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65855

Laser repair to improve eye fluid flow

$265.2M in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

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.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$37.2M155.2K—
2015$36.7M158.5K-1.4%
2016$31.0M164.7K-15.6%
2017$25.5M159.4K-17.6%
2018$24.3M149.0K-4.7%
2019$24.7M147.5K+1.4%
2020$20.4M122.1K-17.3%
2021$22.7M133.9K+11.1%
2022$21.1M128.8K-7.1%
2023$21.6M133.1K+2.5%

Top Providers for 65855

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Scott GreenbaumOphthalmologyNY$86.7K763$113.60
2Andrew ChoOphthalmologyCA$84.9K407$208.55
3Richard WeiseOphthalmologyCA$81.4K465$174.99
4Amber Dobler-DixonOphthalmologyTX$80.1K436$183.77
5Sok NamOphthalmologyCA$80.1K375$213.58
6Joshua KimOphthalmologyFL$79.4K307$258.47
7David SuttonOphthalmologyNC$78.6K426$184.45
8Anthony EconomouOphthalmologyOK$73.6K427$172.27
9Jeffrey SedgewickOphthalmologyVA$69.3K376$184.32
10Idida KaplanOphthalmologyNY$68.9K303$227.47
11Douglas GraysonOphthalmologyNJ$68.0K327$207.86
12Lisa BuninOphthalmologyPA$67.6K371$182.21
13Keshav NarainOphthalmologyCA$60.4K265$227.98
14Thomas NewsomOphthalmologyFL$59.5K388$153.34
15Reena PatelOphthalmologyKS$56.6K255$221.87
16Mark CabinOphthalmologyIL$56.3K334$168.48
17Salim ButrusOphthalmologyDC$54.7K255$214.57
18Foothill Surgery Center LpAmbulatory Surgical CenterCA$54.7K480$113.96
19Kirk SturridgeOphthalmologyAL$52.7K309$170.56
20Timothy MclaughlinOphthalmologyFL$48.7K263$185.17
21Kian KazOphthalmologyVA$47.1K269$175.11
22David KayOphthalmologyAZ$46.5K258$180.35
23Joel BarthelowOphthalmologyCA$46.5K275$169.16
24Joshua NeyOphthalmologyMA$45.0K266$169.32
25Anne MillerOphthalmologyWY$41.7K202$206.31

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
CA$2.9M15.6K297$9.9K
FL$2.2M13.7K233$9.3K
PA$1.2M7.3K170$7.1K
NY$1.2M6.6K146$8.1K
TX$1.1M6.8K151$7.1K
MA$923.2K5.8K104$8.9K
NJ$897.7K5.1K95$9.4K
VA$845.7K5.0K88$9.6K
IL$788.8K4.5K99$8.0K
AZ$678.9K4.8K75$9.1K
OH$604.0K4.4K105$5.8K
MD$569.1K3.3K73$7.8K
NC$551.6K3.2K72$7.7K
GA$523.7K3.6K76$6.9K
MI$517.1K3.1K79$6.5K
WA$473.2K2.9K80$5.9K
IN$439.8K3.1K69$6.4K
SC$388.8K2.4K58$6.7K
KS$295.6K2.1K28$10.6K
OK$286.3K1.7K29$9.9K
CO$261.8K1.7K43$6.1K
WI$257.4K1.6K39$6.6K
MO$255.2K1.7K42$6.1K
TN$234.5K1.8K44$5.3K
MN$229.1K1.3K36$6.4K
AL$226.1K1.4K34$6.6K
CT$224.3K1.1K28$8.0K
NV$205.8K1.4K20$10.3K
NH$200.5K1.2K25$8.0K
LA$186.5K1.3K33$5.7K

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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.