$153.2M in total Medicare payments across 10 years
Procedure 67036 (Removal of eye fluid (vitreous) between lens and retina) received $153.2M in total Medicare payments.
Across 171.1K services, the average Medicare payment was $895.29 per service.
AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.
| Year | Payments | Services | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $12.3M | 13.6K | — |
| 2015 | $12.4M | 14.7K | +1.1% |
| 2016 | $9.5M | 15.0K | -23.6% |
| 2017 | $14.1M | 16.2K | +48.6% |
| 2018 | $15.8M | 17.8K | +11.6% |
| 2019 | $17.2M | 19.2K | +9.2% |
| 2020 | $14.1M | 14.9K | -18.1% |
| 2021 | $17.6M | 18.6K | +25.1% |
| 2022 | $19.0M | 19.6K | +7.9% |
| 2023 | $21.0M | 21.5K | +10.5% |
| # | Provider | Specialty | State | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ophthalmology Surgery Center Of Dallas, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | TX | $296.5K | 198 | $1.5K |
| 2 | Northern California Advanced Surgery Center Lp | Ambulatory Surgical Center | CA | $291.5K | 140 | $2.1K |
| 3 | Surgery Affiliates, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | CO | $228.2K | 152 | $1.5K |
| 4 | Scottsdale Eye Surgery Center, P.C | Ambulatory Surgical Center | AZ | $206.5K | 138 | $1.5K |
| 5 | Cleveland Eye And Laser Surgery Center Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | OH | $202.3K | 141 | $1.4K |
| 6 | Lowcountry Surgery Center Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | SC | $195.5K | 134 | $1.5K |
| 7 | The Retina Surgery Center Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | WA | $168.6K | 103 | $1.6K |
| 8 | Surgicare Of Minneapolis Ltd | Ambulatory Surgical Center | MN | $162.7K | 102 | $1.6K |
| 9 | Spectra Eye Institute, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | AZ | $155.1K | 104 | $1.5K |
| 10 | Beltway Surgery Centers, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | IN | $144.8K | 95 | $1.5K |
| 11 | Sarasota Endoscopy Asc Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | FL | $142.3K | 96 | $1.5K |
| 12 | Montgomery Surgery Center Limited Partnership | Ambulatory Surgical Center | MD | $138.6K | 89 | $1.6K |
| 13 | Island Eye Surgicenter Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | NY | $137.9K | 79 | $1.7K |
| 14 | Eye Specialists Laser & Surgery Center Inc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | FL | $136.7K | 93 | $1.5K |
| 15 | Santa Rosa Surgery Center L P | Ambulatory Surgical Center | CA | $136.3K | 64 | $2.1K |
| 16 | Oregon Eye Surgery Center, Inc. | Ambulatory Surgical Center | OR | $134.1K | 81 | $1.7K |
| 17 | Cei Physicians Psc Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | OH | $133.7K | 94 | $1.4K |
| 18 | Georgia Retina Surgery Center, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | GA | $133.2K | 89 | $1.5K |
| 19 | Abilene Surgery Center, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | TX | $125.6K | 89 | $1.4K |
| 20 | Insight Surgery Center, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | CO | $124.0K | 82 | $1.5K |
| 21 | Eye Center Of Columbus, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | OH | $122.4K | 91 | $1.3K |
| 22 | Rinehart Road Surgery Center, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | FL | $117.7K | 82 | $1.4K |
| 23 | Spokane Eye Clinic Inc, Ps | Ambulatory Surgical Center | WA | $116.4K | 73 | $1.6K |
| 24 | Specialty Surgical Center, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | CA | $115.7K | 66 | $1.8K |
| 25 | Physicians Eye Surgery Center Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | SC | $113.8K | 79 | $1.4K |
| State | Payments | Services | Providers | Avg/Provider |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FL | $2.3M | 2.2K | 73 | $31.4K |
| TX | $1.9M | 1.9K | 66 | $29.1K |
| CA | $1.9M | 1.8K | 71 | $26.5K |
| NY | $1.2M | 1.2K | 50 | $23.5K |
| AZ | $1.0M | 988 | 27 | $37.9K |
| CO | $970.7K | 889 | 26 | $37.3K |
| OH | $963.8K | 1.1K | 46 | $21.0K |
| WA | $686.3K | 605 | 24 | $28.6K |
| SC | $682.1K | 615 | 17 | $40.1K |
| TN | $537.4K | 575 | 22 | $24.4K |
| IN | $523.4K | 498 | 14 | $37.4K |
| KY | $505.5K | 553 | 18 | $28.1K |
| PA | $498.4K | 590 | 25 | $19.9K |
| IL | $439.3K | 548 | 25 | $17.6K |
| MD | $417.4K | 443 | 19 | $22.0K |
| VA | $416.7K | 439 | 21 | $19.8K |
| MO | $407.8K | 417 | 16 | $25.5K |
| NJ | $398.7K | 425 | 20 | $19.9K |
| OR | $376.7K | 383 | 13 | $29.0K |
| MA | $363.0K | 369 | 21 | $17.3K |
| UT | $362.9K | 364 | 15 | $24.2K |
| MS | $359.9K | 412 | 14 | $25.7K |
| NC | $351.3K | 421 | 21 | $16.7K |
| GA | $283.1K | 257 | 12 | $23.6K |
| MN | $262.4K | 234 | 7 | $37.5K |
| LA | $260.5K | 271 | 11 | $23.7K |
| KS | $256.9K | 277 | 12 | $21.4K |
| ID | $233.0K | 227 | 7 | $33.3K |
| IA | $202.1K | 277 | 13 | $15.5K |
| AL | $198.3K | 281 | 16 | $12.4K |
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.