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68761

Closure of tear duct opening using plug

$363.1M in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure 68761 (Closure of tear duct opening using plug) received $363.1M in total Medicare payments.

Across 3.4M services, the average Medicare payment was $107.57 per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$30.3M284.1K—
2015$30.6M296.1K+0.7%
2016$32.4M309.3K+6.1%
2017$33.9M324.3K+4.4%
2018$37.4M349.3K+10.6%
2019$40.1M365.3K+7.1%
2020$33.4M303.8K-16.7%
2021$40.8M362.3K+22.3%
2022$41.2M380.3K+0.8%
2023$42.9M400.5K+4.2%

Top Providers for 68761

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Bradley HamarOptometryCA$484.0K7.2K$67.68
2Baljit SohalOptometryCA$440.2K6.6K$66.63
3Brent BellotteOphthalmologyFL$409.0K5.4K$76.38
4Dean BrownOptometryWY$386.8K6.2K$62.56
5Leonard BleyOphthalmologyNY$357.9K1.8K$199.82
6Jeffrey WineOptometryAZ$304.3K4.1K$74.38
7Adam DaoOphthalmologyCA$269.0K1.5K$176.25
8Eric WolfOphthalmologyNY$238.6K2.8K$85.45
9Hamlet MinasvandOptometryCA$186.9K1.0K$180.25
10Andrew ChoOphthalmologyCA$186.7K1.1K$177.66
11Jonathan MennucciOptometryCA$185.4K2.8K$67.31
12Dan YinOphthalmologyMD$176.8K1.2K$150.44
13Ranjeet BajwaOptometryCA$174.6K1.6K$112.10
14Gerald SheppsOphthalmologyNY$167.2K872$191.71
15Satyesh RanaOphthalmologyFL$163.3K1.0K$159.80
16Steven ChangOphthalmologyCA$162.8K2.2K$75.62
17David SuttonOphthalmologyNC$156.6K1.9K$80.33
18Louis MorianoOptometryPA$154.6K1.5K$103.39
19Barry SchechterOphthalmologyFL$153.6K1.8K$87.15
20Joel SolanoOphthalmologyCA$153.3K1.0K$151.06
21Reena PatelOphthalmologyKS$149.3K1.9K$77.29
22Albert RudickOphthalmologyNY$140.1K742$188.83
23Julian ProsiaOptometryFL$138.9K1.8K$76.01
24Dawn PhillipsOphthalmologyIL$138.0K1.8K$75.87
25John RezapourOphthalmologyCA$136.7K1.4K$97.03

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
CA$10.2M98.9K482$21.3K
FL$6.9M73.5K397$17.5K
NY$6.0M49.3K368$16.3K
NJ$2.4M15.5K163$15.0K
PA$1.7M12.5K144$11.9K
TX$1.6M11.3K170$9.2K
AZ$1.2M13.8K96$12.9K
IL$1.2M13.8K118$10.3K
VA$897.6K8.3K103$8.7K
MD$852.5K5.8K76$11.2K
NV$740.3K7.5K41$18.1K
MA$720.8K6.4K75$9.6K
MI$626.6K6.3K77$8.1K
NC$566.2K6.2K62$9.1K
TN$529.5K6.0K62$8.5K
CO$447.9K3.3K49$9.1K
LA$406.6K3.0K55$7.4K
OH$405.7K4.2K48$8.5K
WY$402.0K6.3K4$100.5K
GA$381.6K4.0K63$6.1K
CT$336.5K2.4K34$9.9K
KS$307.7K3.6K25$12.3K
IN$301.1K3.4K51$5.9K
HI$286.7K3.4K24$11.9K
SC$271.7K3.0K39$7.0K
WA$270.6K2.3K52$5.2K
AL$248.2K3.2K29$8.6K
MS$246.5K1.8K32$7.7K
UT$242.8K2.4K22$11.0K
OK$208.3K1.7K40$5.2K

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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.