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99283

Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making

$1.1B in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure 99283 (Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making) received $1.1B in total Medicare payments.

Across 25.0M services, the average Medicare payment was $45.55 per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$149.3M3.4M—
2015$149.0M3.4M-0.2%
2016$142.9M3.3M-4.1%
2017$133.7M3.1M-6.4%
2018$124.9M2.9M-6.6%
2019$114.5M2.6M-8.3%
2020$86.0M1.8M-24.9%
2021$96.4M1.8M+12.0%
2022$93.5M1.8M-3.0%
2023$46.7M919.6K-50.0%

Top Providers for 99283

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Carlos AlvarezEmergency MedicinePR$24.9K459$54.31
2Shawn SouthwickEmergency MedicineKS$20.9K423$49.33
3Susan Hackman-QuintyFamily PracticeSC$18.2K339$53.57
4Deacon ViceEmergency MedicineOK$18.0K370$48.75
5Fredric De PicciottoEmergency MedicineCA$17.6K368$47.69
6Reggie HendersonFamily PracticeTN$17.5K349$50.17
7Jeremy CampbellEmergency MedicineOK$17.2K341$50.40
8Tuan LuuEmergency MedicineCA$16.8K376$44.76
9William ReisingerEmergency MedicineOH$15.9K315$50.58
10Arthur Bernard FajardoFamily PracticeTX$15.7K314$49.99
11Erica KatzEmergency MedicineOH$15.6K251$62.31
12Paul WeinbergerEmergency MedicineKY$15.1K306$49.35
13Eric GerdesEmergency MedicineCA$15.0K300$50.07
14Claire CliftonEmergency MedicineCA$15.0K293$51.18
15Michael ParrottEmergency MedicineNY$15.0K236$63.49
16Christopher OcchinoEmergency MedicineNC$14.9K302$49.20
17Daniel HarriganEmergency MedicineME$14.0K318$44.02
18Kevin RobertsNurse PractitionerFL$13.7K283$48.48
19Kenneth MosesEmergency MedicineCA$13.7K249$55.09
20John JerstadInternal MedicineSD$13.4K279$48.16
21Leah McintoshInternal MedicineMS$13.4K270$49.67
22Benjamin MasonEmergency MedicineIL$13.3K221$60.02
23Ihab DanaInternal MedicinePA$13.2K278$47.53
24Kaushal PatelEmergency MedicineTN$13.1K266$49.40
25Dawn Magdalin-BettsFamily PracticeCA$12.9K263$49.05

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
NY$3.5M60.9K2.3K$1.5K
FL$3.1M57.9K1.9K$1.6K
CA$2.8M53.7K2.0K$1.4K
TX$2.7M53.1K1.9K$1.4K
IL$2.3M43.8K1.4K$1.6K
PA$2.1M41.7K1.6K$1.4K
OH$1.9M38.0K1.4K$1.4K
MI$1.7M32.1K1.2K$1.4K
SC$1.5M29.4K824$1.8K
MA$1.4M26.2K927$1.5K
NJ$1.2M22.8K890$1.4K
OK$1.2M25.0K626$1.9K
MO$1.2M23.8K713$1.7K
NC$1.1M22.6K809$1.4K
IN$1.0M20.7K724$1.4K
VA$979.9K19.7K773$1.3K
WI$940.3K19.8K646$1.5K
AZ$937.4K19.2K587$1.6K
TN$870.0K17.7K663$1.3K
CT$852.6K16.3K484$1.8K
GA$820.3K16.4K658$1.2K
KY$789.5K16.2K540$1.5K
MN$787.1K16.4K618$1.3K
MS$785.2K16.3K356$2.2K
MD$716.8K14.0K563$1.3K
CO$658.1K13.2K536$1.2K
AR$648.8K13.7K342$1.9K
KS$639.2K13.4K340$1.9K
WV$596.4K12.0K311$1.9K
OR$581.7K12.0K388$1.5K

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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.