$399.1M in total Medicare payments across 10 years
Procedure 69210 (Removal of impacted ear wax) received $399.1M in total Medicare payments.
Across 12.5M services, the average Medicare payment was $32.04 per service.
AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.
| Year | Payments | Services | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $42.6M | 1.3M | — |
| 2015 | $41.8M | 1.2M | -2.0% |
| 2016 | $41.7M | 1.3M | -0.3% |
| 2017 | $41.4M | 1.3M | -0.7% |
| 2018 | $41.8M | 1.3M | +1.0% |
| 2019 | $41.5M | 1.3M | -0.6% |
| 2020 | $32.6M | 1.0M | -21.5% |
| 2021 | $38.9M | 1.2M | +19.4% |
| 2022 | $38.3M | 1.2M | -1.6% |
| 2023 | $38.7M | 1.3M | +1.0% |
| # | Provider | Specialty | State | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harvey Paley | Otolaryngology | CA | $465.2K | 35.1K | $13.24 |
| 2 | Tim Kuson | Otolaryngology | CA | $165.8K | 4.4K | $37.87 |
| 3 | Michael Patete | Otolaryngology | FL | $76.1K | 2.4K | $32.33 |
| 4 | Mark Dome | Physician Assistant | CA | $73.0K | 2.5K | $29.42 |
| 5 | Phillip Wright | General Practice | CA | $69.1K | 2.7K | $25.21 |
| 6 | Douglas Mccorkle | Otolaryngology | MD | $65.9K | 1.8K | $36.44 |
| 7 | Michael O'leary | Otolaryngology | CA | $63.1K | 1.7K | $36.67 |
| 8 | Thomas Magardino | Otolaryngology | FL | $61.8K | 1.9K | $32.58 |
| 9 | Quoc Nguyen | Otolaryngology | CA | $60.4K | 1.5K | $41.06 |
| 10 | Steven Bello | Otolaryngology | FL | $58.8K | 1.9K | $31.40 |
| 11 | Michael Jungkeit | Otolaryngology | WA | $58.4K | 1.9K | $30.79 |
| 12 | Bartolomeo Castellano | Otolaryngology | NY | $58.2K | 1.4K | $40.29 |
| 13 | Gary Takowsky | Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | CA | $56.7K | 1.5K | $37.46 |
| 14 | Andrew Mikaelian | Otolaryngology | CA | $54.7K | 1.6K | $34.51 |
| 15 | Bob Armin | Otolaryngology | CA | $54.7K | 1.5K | $36.06 |
| 16 | Elizabeth Mclaughlin | Nurse Practitioner | MA | $52.2K | 1.8K | $28.58 |
| 17 | Kenneth Scioscia | Otolaryngology | NY | $51.1K | 1.5K | $34.52 |
| 18 | Todd Parnes | Otolaryngology | FL | $47.9K | 1.8K | $27.07 |
| 19 | Patrick Reidy | Otolaryngology | FL | $46.8K | 1.3K | $35.21 |
| 20 | Stephen Rothstein | Otolaryngology | NY | $46.3K | 1.1K | $40.79 |
| 21 | Lonny Matlick | Otolaryngology | NJ | $44.5K | 1.2K | $36.96 |
| 22 | Michael Bublik | Otolaryngology | CA | $41.6K | 1.1K | $38.23 |
| 23 | Alex Yoon | Otolaryngology | FL | $41.5K | 1.1K | $36.70 |
| 24 | Howard Landsman | Otolaryngology | NJ | $40.8K | 1.1K | $35.54 |
| 25 | Steven Burres | Otolaryngology | CA | $40.8K | 1.6K | $25.31 |
| State | Payments | Services | Providers | Avg/Provider |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | $5.5M | 182.4K | 1.4K | $4.0K |
| FL | $4.6M | 145.9K | 1.1K | $4.3K |
| NY | $3.9M | 112.8K | 860 | $4.6K |
| NJ | $2.2M | 61.6K | 489 | $4.4K |
| PA | $1.9M | 63.8K | 692 | $2.8K |
| TX | $1.8M | 57.4K | 777 | $2.3K |
| IL | $1.5M | 49.9K | 560 | $2.7K |
| MA | $1.4M | 43.9K | 428 | $3.3K |
| MD | $1.3M | 37.4K | 351 | $3.7K |
| OH | $1.0M | 37.1K | 445 | $2.3K |
| VA | $963.1K | 31.0K | 409 | $2.4K |
| NC | $928.7K | 32.0K | 411 | $2.3K |
| SC | $864.0K | 29.0K | 280 | $3.1K |
| MI | $758.8K | 25.4K | 360 | $2.1K |
| GA | $716.9K | 24.3K | 335 | $2.1K |
| WA | $699.4K | 23.0K | 238 | $2.9K |
| AZ | $674.4K | 22.8K | 369 | $1.8K |
| MO | $576.2K | 20.8K | 258 | $2.2K |
| CT | $532.2K | 15.8K | 158 | $3.4K |
| IN | $520.6K | 18.6K | 292 | $1.8K |
| LA | $509.7K | 17.5K | 219 | $2.3K |
| TN | $490.0K | 17.9K | 279 | $1.8K |
| KY | $409.7K | 14.9K | 186 | $2.2K |
| IA | $387.8K | 14.7K | 199 | $1.9K |
| WI | $381.2K | 15.4K | 205 | $1.9K |
| CO | $378.1K | 12.3K | 219 | $1.7K |
| AL | $333.0K | 11.6K | 160 | $2.1K |
| OK | $280.7K | 9.9K | 163 | $1.7K |
| MN | $256.1K | 9.5K | 172 | $1.5K |
| KS | $242.0K | 9.2K | 123 | $2.0K |
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.