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33361

Replacement of aortic valve through the skin and femoral artery

$395.1M in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure 33361 (Replacement of aortic valve through the skin and femoral artery) received $395.1M in total Medicare payments.

Across 605.5K services, the average Medicare payment was $652.59 per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$7.4M10.4K—
2015$15.8M22.5K+113.8%
2016$28.3M40.5K+78.9%
2017$37.8M54.1K+33.6%
2018$43.1M61.7K+14.0%
2019$54.7M77.4K+26.9%
2020$48.4M76.2K-11.6%
2021$52.2M83.9K+7.8%
2022$53.1M86.9K+1.9%
2023$54.4M91.8K+2.3%

Top Providers for 33361

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Wen ChengThoracic SurgeryCA$264.9K433$611.80
2Raj MakkarInterventional CardiologyCA$222.6K361$616.70
3Mathew WilliamsThoracic SurgeryNY$202.7K283$716.19
4George PetrossianInterventional CardiologyNY$182.8K240$761.74
5Newell RobinsonCardiac SurgeryNY$168.4K222$758.76
6Isaac GeorgeCardiac SurgeryNY$155.2K217$715.30
7Cezar StaniloaeInterventional CardiologyNY$148.8K208$715.38
8Matthew HenryThoracic SurgeryNY$134.2K176$762.57
9Gilbert TangCardiac SurgeryNY$129.5K180$719.64
10Susheel KodaliInterventional CardiologyNY$118.8K165$720.17
11Richard SchwartzInterventional CardiologyNY$105.5K139$759.29
12Mark RussoThoracic SurgeryNJ$104.8K169$619.85
13Jeffrey CohenThoracic SurgeryDC$98.6K152$648.98
14Eugene FernandesCardiac SurgeryIL$96.9K143$677.48
15Gaetano PaoneThoracic SurgeryGA$92.7K158$586.92
16Gabriel AldeaCardiac SurgeryWA$92.5K149$620.84
17James MccabeInterventional CardiologyWA$90.7K146$621.16
18Luigi PirelliThoracic SurgeryNY$89.2K127$702.46
19James YunThoracic SurgeryNH$89.0K154$577.82
20John BrownThoracic SurgeryNJ$88.7K141$629.27
21Philippe GenereuxCardiologyNY$82.6K131$630.72
22Lowell SatlerInterventional CardiologyDC$82.4K126$653.65
23Ricardo YaryuraCardiologyFL$82.0K133$616.79
24Aakash GargCardiologyNY$81.9K147$557.09
25Khaled SalhabThoracic SurgeryNY$81.8K108$757.40

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
NY$4.7M6.9K146$32.2K
CA$4.4M7.4K210$21.1K
FL$4.0M6.4K215$18.7K
PA$2.9M4.9K147$19.5K
TX$2.6M4.6K165$15.9K
IL$2.5M3.9K115$21.9K
VA$1.8M3.0K70$25.1K
NJ$1.7M2.8K66$26.5K
OH$1.7M3.0K104$16.8K
MA$1.7M2.9K67$26.0K
MI$1.7M2.8K97$17.7K
WA$1.5M2.6K62$24.6K
MN$1.4M2.7K77$18.5K
TN$1.4M2.6K60$23.6K
NC$1.4M2.5K79$17.4K
GA$1.4M2.3K57$24.0K
SC$1.2M2.1K53$22.0K
IN$1.1M2.1K64$17.5K
MD$1.1M1.7K42$26.3K
AZ$1.1M1.9K63$17.1K
MO$1.1M1.9K69$15.4K
WI$1.0M2.0K53$19.7K
OR$840.1K1.5K44$19.1K
OK$686.7K1.2K39$17.6K
NH$683.4K1.2K21$32.5K
CO$636.8K1.1K38$16.8K
KY$625.0K1.1K42$14.9K
LA$609.2K1.0K49$12.4K
AL$585.0K1.1K38$15.4K
KS$560.1K1.0K26$21.5K

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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.