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99203

New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes

$6.9B in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure 99203 (New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes) received $6.9B in total Medicare payments.

Across 95.5M services, the average Medicare payment was $71.84 per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$694.2M9.7M—
2015$721.9M10.0M+4.0%
2016$727.2M10.3M+0.7%
2017$720.3M10.3M-0.9%
2018$721.1M10.3M+0.1%
2019$743.3M10.4M+3.1%
2020$599.9M8.4M-19.3%
2021$696.0M9.0M+16.0%
2022$641.4M8.7M-7.8%
2023$594.8M8.3M-7.3%

Top Providers for 99203

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Adam MoskowitzGastroenterologyNY$107.7K1.6K$66.12
2Michael McginnisPathologyCA$106.4K908$117.15
3Gregory RubinSports MedicineFL$102.8K1.3K$79.39
4Wesley ThekEmergency MedicineNJ$97.2K1.1K$88.25
5Robert BukaDermatologyNY$95.6K1.1K$90.24
6Nikol IlyasovPhysician AssistantNY$94.2K1.1K$89.32
7Eric SorensenFamily PracticeCA$92.9K1.2K$76.86
8Samuel WilliamsInternal MedicineGA$89.5K1.4K$61.88
9Dinesh VermaPulmonary DiseaseCA$88.9K984$90.31
10Ralph BassettOtolaryngologyAZ$88.4K1.2K$75.88
11Joseph ZaladonisDermatologyPA$87.8K1.2K$73.64
12Roy MusoffInternal MedicineFL$86.4K1.1K$77.05
13Raffi-Jean MesrobianOtolaryngologyCA$82.1K948$86.61
14Benjamin TehraniPodiatryCA$81.1K857$94.59
15Jonathan HindsGeneral PracticeFL$81.0K1.1K$76.86
16Surya ReddyFamily PracticeCA$78.8K983$80.16
17David KasperDermatologyPA$76.0K934$81.41
18Brandon OconnorFamily PracticeNY$75.4K971$77.66
19Leah BushNurse PractitionerAL$75.1K1.1K$68.02
20Sohail ShayferOrthopedic SurgeryCA$74.6K824$90.59
21Susan YeagerPodiatryCA$73.4K955$76.88
22Roberto AcostaHand SurgeryFL$70.7K880$80.30
23Frederick BoghossianGastroenterologyCA$69.2K788$87.77
24Christopher RexDermatologyAZ$67.8K835$81.24
25Jeffrey CouryOtolaryngologyNC$66.9K907$73.75

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
CA$58.2M735.3K12.7K$4.6K
NY$53.0M612.8K11.4K$4.7K
FL$52.1M723.9K11.7K$4.4K
TX$37.2M535.2K10.8K$3.4K
NJ$27.3M328.0K5.7K$4.8K
PA$25.3M352.9K7.3K$3.5K
IL$23.3M317.4K6.2K$3.8K
VA$18.7M262.8K4.9K$3.8K
OH$18.2M278.3K6.4K$2.9K
MD$18.1M232.9K3.6K$5.0K
GA$17.6M255.4K5.3K$3.3K
MA$17.6M230.6K4.3K$4.1K
NC$16.7M251.9K5.4K$3.1K
AZ$16.6M248.8K4.1K$4.0K
MI$13.7M196.7K4.6K$3.0K
SC$11.6M172.7K3.0K$3.9K
TN$11.6M177.0K3.7K$3.1K
IN$11.0M167.2K3.5K$3.1K
WA$10.4M148.3K3.1K$3.3K
MO$9.6M144.1K3.0K$3.2K
CO$8.3M117.2K2.7K$3.1K
CT$7.9M101.4K2.2K$3.5K
KY$7.0M106.6K2.4K$2.9K
AL$6.9M104.8K2.2K$3.1K
WI$6.9M106.8K2.8K$2.4K
OK$6.6M100.1K1.9K$3.5K
LA$6.4M93.9K2.1K$3.0K
MN$6.3M89.9K2.7K$2.3K
AR$5.7M90.1K1.6K$3.6K
OR$5.3M79.5K1.8K$3.0K

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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.