$234.6M in total Medicare payments across 10 years
Procedure 43249 (Balloon dilation of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using a flexible endoscope, less than 3.0 cm) received $234.6M in total Medicare payments.
Across 1.1M services, the average Medicare payment was $222.91 per service.
AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.
| Year | Payments | Services | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $17.6M | 89.2K | — |
| 2015 | $18.6M | 91.3K | +5.3% |
| 2016 | $21.4M | 102.3K | +15.4% |
| 2017 | $22.2M | 106.0K | +3.4% |
| 2018 | $24.2M | 113.0K | +9.1% |
| 2019 | $26.3M | 119.6K | +8.6% |
| 2020 | $22.3M | 95.3K | -15.1% |
| 2021 | $26.5M | 110.5K | +19.0% |
| 2022 | $26.4M | 109.5K | -0.4% |
| 2023 | $29.0M | 115.8K | +9.7% |
| # | Provider | Specialty | State | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zahoor Makhdoom | Gastroenterology | IL | $272.7K | 339 | $804.30 |
| 2 | Gut Endo, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | AL | $217.7K | 453 | $480.67 |
| 3 | Tulsa Ok Endoscopy Asc Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | OK | $200.1K | 389 | $514.50 |
| 4 | Digestive Health Center Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | IA | $161.5K | 310 | $521.02 |
| 5 | Rami Abboud | Gastroenterology | FL | $152.8K | 185 | $825.74 |
| 6 | Premier Gastroenterology Associates Pllc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | AR | $132.9K | 249 | $533.81 |
| 7 | Carolina Mountain Gastroenterology Endoscopy Center | Ambulatory Surgical Center | NC | $128.0K | 244 | $524.50 |
| 8 | Cotton-Oneil Clinic Endoscopy Center Rvoc Tr | Ambulatory Surgical Center | KS | $126.8K | 253 | $501.08 |
| 9 | St Augustine Endoscopy Center Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | FL | $122.2K | 228 | $535.77 |
| 10 | Meade Edmunds | Gastroenterology | TN | $120.1K | 155 | $774.82 |
| 11 | Dallas Endoscopy Center, Ltd | Ambulatory Surgical Center | TX | $118.8K | 204 | $582.53 |
| 12 | Baton Rouge La Endoscopy Asc Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | LA | $109.2K | 214 | $510.20 |
| 13 | Northwest Florida A S C Lp | Ambulatory Surgical Center | FL | $109.1K | 198 | $550.92 |
| 14 | Digestive Endoscopy Center Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | OH | $108.4K | 199 | $544.62 |
| 15 | Springfield Clinic Llp | Ambulatory Surgical Center | IL | $106.6K | 195 | $546.68 |
| 16 | Endoscopy Center Of North Carolina | Ambulatory Surgical Center | NC | $101.4K | 190 | $533.91 |
| 17 | Outpatient Services East | Ambulatory Surgical Center | AL | $100.9K | 196 | $514.74 |
| 18 | St Joseph Center For Outpatient Surgery, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | MO | $100.7K | 182 | $553.37 |
| 19 | Digestivecare, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | TN | $100.5K | 189 | $531.77 |
| 20 | Emerald Coast Surgery Center, Lp | Ambulatory Surgical Center | FL | $99.0K | 178 | $555.95 |
| 21 | Amarillo Surgery And Endoscopy, Lp | Ambulatory Surgical Center | TX | $97.1K | 186 | $522.26 |
| 22 | Gsi Asc, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | OK | $96.4K | 218 | $442.34 |
| 23 | Western Carolina Endoscopy Center, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | NC | $96.0K | 169 | $568.33 |
| 24 | Fayetteville Asc Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | AR | $95.9K | 177 | $541.68 |
| 25 | Azzam Muftah | Gastroenterology | FL | $91.9K | 111 | $828.06 |
| State | Payments | Services | Providers | Avg/Provider |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FL | $3.3M | 11.3K | 302 | $10.9K |
| TX | $3.0M | 10.4K | 312 | $9.6K |
| CA | $2.4M | 7.6K | 265 | $9.1K |
| NC | $1.6M | 6.0K | 166 | $9.7K |
| OH | $1.2M | 4.7K | 159 | $7.3K |
| AL | $1.1M | 5.1K | 95 | $11.5K |
| IL | $1.1M | 3.9K | 133 | $8.1K |
| GA | $924.5K | 3.9K | 125 | $7.4K |
| VA | $791.7K | 3.0K | 97 | $8.2K |
| AZ | $724.3K | 2.5K | 74 | $9.8K |
| MO | $719.5K | 3.8K | 109 | $6.6K |
| AR | $719.4K | 2.5K | 49 | $14.7K |
| KY | $712.3K | 3.2K | 84 | $8.5K |
| TN | $685.3K | 2.9K | 80 | $8.6K |
| UT | $653.5K | 3.0K | 56 | $11.7K |
| CO | $576.8K | 2.2K | 86 | $6.7K |
| SC | $564.7K | 2.8K | 78 | $7.2K |
| OK | $553.8K | 2.9K | 60 | $9.2K |
| NY | $545.8K | 1.7K | 65 | $8.4K |
| MD | $545.0K | 1.9K | 60 | $9.1K |
| IA | $525.8K | 2.2K | 51 | $10.3K |
| IN | $460.1K | 2.6K | 92 | $5.0K |
| MI | $452.5K | 1.8K | 69 | $6.6K |
| MA | $434.9K | 2.1K | 93 | $4.7K |
| LA | $428.8K | 1.7K | 44 | $9.7K |
| KS | $383.4K | 1.8K | 45 | $8.5K |
| WA | $373.9K | 1.6K | 58 | $6.4K |
| PA | $373.2K | 1.7K | 74 | $5.0K |
| NJ | $326.4K | 905 | 44 | $7.4K |
| WI | $311.2K | 1.9K | 76 | $4.1K |
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.