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22853

Insertion of cage or mesh device to spine bone and disc space during spine fusion

$174.7M in total Medicare payments across 7 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure 22853 (Insertion of cage or mesh device to spine bone and disc space during spine fusion) received $174.7M in total Medicare payments.

Across 1.2M services, the average Medicare payment was $141.25 per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2017$24.7M173.6K—
2018$25.3M184.4K+2.3%
2019$27.9M195.0K+10.2%
2020$23.9M165.6K-14.3%
2021$24.4M170.7K+2.2%
2022$24.3M173.4K-0.3%
2023$24.3M173.7K-0.2%

Top Providers for 22853

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Henry AryanNeurosurgeryCA$82.9K414$200.34
2Eric OberlanderNeurosurgeryLA$71.9K356$202.08
3Charles ParkNeurosurgeryMD$59.1K262$225.69
4Charles Edwards, IiOrthopedic SurgeryMD$56.5K248$227.68
5Michael WangNeurosurgeryFL$52.4K200$261.86
6Paul StantonOrthopedic SurgeryCO$52.0K259$200.89
7Richard HynesOrthopedic SurgeryFL$51.1K243$210.48
8Connor TellesOrthopedic SurgeryCA$51.0K256$199.19
9Mark FrenkelNeurosurgeryFL$50.4K216$233.13
10Peter CampbellNeurosurgeryLA$48.5K244$198.60
11Daniel WilliamsOrthopedic SurgeryNC$48.3K249$194.09
12Devin DattaOrthopedic SurgeryFL$43.9K211$208.15
13Robert KimberOrthopedic SurgeryFL$42.4K196$216.35
14Roger SungOrthopedic SurgeryCO$41.0K202$202.79
15Dhruv PatederOrthopedic SurgeryVA$40.2K176$228.67
16Yogish KamathNeurosurgeryTX$39.5K205$192.83
17Ngoc-Lam NguyenOrthopedic SurgeryFL$39.2K182$215.17
18John DorchakOrthopedic SurgeryGA$38.4K201$191.20
19Joshua HerzogOrthopedic SurgeryVA$38.3K193$198.57
20James EuleOrthopedic SurgeryAK$37.8K150$252.33
21Michael MerrickOrthopedic SurgeryTX$37.3K194$192.46
22Khalid KurtomNeurosurgeryMD$36.5K172$212.42
23Benjamin DittyNeurosurgeryFL$34.9K150$232.35
24Aaron CreekOrthopedic SurgeryFL$34.5K166$207.87
25Steven KraljicNeurosurgeryND$33.8K181$186.70

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
FL$2.4M15.8K326$7.3K
TX$2.2M15.6K341$6.3K
CA$2.1M14.2K321$6.7K
AZ$890.6K6.8K132$6.7K
CO$877.5K6.9K134$6.5K
NC$875.7K6.8K167$5.2K
GA$837.7K6.1K145$5.8K
VA$827.4K5.8K125$6.6K
OH$816.5K5.8K149$5.5K
NY$814.4K4.6K143$5.7K
IL$800.9K5.1K133$6.0K
MD$699.8K4.5K83$8.4K
MI$633.7K3.8K107$5.9K
PA$631.6K3.9K104$6.1K
LA$605.3K5.0K82$7.4K
TN$564.1K4.3K109$5.2K
SC$548.0K4.4K94$5.8K
IN$526.0K4.4K121$4.3K
MA$515.9K3.0K77$6.7K
MO$512.7K3.9K96$5.3K
WA$488.3K3.9K102$4.8K
OK$473.0K3.8K72$6.6K
AL$418.6K3.7K91$4.6K
MN$335.9K2.7K73$4.6K
KY$309.2K2.0K64$4.8K
NJ$295.0K2.1K62$4.8K
UT$275.8K2.1K56$4.9K
OR$267.0K2.0K49$5.4K
KS$263.7K2.1K46$5.7K
NV$208.3K1.6K46$4.5K

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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.