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31231

Diagnostic exam of nasal passages using an endoscope

$830.6M in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure 31231 (Diagnostic exam of nasal passages using an endoscope) received $830.6M in total Medicare payments.

Across 5.6M services, the average Medicare payment was $148.05 per service.

There is significant variance in per-service payments among top providers, with a 6x spread between highest and lowest average payments.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$76.8M490.3K—
2015$80.1M507.8K+4.3%
2016$84.1M539.8K+4.9%
2017$85.7M564.6K+1.9%
2018$92.0M600.7K+7.4%
2019$93.8M634.4K+2.0%
2020$64.6M455.2K-31.2%
2021$80.4M544.9K+24.4%
2022$83.4M603.9K+3.7%
2023$89.7M668.6K+7.6%

Top Providers for 31231

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Harvey PaleyOtolaryngologyCA$1.1M36.4K$29.62
2Robert MillerOtolaryngologyFL$338.2K2.5K$136.37
3Bernard DuranteOtolaryngologyMA$304.3K2.0K$153.47
4Michael KimOtolaryngologyCA$293.1K1.7K$176.87
5Anit PatelOtolaryngologyMA$279.1K1.8K$154.22
6Todd ParnesOtolaryngologyFL$272.1K1.8K$151.85
7Daniel BranovanOtolaryngologyNY$270.8K1.6K$170.62
8Winston VaughanOtolaryngologyCA$257.1K1.4K$179.07
9Khrosrow MakkiOtolaryngologyDC$244.3K1.4K$174.78
10Matthew NagorskyOtolaryngologyPA$236.6K1.5K$159.03
11Kenneth SciosciaOtolaryngologyNY$226.9K1.3K$169.62
12Thomas MagardinoOtolaryngologyFL$225.6K1.5K$150.03
13Boris BentsianovOtolaryngologyNY$209.3K1.1K$182.00
14Navin MehtaOtolaryngologyNY$203.1K1.2K$175.38
15Michael BibliowiczOtolaryngologyFL$189.5K1.5K$128.85
16Robert NunezOtolaryngologyFL$185.3K1.2K$152.01
17Christopher WalzOtolaryngologyCA$182.6K1.2K$156.90
18George DombOtolaryngologyCA$172.4K1.1K$152.88
19Dan MoskowitzOtolaryngologyNY$168.9K964$175.23
20Milo BastianelliOtolaryngologyFL$168.9K1.1K$151.73
21Deya JourdyOtolaryngologyNY$165.1K947$174.31
22Seung LeeOtolaryngologyHI$164.5K1.0K$159.08
23Christopher ShaariOtolaryngologyNJ$163.4K1.0K$159.26
24Shefali ShahOtolaryngologyNY$156.4K915$170.95
25Donald SessoOtolaryngologyPA$155.8K1.1K$146.32

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
NY$15.7M93.8K516$30.4K
FL$12.8M91.5K523$24.5K
CA$10.8M103.4K539$20.1K
NJ$5.9M36.2K230$25.5K
PA$4.8M36.3K317$15.0K
TX$4.6M33.9K448$10.2K
IL$3.0M22.6K241$12.5K
MA$3.0M22.1K191$15.6K
MD$2.6M17.1K128$20.6K
GA$2.1M16.5K229$9.3K
AZ$2.0M14.8K122$16.3K
SC$1.7M13.7K138$12.3K
NC$1.7M13.6K201$8.3K
VA$1.7M12.5K170$9.8K
CO$1.2M8.6K123$9.6K
OH$1.2M11.2K182$6.5K
CT$1.2M7.6K84$13.9K
WA$979.6K7.4K126$7.8K
TN$954.9K8.1K122$7.8K
MI$920.9K7.7K160$5.8K
IN$902.0K7.0K97$9.3K
KY$707.8K5.5K76$9.3K
MO$685.3K5.4K98$7.0K
AL$684.0K6.0K82$8.3K
KS$675.3K5.4K64$10.6K
LA$671.9K5.6K89$7.5K
MN$586.5K4.5K94$6.2K
OR$534.8K4.4K73$7.3K
IA$489.7K4.6K73$6.7K
OK$451.1K3.6K57$7.9K

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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.