$265.2M in total Medicare payments across 10 years
Procedure 65855 (Laser repair to improve eye fluid flow) received $265.2M in total Medicare payments.
Across 1.5M services, the average Medicare payment was $182.64 per service.
AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.
| Year | Payments | Services | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $37.2M | 155.2K | — |
| 2015 | $36.7M | 158.5K | -1.4% |
| 2016 | $31.0M | 164.7K | -15.6% |
| 2017 | $25.5M | 159.4K | -17.6% |
| 2018 | $24.3M | 149.0K | -4.7% |
| 2019 | $24.7M | 147.5K | +1.4% |
| 2020 | $20.4M | 122.1K | -17.3% |
| 2021 | $22.7M | 133.9K | +11.1% |
| 2022 | $21.1M | 128.8K | -7.1% |
| 2023 | $21.6M | 133.1K | +2.5% |
| # | Provider | Specialty | State | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott Greenbaum | Ophthalmology | NY | $86.7K | 763 | $113.60 |
| 2 | Andrew Cho | Ophthalmology | CA | $84.9K | 407 | $208.55 |
| 3 | Richard Weise | Ophthalmology | CA | $81.4K | 465 | $174.99 |
| 4 | Amber Dobler-Dixon | Ophthalmology | TX | $80.1K | 436 | $183.77 |
| 5 | Sok Nam | Ophthalmology | CA | $80.1K | 375 | $213.58 |
| 6 | Joshua Kim | Ophthalmology | FL | $79.4K | 307 | $258.47 |
| 7 | David Sutton | Ophthalmology | NC | $78.6K | 426 | $184.45 |
| 8 | Anthony Economou | Ophthalmology | OK | $73.6K | 427 | $172.27 |
| 9 | Jeffrey Sedgewick | Ophthalmology | VA | $69.3K | 376 | $184.32 |
| 10 | Idida Kaplan | Ophthalmology | NY | $68.9K | 303 | $227.47 |
| 11 | Douglas Grayson | Ophthalmology | NJ | $68.0K | 327 | $207.86 |
| 12 | Lisa Bunin | Ophthalmology | PA | $67.6K | 371 | $182.21 |
| 13 | Keshav Narain | Ophthalmology | CA | $60.4K | 265 | $227.98 |
| 14 | Thomas Newsom | Ophthalmology | FL | $59.5K | 388 | $153.34 |
| 15 | Reena Patel | Ophthalmology | KS | $56.6K | 255 | $221.87 |
| 16 | Mark Cabin | Ophthalmology | IL | $56.3K | 334 | $168.48 |
| 17 | Salim Butrus | Ophthalmology | DC | $54.7K | 255 | $214.57 |
| 18 | Foothill Surgery Center Lp | Ambulatory Surgical Center | CA | $54.7K | 480 | $113.96 |
| 19 | Kirk Sturridge | Ophthalmology | AL | $52.7K | 309 | $170.56 |
| 20 | Timothy Mclaughlin | Ophthalmology | FL | $48.7K | 263 | $185.17 |
| 21 | Kian Kaz | Ophthalmology | VA | $47.1K | 269 | $175.11 |
| 22 | David Kay | Ophthalmology | AZ | $46.5K | 258 | $180.35 |
| 23 | Joel Barthelow | Ophthalmology | CA | $46.5K | 275 | $169.16 |
| 24 | Joshua Ney | Ophthalmology | MA | $45.0K | 266 | $169.32 |
| 25 | Anne Miller | Ophthalmology | WY | $41.7K | 202 | $206.31 |
| State | Payments | Services | Providers | Avg/Provider |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | $2.9M | 15.6K | 297 | $9.9K |
| FL | $2.2M | 13.7K | 233 | $9.3K |
| PA | $1.2M | 7.3K | 170 | $7.1K |
| NY | $1.2M | 6.6K | 146 | $8.1K |
| TX | $1.1M | 6.8K | 151 | $7.1K |
| MA | $923.2K | 5.8K | 104 | $8.9K |
| NJ | $897.7K | 5.1K | 95 | $9.4K |
| VA | $845.7K | 5.0K | 88 | $9.6K |
| IL | $788.8K | 4.5K | 99 | $8.0K |
| AZ | $678.9K | 4.8K | 75 | $9.1K |
| OH | $604.0K | 4.4K | 105 | $5.8K |
| MD | $569.1K | 3.3K | 73 | $7.8K |
| NC | $551.6K | 3.2K | 72 | $7.7K |
| GA | $523.7K | 3.6K | 76 | $6.9K |
| MI | $517.1K | 3.1K | 79 | $6.5K |
| WA | $473.2K | 2.9K | 80 | $5.9K |
| IN | $439.8K | 3.1K | 69 | $6.4K |
| SC | $388.8K | 2.4K | 58 | $6.7K |
| KS | $295.6K | 2.1K | 28 | $10.6K |
| OK | $286.3K | 1.7K | 29 | $9.9K |
| CO | $261.8K | 1.7K | 43 | $6.1K |
| WI | $257.4K | 1.6K | 39 | $6.6K |
| MO | $255.2K | 1.7K | 42 | $6.1K |
| TN | $234.5K | 1.8K | 44 | $5.3K |
| MN | $229.1K | 1.3K | 36 | $6.4K |
| AL | $226.1K | 1.4K | 34 | $6.6K |
| CT | $224.3K | 1.1K | 28 | $8.0K |
| NV | $205.8K | 1.4K | 20 | $10.3K |
| NH | $200.5K | 1.2K | 25 | $8.0K |
| LA | $186.5K | 1.3K | 33 | $5.7K |
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.