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94729

Test to examine how well the lungs exchange gases

$268.1M in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

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.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$26.2M974.7K—
2015$27.4M1.0M+4.6%
2016$28.0M1.1M+2.2%
2017$28.1M1.1M+0.0%
2018$28.6M1.1M+2.0%
2019$30.1M1.1M+5.2%
2020$21.5M774.8K-28.7%
2021$26.4M905.4K+23.0%
2022$25.9M909.3K-2.0%
2023$25.9M951.8K-0.1%

Top Providers for 94729

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Jason KarpPulmonary DiseaseNY$113.8K2.1K$53.45
2David JawaharPulmonary DiseaseDE$66.3K1.6K$42.11
3Carlos SilvaPulmonary DiseaseVA$58.3K1.4K$42.48
4Arthur TrustPulmonary DiseaseNY$55.5K1.0K$52.86
5Rafael LupercioPulmonary DiseaseCA$52.4K1.2K$44.67
6Yuval HiltzikPulmonary DiseaseNY$51.7K942$54.84
7Steven OrshanPulmonary DiseaseNY$51.3K970$52.87
8Keith HarrisPulmonary DiseaseNY$51.1K957$53.44
9Barry WeinbergPulmonary DiseaseNY$50.8K956$53.19
10Vijay RupanagudiInternal MedicineTN$43.5K1.2K$37.59
11Vikas SayalPulmonary DiseaseAZ$41.7K961$43.44
12Theodossis ZacharisPulmonary DiseaseFL$41.6K989$42.08
13Abraham SandersPulmonary DiseaseNY$40.4K1.0K$39.37
14John SaitoPulmonary DiseaseCA$38.9K757$51.38
15Olusegun OseniPulmonary DiseaseTX$37.2K900$41.28
16Sergio BalingitPulmonary DiseaseFL$37.0K875$42.24
17David KamelharPulmonary DiseaseNY$35.4K671$52.79
18Abraham IshaayaPulmonary DiseaseCA$35.1K681$51.54
19Jeffrey SagerPulmonary DiseaseCA$34.8K711$49.01
20Mario SolomitaPulmonary DiseaseNY$34.8K647$53.82
21Irina ZolotarevskayaPulmonary DiseaseNY$34.8K638$54.53
22Ciro CiccarelliPulmonary DiseaseNY$34.7K642$54.09
23David ChasePulmonary DiseaseMS$34.5K968$35.64
24Mai LiuPulmonary DiseaseNY$33.9K649$52.27
25Kaiser LimPulmonary DiseaseMN$33.7K741$45.44

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
NY$3.3M79.9K676$4.8K
FL$3.0M85.9K669$4.5K
CA$2.4M71.2K645$3.7K
TX$1.8M62.3K567$3.2K
NJ$1.2M33.1K331$3.7K
GA$1.0M30.1K311$3.2K
NC$959.2K33.2K283$3.4K
MD$912.9K25.8K168$5.4K
VA$900.9K29.7K247$3.6K
AZ$765.3K23.0K152$5.0K
PA$747.3K40.1K451$1.7K
IL$718.6K34.2K330$2.2K
TN$605.5K23.2K229$2.6K
MI$585.9K28.8K328$1.8K
AL$492.5K17.2K145$3.4K
SC$476.7K18.5K154$3.1K
MN$468.8K15.6K128$3.7K
OH$438.7K32.0K366$1.2K
WA$421.2K16.7K186$2.3K
MA$374.4K25.9K251$1.5K
IN$347.4K20.5K212$1.6K
MO$321.9K20.1K206$1.6K
CT$310.8K11.2K155$2.0K
MS$303.3K11.6K82$3.7K
KY$280.6K13.6K172$1.6K
NV$268.8K7.9K56$4.8K
CO$258.2K12.0K150$1.7K
KS$224.5K9.7K80$2.8K
WI$208.2K13.8K148$1.4K
AR$170.5K8.9K65$2.6K

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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.