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97140

Manual (physical) therapy techniques to 1 or more regions, each 15 minutes

$4.5B in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure 97140 (Manual (physical) therapy techniques to 1 or more regions, each 15 minutes) received $4.5B in total Medicare payments.

Across 256.4M services, the average Medicare payment was $17.57 per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$380.0M20.7M—
2015$414.1M22.7M+9.0%
2016$448.5M24.8M+8.3%
2017$477.4M26.2M+6.4%
2018$473.4M27.2M-0.8%
2019$506.8M29.0M+7.1%
2020$396.6M22.3M-21.7%
2021$475.5M27.0M+19.9%
2022$465.8M27.8M-2.0%
2023$466.0M28.7M+0.1%

Top Providers for 97140

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Michael ThrasherGeneral PracticeFL$262.8K16.8K$15.65
2Pedro MachinOccupational Therapist in Private PracticeFL$232.1K15.9K$14.56
3Bobby PourziaeePodiatryCA$228.4K11.3K$20.16
4Edwin YauFamily PracticeCA$214.5K12.6K$17.06
5Larry BrimhallPhysical Therapist in Private PracticeAZ$200.6K12.7K$15.80
6Frank CawleyPhysical Therapist in Private PracticePA$195.3K12.0K$16.28
7Jose RivasGeneral PracticeFL$186.5K11.5K$16.19
8Imara ParamoOccupational Therapist in Private PracticeFL$185.1K12.7K$14.53
9Chand Parveen ShaikPhysical Therapist in Private PracticeNY$179.3K10.8K$16.54
10Jonathan VellingaInternal MedicineCA$173.3K9.3K$18.67
11Alan BerkovitchPhysical Therapist in Private PracticeNY$168.0K9.7K$17.34
12Tamara LiburdOccupational Therapist in Private PracticeTX$166.4K11.6K$14.30
13Martha Acero-VegaPhysical Therapist in Private PracticeFL$166.0K10.6K$15.72
14Belinda McdonaldPhysical Therapist in Private PracticeCA$161.1K9.7K$16.58
15Patricia FreirePhysical Therapist in Private PracticeFL$158.1K10.9K$14.56
16Ken RichardsPhysical Therapist in Private PracticeCA$154.9K8.7K$17.85
17Rodney VelazquezPhysical Therapist in Private PracticeFL$154.8K11.1K$13.98
18Carmen AlbuOccupational Therapist in Private PracticeNC$149.7K9.7K$15.49
19Emerson JouPhysical Medicine and RehabilitationCA$149.4K8.1K$18.56
20Matthew JendruschPhysical Therapist in Private PracticeTX$146.8K9.7K$15.17
21Jeffrey BlakePhysical Therapist in Private PracticeCA$145.2K8.3K$17.52
22Kwan JakobsenPhysical Medicine and RehabilitationNY$136.4K7.1K$19.22
23Jeffrey WilsonPhysical Therapist in Private PracticeCA$135.5K7.7K$17.49
24Ryan UrendaPhysical Therapist in Private PracticeFL$133.2K8.1K$16.52
25Oleg SirotinPhysical Therapist in Private PracticeCA$132.7K7.8K$16.93

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
CA$62.5M3.6M6.0K$10.5K
NY$49.9M2.8M5.1K$9.8K
NJ$36.0M2.1M3.5K$10.3K
FL$27.5M1.8M3.0K$9.1K
PA$19.9M1.2M2.6K$7.6K
IL$17.0M1.1M3.1K$5.4K
MD$15.4M922.7K1.8K$8.4K
TX$15.3M985.7K2.7K$5.6K
AZ$15.1M970.1K1.8K$8.4K
MI$13.4M850.2K2.2K$6.0K
MA$12.1M728.2K1.7K$7.1K
VA$12.0M743.7K1.7K$6.9K
CO$11.2M695.6K1.8K$6.4K
WA$10.6M661.0K2.1K$5.0K
NC$10.6M687.1K2.0K$5.3K
TN$9.4M619.4K1.5K$6.2K
GA$9.3M592.1K1.8K$5.2K
SC$7.6M500.9K1.1K$6.9K
LA$6.4M419.3K834$7.7K
IN$6.2M413.2K1.2K$5.3K
OH$6.2M411.6K1.2K$5.2K
CT$5.7M338.0K869$6.6K
AL$5.2M351.1K1.0K$5.0K
OR$4.6M294.9K945$4.9K
NV$4.5M284.8K555$8.1K
OK$4.5M302.3K573$7.8K
IA$4.4M288.0K853$5.1K
KY$4.4M292.1K796$5.5K
MO$4.3M279.7K805$5.3K
WI$4.3M276.2K1.2K$3.6K

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  • • 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.