$636.9M in total Medicare payments across 10 years
Procedure 63047 (Partial removal of spine bone with release of lower spinal cord and/or nerves, 1 segment) received $636.9M in total Medicare payments.
Across 1.3M services, the average Medicare payment was $495.69 per service.
AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.
| Year | Payments | Services | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $62.8M | 139.4K | — |
| 2015 | $65.8M | 139.1K | +4.8% |
| 2016 | $70.0M | 146.1K | +6.3% |
| 2017 | $67.6M | 141.0K | -3.4% |
| 2018 | $68.2M | 139.3K | +0.9% |
| 2019 | $70.9M | 141.3K | +4.0% |
| 2020 | $57.4M | 112.3K | -19.1% |
| 2021 | $60.2M | 115.9K | +5.0% |
| 2022 | $58.5M | 108.6K | -2.9% |
| 2023 | $55.6M | 102.0K | -4.9% |
| # | Provider | Specialty | State | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Performance Health Surgicenter, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | FL | $283.5K | 122 | $2.3K |
| 2 | Waveco Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | NC | $258.8K | 109 | $2.4K |
| 3 | Advocate Condell Ambulatory Surgery Center, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | IL | $233.8K | 97 | $2.4K |
| 4 | Cascade Surgicenter, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | OR | $217.0K | 84 | $2.6K |
| 5 | Mayfield Spine Surgery Center Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | OH | $205.0K | 88 | $2.3K |
| 6 | Southwest Washington Regional Surgery Center, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | WA | $184.1K | 68 | $2.7K |
| 7 | Central Oregon Surgical Institute, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | OR | $164.1K | 64 | $2.6K |
| 8 | Spine Surgery Center Of Eugene, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | OR | $161.0K | 61 | $2.6K |
| 9 | Fourth Corner Neurosurgical Associates Inc Ps | Ambulatory Surgical Center | WA | $159.2K | 61 | $2.6K |
| 10 | Donald Hilton | Neurosurgery | TX | $159.1K | 191 | $833.07 |
| 11 | Vail Valley Surgery Center, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | CO | $152.9K | 62 | $2.5K |
| 12 | Advanced Surgical Center Of Sunset Hills Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | MO | $148.7K | 62 | $2.4K |
| 13 | Madison Physician Surgery Center, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | MS | $122.0K | 54 | $2.3K |
| 14 | The Surgery Center Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | MS | $111.2K | 50 | $2.2K |
| 15 | Hedwig Asc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | TX | $110.9K | 46 | $2.4K |
| 16 | Apc-Amarillo Surgical Operating Company, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | TX | $109.1K | 50 | $2.2K |
| 17 | Advanced Spine And Pain Surgery Centers Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | AZ | $104.5K | 49 | $2.1K |
| 18 | Diagnostic And Interventional Surgical Center | Ambulatory Surgical Center | CA | $100.9K | 40 | $2.5K |
| 19 | Jonathan Citow | Neurosurgery | IL | $99.8K | 103 | $968.57 |
| 20 | Bradley Wallace | Neurosurgery | FL | $99.3K | 123 | $807.00 |
| 21 | Neospine Puyallup Spine Center, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | WA | $92.4K | 35 | $2.6K |
| 22 | Spine Center Of Excellence Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | LA | $91.0K | 40 | $2.3K |
| 23 | Flagstaff Bone & Joint Surgical Center, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | AZ | $88.6K | 36 | $2.5K |
| 24 | Gold Coast Surgery Center | Ambulatory Surgical Center | CA | $88.6K | 29 | $3.1K |
| 25 | Santa Barbara Outpatient Surgery Centers Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | CA | $88.2K | 29 | $3.0K |
| State | Payments | Services | Providers | Avg/Provider |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FL | $4.9M | 8.2K | 300 | $16.5K |
| TX | $4.5M | 8.8K | 342 | $13.2K |
| CA | $4.4M | 8.0K | 321 | $13.7K |
| OH | $2.3M | 4.2K | 167 | $13.5K |
| NY | $2.2M | 3.5K | 160 | $13.5K |
| WA | $2.1M | 3.2K | 131 | $16.0K |
| IL | $2.0M | 3.3K | 138 | $14.6K |
| NC | $2.0M | 3.5K | 153 | $13.1K |
| PA | $2.0M | 3.9K | 137 | $14.3K |
| AZ | $1.8M | 2.9K | 121 | $15.1K |
| MD | $1.8M | 2.9K | 106 | $16.8K |
| OR | $1.6M | 1.9K | 66 | $23.9K |
| GA | $1.4M | 2.7K | 127 | $11.4K |
| MA | $1.3M | 2.3K | 100 | $13.4K |
| TN | $1.3M | 2.8K | 106 | $12.6K |
| VA | $1.3M | 2.8K | 111 | $11.8K |
| SC | $1.2M | 2.3K | 91 | $13.3K |
| IN | $1.2M | 2.6K | 103 | $11.5K |
| CO | $1.2M | 2.2K | 96 | $12.2K |
| MO | $1.2M | 2.0K | 86 | $13.6K |
| NJ | $1.1M | 2.1K | 97 | $11.4K |
| MI | $1.1M | 2.0K | 101 | $10.8K |
| KS | $870.0K | 2.2K | 65 | $13.4K |
| MN | $853.7K | 1.6K | 72 | $11.9K |
| AR | $787.7K | 1.3K | 54 | $14.6K |
| OK | $766.5K | 1.8K | 67 | $11.4K |
| AL | $689.8K | 1.7K | 79 | $8.7K |
| UT | $651.2K | 1.2K | 51 | $12.8K |
| MS | $626.1K | 904 | 37 | $16.9K |
| WI | $603.4K | 1.3K | 69 | $8.7K |
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.