$4.7B in total Medicare payments across 10 years
Procedure 97530 (Therapeutic activities to improve function, with one-on-one contact between patient and provider, each 15 minutes) received $4.7B in total Medicare payments.
Across 178.4M services, the average Medicare payment was $26.49 per service.
AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.
| Year | Payments | Services | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $197.4M | 8.0M | — |
| 2015 | $226.0M | 9.1M | +14.5% |
| 2016 | $256.1M | 10.4M | +13.3% |
| 2017 | $297.8M | 12.0M | +16.3% |
| 2018 | $439.1M | 15.4M | +47.4% |
| 2019 | $549.2M | 19.5M | +25.1% |
| 2020 | $461.2M | 16.3M | -16.0% |
| 2021 | $648.9M | 23.1M | +40.7% |
| 2022 | $740.0M | 28.5M | +14.0% |
| 2023 | $911.7M | 36.1M | +23.2% |
| # | Provider | Specialty | State | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patricia Freire | Physical Therapist in Private Practice | FL | $536.7K | 27.6K | $19.47 |
| 2 | Kari Reid | Occupational Therapist in Private Practice | FL | $473.0K | 23.9K | $19.78 |
| 3 | Scott Chirichetti | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | VA | $427.7K | 18.7K | $22.90 |
| 4 | Imara Paramo | Occupational Therapist in Private Practice | FL | $419.2K | 19.2K | $21.79 |
| 5 | Pedro Machin | Occupational Therapist in Private Practice | FL | $413.0K | 18.2K | $22.75 |
| 6 | Lissa Trevino | Physical Therapist in Private Practice | CA | $411.8K | 16.4K | $25.04 |
| 7 | Erik Landswick | Physical Therapist in Private Practice | CA | $366.6K | 14.0K | $26.17 |
| 8 | Terri Bechtel Greenberg | Physical Therapist in Private Practice | CA | $365.6K | 14.5K | $25.23 |
| 9 | Lance Westcott | Physical Therapist in Private Practice | CA | $361.7K | 12.6K | $28.69 |
| 10 | Christina Baker | Physical Therapist in Private Practice | IL | $337.9K | 16.0K | $21.18 |
| 11 | Maria Theresa Baylon | Physical Therapist in Private Practice | CA | $331.3K | 14.4K | $23.08 |
| 12 | Alicia Nixon | Physical Therapist in Private Practice | FL | $323.2K | 15.4K | $20.93 |
| 13 | Diane Hodges Popps | Physical Therapist in Private Practice | TX | $316.1K | 12.7K | $24.97 |
| 14 | Rick Montoya | Physical Therapist in Private Practice | CA | $306.8K | 13.0K | $23.61 |
| 15 | Adi Halili | Physical Therapist in Private Practice | AZ | $302.5K | 14.1K | $21.42 |
| 16 | John Mckenzie | Physical Therapist in Private Practice | TX | $302.0K | 12.1K | $24.93 |
| 17 | Travis Boersma | Physical Therapist in Private Practice | FL | $302.0K | 13.7K | $22.03 |
| 18 | David Conti | Physical Therapist in Private Practice | NC | $299.4K | 13.4K | $22.33 |
| 19 | Matthew Fiano | Physical Therapist in Private Practice | VA | $294.9K | 12.5K | $23.52 |
| 20 | Ahson Mahfooz | Physical Therapist in Private Practice | NY | $292.9K | 11.4K | $25.59 |
| 21 | Paul Teixeira | Physical Therapist in Private Practice | CA | $268.0K | 11.1K | $24.06 |
| 22 | Joseph Mckowen | Physical Therapist in Private Practice | SC | $264.3K | 13.6K | $19.37 |
| 23 | Utkarsh Patel | Physical Therapist in Private Practice | FL | $264.2K | 10.7K | $24.58 |
| 24 | Frank Cawley | Physical Therapist in Private Practice | PA | $261.9K | 9.9K | $26.52 |
| 25 | Timothy Tsang | Physical Therapist in Private Practice | NY | $259.2K | 8.0K | $32.23 |
| State | Payments | Services | Providers | Avg/Provider |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | $99.9M | 3.7M | 5.2K | $19.2K |
| NY | $88.4M | 3.1M | 4.6K | $19.2K |
| NJ | $67.7M | 2.4M | 3.6K | $19.1K |
| FL | $52.4M | 2.2M | 2.8K | $18.9K |
| IL | $47.1M | 1.9M | 3.3K | $14.2K |
| PA | $39.2M | 1.5M | 2.5K | $15.8K |
| TX | $38.9M | 1.6M | 2.7K | $14.3K |
| MD | $31.5M | 1.2M | 1.9K | $16.2K |
| AZ | $30.2M | 1.3M | 1.8K | $16.6K |
| VA | $27.4M | 1.1M | 1.9K | $14.6K |
| WA | $26.9M | 1.1M | 2.3K | $11.8K |
| SC | $25.0M | 1.1M | 1.2K | $20.0K |
| GA | $24.2M | 1.0M | 1.8K | $13.2K |
| NC | $22.3M | 945.0K | 2.0K | $11.4K |
| MI | $21.3M | 864.8K | 2.1K | $10.4K |
| MA | $20.0M | 733.1K | 1.6K | $12.7K |
| TN | $19.2M | 833.2K | 1.6K | $12.3K |
| IN | $15.8M | 692.7K | 1.3K | $12.7K |
| CO | $15.5M | 614.4K | 1.5K | $10.1K |
| MO | $13.6M | 585.9K | 986 | $13.8K |
| OH | $13.3M | 566.4K | 1.3K | $10.0K |
| OR | $11.3M | 478.0K | 1.0K | $11.1K |
| AL | $11.0M | 474.7K | 1.1K | $10.4K |
| KY | $9.8M | 432.8K | 840 | $11.7K |
| KS | $9.1M | 393.3K | 652 | $14.0K |
| DE | $9.0M | 355.7K | 462 | $19.5K |
| MS | $9.0M | 400.9K | 572 | $15.7K |
| OK | $8.7M | 379.3K | 533 | $16.3K |
| IA | $8.1M | 340.7K | 843 | $9.6K |
| CT | $8.0M | 289.9K | 732 | $11.0K |
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.