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22614

Fusion of additional segment of spine

$340.4M in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

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.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$26.8M117.8K—
2015$29.5M126.6K+9.8%
2016$32.6M140.7K+10.8%
2017$34.3M147.3K+5.2%
2018$36.9M158.2K+7.5%
2019$39.1M166.6K+6.0%
2020$34.5M145.5K-11.8%
2021$36.1M154.0K+4.8%
2022$35.1M150.9K-3.0%
2023$35.5M155.3K+1.4%

Top Providers for 22614

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Christopher AmesNeurosurgeryCA$186.3K838$222.37
2Vedat DevirenOrthopedic SurgeryCA$177.1K813$217.84
3Gregory MundisOrthopedic SurgeryCA$142.8K465$307.01
4Henry AryanNeurosurgeryCA$136.7K450$303.68
5Daniel WilliamsOrthopedic SurgeryNC$136.4K463$294.53
6Steven LudwigOrthopedic SurgeryMD$122.4K374$327.27
7Tyler KoskiNeurosurgeryIL$122.2K334$366.01
8Cj KleckOrthopedic SurgeryCO$117.7K493$238.74
9Scott ParkerNeurosurgeryTN$115.3K425$271.24
10Tiffany PerryNeurosurgeryCA$106.7K341$312.84
11Daniel CavanaughOrthopedic SurgeryNC$104.3K311$335.25
12Richard AllenOrthopedic SurgeryCA$101.5K331$306.71
13George PicettiOrthopedic SurgeryCA$94.0K320$293.84
14Jay TurnerNeurosurgeryAZ$91.6K312$293.69
15Brian O'shaughnessyNeurosurgeryTN$91.4K333$274.49
16Aaron ClarkNeurosurgeryCA$90.8K393$231.00
17Zachary TempelNeurosurgeryOH$89.6K462$193.86
18Fred MoOrthopedic SurgeryDC$83.8K247$339.11
19Alexander TheologisOrthopedic SurgeryCA$83.3K380$219.16
20Brian SeamanNeurosurgeryOH$81.8K262$312.03
21Lee TanNeurosurgeryCA$81.4K248$328.35
22Andrew PugelyOrthopedic SurgeryIA$79.3K295$268.98
23Lawrence BabatOrthopedic SurgeryTN$78.7K306$257.22
24John ShinNeurosurgeryPA$78.0K241$323.84
25Jeffrey GumOrthopedic SurgeryKY$77.2K263$293.38

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
CA$4.4M18.8K226$19.4K
FL$2.6M10.5K171$15.2K
TX$2.6M12.1K209$12.4K
OH$1.8M8.1K111$16.1K
NY$1.6M5.8K112$14.3K
MD$1.5M5.6K75$20.6K
PA$1.4M5.4K100$14.5K
NC$1.4M6.5K88$15.5K
CO$1.2M6.0K78$15.9K
IL$1.2M4.2K75$15.8K
TN$1.1M5.5K75$15.3K
MA$1.1M4.1K71$15.8K
VA$1.1M5.1K81$13.8K
MI$1.0M4.3K79$13.2K
AZ$984.3K4.3K67$14.7K
MO$884.3K3.8K61$14.5K
WA$768.6K3.4K58$13.3K
OK$668.4K3.6K60$11.1K
GA$647.4K3.0K63$10.3K
IN$555.6K2.9K59$9.4K
MN$536.6K2.4K33$16.3K
LA$534.9K2.6K47$11.4K
KY$515.6K2.3K37$13.9K
SC$464.6K2.2K47$9.9K
KS$436.0K2.4K40$10.9K
AL$421.1K2.3K47$9.0K
NJ$375.6K1.6K43$8.7K
CT$312.0K1.3K27$11.6K
IA$306.0K1.6K26$11.8K
WI$305.7K1.3K21$14.6K

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Data Sources

  • • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
  • • 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.