ | $91.6K | 312 | $293.69 |
| 15 | Brian O'shaughnessy | Neurosurgery | TN | $91.4K | 333 | $274.49 |
| 16 | Aaron Clark | Neurosurgery | CA | $90.8K | 393 | $231.00 |
| 17 | Zachary Tempel | Neurosurgery | OH | $89.6K | 462 | $193.86 |
| 18 | Fred Mo | Orthopedic Surgery | DC | $83.8K | 247 | $339.11 |
| 19 | Alexander Theologis | Orthopedic Surgery | CA | $83.3K | 380 | $219.16 |
| 20 | Brian Seaman | Neurosurgery | OH | $81.8K | 262 | $312.03 |
| 21 | Lee Tan | Neurosurgery | CA | $81.4K | 248 | $328.35 |
| 22 | Andrew Pugely | Orthopedic Surgery | IA | $79.3K | 295 | $268.98 |
| 23 | Lawrence Babat | Orthopedic Surgery | TN | $78.7K | 306 | $257.22 |
| 24 | John Shin | Neurosurgery | PA | $78.0K | 241 | $323.84 |
| 25 | Jeffrey Gum | Orthopedic Surgery | KY | $77.2K | 263 | $293.38 |
| State | Payments | Services | Providers | Avg/Provider |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | $4.4M | 18.8K | 226 | $19.4K |
| FL | $2.6M | 10.5K | 171 | $15.2K |
| TX | $2.6M | 12.1K | 209 | $12.4K |
| OH | $1.8M | 8.1K | 111 | $16.1K |
| NY | $1.6M | 5.8K | 112 | $14.3K |
| MD | $1.5M | 5.6K | 75 | $20.6K |
| PA | $1.4M | 5.4K | 100 | $14.5K |
| NC | $1.4M | 6.5K | 88 | $15.5K |
| CO | $1.2M | 6.0K | 78 | $15.9K |
| IL | $1.2M | 4.2K | 75 | $15.8K |
| TN | $1.1M | 5.5K | 75 | $15.3K |
| MA | $1.1M | 4.1K | 71 | $15.8K |
| VA | $1.1M | 5.1K | 81 | $13.8K |
| MI | $1.0M | 4.3K | 79 | $13.2K |
| AZ | $984.3K | 4.3K | 67 | $14.7K |
| MO | $884.3K | 3.8K | 61 | $14.5K |
| WA | $768.6K | 3.4K | 58 | $13.3K |
| OK | $668.4K | 3.6K | 60 | $11.1K |
| GA | $647.4K | 3.0K | 63 | $10.3K |
| IN | $555.6K | 2.9K | 59 | $9.4K |
| MN | $536.6K | 2.4K | 33 | $16.3K |
| LA | $534.9K | 2.6K | 47 | $11.4K |
| KY | $515.6K | 2.3K | 37 | $13.9K |
| SC | $464.6K | 2.2K | 47 | $9.9K |
| KS | $436.0K | 2.4K | 40 | $10.9K |
| AL | $421.1K | 2.3K | 47 | $9.0K |
| NJ | $375.6K | 1.6K | 43 | $8.7K |
| CT | $312.0K | 1.3K | 27 | $11.6K |
| IA | $306.0K | 1.6K | 26 | $11.8K |
| WI | $305.7K | 1.3K | 21 | $14.6K |
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.