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97162

Evaluation for physical therapy, typically 30 minutes

$556.7M in total Medicare payments across 7 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure 97162 (Evaluation for physical therapy, typically 30 minutes) received $556.7M in total Medicare payments.

Across 8.2M services, the average Medicare payment was $68.13 per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2017$69.6M1.2M—
2018$74.3M1.2M+6.9%
2019$79.1M1.2M+6.5%
2020$58.6M916.3K-26.0%
2021$86.8M1.1M+48.2%
2022$91.1M1.2M+4.9%
2023$97.2M1.3M+6.7%

Top Providers for 97162

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Spencer ClarkPhysical Therapist in Private PracticeUT$56.6K763$74.17
2Ahson MahfoozPhysical Therapist in Private PracticeNY$54.4K600$90.74
3Terri Bechtel GreenbergPhysical Therapist in Private PracticeCA$49.7K646$77.01
4Darrel ElwellPhysical Therapist in Private PracticeNM$47.6K649$73.35
5Stephanie SavinoPhysical Therapist in Private PracticeFL$39.5K525$75.24
6Tami PeavyPhysical Therapist in Private PracticeCA$37.5K514$73.02
7Khalid AttiaPhysical Therapist in Private PracticeNY$37.2K417$89.10
8Mohamed AfifyPhysical Therapist in Private PracticeNY$36.3K405$89.57
9Nicholas MalyPhysical Therapist in Private PracticeCA$35.7K435$82.18
10Brinda MakadiaPhysical Therapist in Private PracticeNY$34.9K399$87.35
11Tan NgoInternal MedicineCA$32.8K397$82.73
12Mary Jean EndozoPhysical Therapist in Private PracticeNJ$31.5K352$89.56
13Ehab BoulosPhysical Therapist in Private PracticeFL$30.1K414$72.81
14Fernando OrlinoPhysical Therapist in Private PracticeCA$30.0K414$72.49
15Marc GarberPhysical Therapist in Private PracticeCA$29.6K369$80.28
16Wilfried KramerPhysical Therapist in Private PracticeCA$28.7K344$83.52
17Zachary MichaelPhysical Therapist in Private PracticeTX$27.3K373$73.31
18Britton MossPhysical Therapist in Private PracticeLA$27.3K368$74.29
19Louis MoscardiPhysical Therapist in Private PracticeCA$27.1K337$80.27
20Thomas DeguzmanPhysical Therapist in Private PracticeCA$26.6K331$80.39
21Matthew DeeganPhysical Therapist in Private PracticeNY$26.4K344$76.60
22Patrick WaylandPhysical Therapist in Private PracticeCA$26.2K334$78.34
23Andrew EneaPhysical Therapist in Private PracticeMA$25.7K310$82.86
24Fane SigalPhysical Therapist in Private PracticeFL$25.6K342$74.82
25Khaled TemrazPhysical Therapist in Private PracticeFL$25.1K336$74.74

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
CA$12.3M155.2K3.4K$3.6K
NY$8.1M99.9K2.5K$3.2K
FL$6.2M84.6K1.7K$3.7K
NJ$5.3M65.8K2.0K$2.7K
TX$4.2M58.3K1.6K$2.6K
IL$4.2M55.7K1.7K$2.4K
PA$3.6M48.4K1.4K$2.5K
MD$3.3M42.3K1.1K$3.1K
VA$3.2M42.5K1.1K$2.9K
WA$2.6M35.3K1.1K$2.4K
GA$2.6M37.6K1.0K$2.5K
NC$2.5M35.7K1.0K$2.4K
AZ$2.4M34.4K874$2.8K
MA$2.3M29.6K776$3.0K
MI$2.1M29.2K1.0K$2.0K
TN$2.0M29.5K836$2.4K
CO$1.9M25.8K858$2.2K
SC$1.8M25.4K659$2.7K
OH$1.8M25.1K708$2.5K
IN$1.6M23.4K647$2.5K
WI$1.5M21.1K791$1.9K
OR$1.4M20.4K601$2.4K
IA$1.3M18.6K553$2.3K
MO$1.2M17.8K532$2.3K
AL$1.2M17.2K449$2.6K
KY$1.2M16.9K492$2.4K
MN$1.1M14.9K511$2.1K
LA$1.0M15.1K392$2.7K
OK$1.0M15.0K380$2.7K
KS$997.8K14.7K403$2.5K

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  • • Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data (2014-2023)
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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.