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33533

Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft

$773.5M in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure 33533 (Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft) received $773.5M in total Medicare payments.

Across 816.3K services, the average Medicare payment was $947.48 per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$90.3M97.4K—
2015$90.8M97.7K+0.6%
2016$89.9M96.4K-1.0%
2017$88.9M94.3K-1.0%
2018$85.0M90.0K-4.4%
2019$85.3M88.3K+0.4%
2020$64.5M65.0K-24.4%
2021$64.3M66.3K-0.4%
2022$59.2M61.9K-8.0%
2023$55.3M58.9K-6.6%

Top Providers for 33533

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1John RandolphThoracic SurgeryOK$196.5K147$1.3K
2Sanjay KhichaThoracic SurgeryKS$157.9K128$1.2K
3Matthew ArnesonCardiac SurgeryKS$154.7K130$1.2K
4James DaviesThoracic SurgeryAL$137.9K109$1.3K
5Roberto ColangeloCardiac SurgeryNY$130.5K73$1.8K
6Jeffrey SellThoracic SurgeryFL$122.1K96$1.3K
7Barry DavisCardiac SurgerySC$114.7K89$1.3K
8Patroklos PappasThoracic SurgeryIL$112.6K78$1.4K
9Alan WinstonCardiac SurgeryGA$112.5K83$1.4K
10Kristofer FreelandCardiac SurgeryAR$110.6K92$1.2K
11Kalyan VunnamadalaThoracic SurgerySD$108.3K86$1.3K
12Albert DimeoThoracic SurgeryNY$107.1K63$1.7K
13Michael NolenCardiac SurgeryAR$106.0K97$1.1K
14Clayton KaiserCardiac SurgeryTN$104.4K86$1.2K
15Francis SutterThoracic SurgeryPA$104.1K75$1.4K
16Ashok BabuThoracic SurgeryTN$102.8K85$1.2K
17Jonathan FongCardiac SurgeryFL$102.1K74$1.4K
18Nathan BatesCardiologyFL$100.1K71$1.4K
19James MorrisseyCardiac SurgeryCA$99.9K75$1.3K
20R.C. FinneyThoracic SurgeryMD$99.3K67$1.5K
21Jeffrey GarrettCardiac SurgeryOK$99.3K73$1.4K
22Bradley WolfCardiologyTN$98.4K77$1.3K
23William TurnerCardiac SurgeryTX$97.9K77$1.3K
24Stanley TamCardiac SurgeryMA$95.4K71$1.3K
25S M KhalafiThoracic SurgeryTX$94.4K67$1.4K

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
FL$5.6M5.6K219$25.4K
CA$4.3M4.9K202$21.2K
TX$4.2M4.5K175$23.8K
IL$2.6M2.6K103$25.0K
PA$2.4M2.4K113$21.5K
NY$2.4M2.2K104$22.6K
OH$2.1M2.2K97$22.0K
NC$1.9M2.1K90$20.6K
VA$1.8M1.9K80$22.7K
TN$1.7M1.8K63$27.2K
GA$1.6M1.5K66$23.7K
SC$1.6M1.7K65$24.0K
NJ$1.5M1.5K52$29.7K
MA$1.5M1.5K61$25.2K
IN$1.2M1.5K72$17.0K
MO$1.2M1.2K51$23.8K
KY$1.2M1.3K49$24.3K
AZ$1.2M1.4K51$23.3K
AL$1.2M1.4K59$19.7K
LA$1.1M1.1K46$22.9K
OK$975.9K91128$34.9K
MI$917.5K1.0K54$17.0K
WI$886.5K1.1K54$16.4K
MD$838.3K73326$32.2K
WA$796.0K98252$15.3K
KS$742.7K76526$28.6K
MS$700.9K72928$25.0K
OR$688.4K77641$16.8K
AR$681.6K74721$32.5K
IA$673.2K83134$19.8K

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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.