$268.1M in total Medicare payments across 10 years
Procedure 94729 (Test to examine how well the lungs exchange gases) received $268.1M in total Medicare payments.
Across 9.8M services, the average Medicare payment was $27.25 per service.
AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.
| Year | Payments | Services | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $26.2M | 974.7K | — |
| 2015 | $27.4M | 1.0M | +4.6% |
| 2016 | $28.0M | 1.1M | +2.2% |
| 2017 | $28.1M | 1.1M | +0.0% |
| 2018 | $28.6M | 1.1M | +2.0% |
| 2019 | $30.1M | 1.1M | +5.2% |
| 2020 | $21.5M | 774.8K | -28.7% |
| 2021 | $26.4M | 905.4K | +23.0% |
| 2022 | $25.9M | 909.3K | -2.0% |
| 2023 | $25.9M | 951.8K | -0.1% |
| # | Provider | Specialty | State | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason Karp | Pulmonary Disease | NY | $113.8K | 2.1K | $53.45 |
| 2 | David Jawahar | Pulmonary Disease | DE | $66.3K | 1.6K | $42.11 |
| 3 | Carlos Silva | Pulmonary Disease | VA | $58.3K | 1.4K | $42.48 |
| 4 | Arthur Trust | Pulmonary Disease | NY | $55.5K | 1.0K | $52.86 |
| 5 | Rafael Lupercio | Pulmonary Disease | CA | $52.4K | 1.2K | $44.67 |
| 6 | Yuval Hiltzik | Pulmonary Disease | NY | $51.7K | 942 | $54.84 |
| 7 | Steven Orshan | Pulmonary Disease | NY | $51.3K | 970 | $52.87 |
| 8 | Keith Harris | Pulmonary Disease | NY | $51.1K | 957 | $53.44 |
| 9 | Barry Weinberg | Pulmonary Disease | NY | $50.8K | 956 | $53.19 |
| 10 | Vijay Rupanagudi | Internal Medicine | TN | $43.5K | 1.2K | $37.59 |
| 11 | Vikas Sayal | Pulmonary Disease | AZ | $41.7K | 961 | $43.44 |
| 12 | Theodossis Zacharis | Pulmonary Disease | FL | $41.6K | 989 | $42.08 |
| 13 | Abraham Sanders | Pulmonary Disease | NY | $40.4K | 1.0K | $39.37 |
| 14 | John Saito | Pulmonary Disease | CA | $38.9K | 757 | $51.38 |
| 15 | Olusegun Oseni | Pulmonary Disease | TX | $37.2K | 900 | $41.28 |
| 16 | Sergio Balingit | Pulmonary Disease | FL | $37.0K | 875 | $42.24 |
| 17 | David Kamelhar | Pulmonary Disease | NY | $35.4K | 671 | $52.79 |
| 18 | Abraham Ishaaya | Pulmonary Disease | CA | $35.1K | 681 | $51.54 |
| 19 | Jeffrey Sager | Pulmonary Disease | CA | $34.8K | 711 | $49.01 |
| 20 | Mario Solomita | Pulmonary Disease | NY | $34.8K | 647 | $53.82 |
| 21 | Irina Zolotarevskaya | Pulmonary Disease | NY | $34.8K | 638 | $54.53 |
| 22 | Ciro Ciccarelli | Pulmonary Disease | NY | $34.7K | 642 | $54.09 |
| 23 | David Chase | Pulmonary Disease | MS | $34.5K | 968 | $35.64 |
| 24 | Mai Liu | Pulmonary Disease | NY | $33.9K | 649 | $52.27 |
| 25 | Kaiser Lim | Pulmonary Disease | MN | $33.7K | 741 | $45.44 |
| State | Payments | Services | Providers | Avg/Provider |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NY | $3.3M | 79.9K | 676 | $4.8K |
| FL | $3.0M | 85.9K | 669 | $4.5K |
| CA | $2.4M | 71.2K | 645 | $3.7K |
| TX | $1.8M | 62.3K | 567 | $3.2K |
| NJ | $1.2M | 33.1K | 331 | $3.7K |
| GA | $1.0M | 30.1K | 311 | $3.2K |
| NC | $959.2K | 33.2K | 283 | $3.4K |
| MD | $912.9K | 25.8K | 168 | $5.4K |
| VA | $900.9K | 29.7K | 247 | $3.6K |
| AZ | $765.3K | 23.0K | 152 | $5.0K |
| PA | $747.3K | 40.1K | 451 | $1.7K |
| IL | $718.6K | 34.2K | 330 | $2.2K |
| TN | $605.5K | 23.2K | 229 | $2.6K |
| MI | $585.9K | 28.8K | 328 | $1.8K |
| AL | $492.5K | 17.2K | 145 | $3.4K |
| SC | $476.7K | 18.5K | 154 | $3.1K |
| MN | $468.8K | 15.6K | 128 | $3.7K |
| OH | $438.7K | 32.0K | 366 | $1.2K |
| WA | $421.2K | 16.7K | 186 | $2.3K |
| MA | $374.4K | 25.9K | 251 | $1.5K |
| IN | $347.4K | 20.5K | 212 | $1.6K |
| MO | $321.9K | 20.1K | 206 | $1.6K |
| CT | $310.8K | 11.2K | 155 | $2.0K |
| MS | $303.3K | 11.6K | 82 | $3.7K |
| KY | $280.6K | 13.6K | 172 | $1.6K |
| NV | $268.8K | 7.9K | 56 | $4.8K |
| CO | $258.2K | 12.0K | 150 | $1.7K |
| KS | $224.5K | 9.7K | 80 | $2.8K |
| WI | $208.2K | 13.8K | 148 | $1.4K |
| AR | $170.5K | 8.9K | 65 | $2.6K |
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.