$14.2B in total Medicare payments across 10 years
Procedure 99285 (Emergency department visit, problem with significant threat to life or function) received $14.2B in total Medicare payments.
Across 103.9M services, the average Medicare payment was $136.98 per service.
AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.
| Year | Payments | Services | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $1.4B | 10.8M | — |
| 2015 | $1.5B | 11.2M | +5.8% |
| 2016 | $1.5B | 11.6M | +2.6% |
| 2017 | $1.6B | 11.7M | +2.6% |
| 2018 | $1.5B | 11.5M | -3.7% |
| 2019 | $1.5B | 11.4M | -0.2% |
| 2020 | $1.3B | 9.2M | -14.8% |
| 2021 | $1.4B | 9.1M | +5.6% |
| 2022 | $1.3B | 9.0M | -4.2% |
| 2023 | $1.2B | 8.5M | -11.2% |
| # | Provider | Specialty | State | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruslan Ivanov | Family Practice | FL | $178.2K | 1.3K | $142.19 |
| 2 | Theresa Gandor | Emergency Medicine | IL | $164.8K | 1.0K | $158.15 |
| 3 | Daniel Montgomery | Emergency Medicine | SD | $150.5K | 1.1K | $136.46 |
| 4 | Matthew Leonard | Emergency Medicine | NC | $149.0K | 952 | $156.56 |
| 5 | Todd Templeman | Emergency Medicine | DC | $148.6K | 929 | $159.92 |
| 6 | Juan Acosta | Emergency Medicine | NY | $143.1K | 841 | $170.13 |
| 7 | Nicole Nembhard | Emergency Medicine | NY | $140.2K | 816 | $171.83 |
| 8 | Kenneth Mclaughlin | Emergency Medicine | MA | $139.5K | 974 | $143.19 |
| 9 | Imraan Haniff | Emergency Medicine | OH | $139.4K | 1.0K | $136.65 |
| 10 | James Aron | Emergency Medicine | MS | $139.1K | 1.1K | $132.23 |
| 11 | James Arnold | Emergency Medicine | AR | $139.1K | 1.1K | $129.01 |
| 12 | David Romanelli | Emergency Medicine | NY | $136.6K | 839 | $162.85 |
| 13 | Shannon Reeve | Emergency Medicine | MD | $136.3K | 858 | $158.84 |
| 14 | Sayed Khwaja | Emergency Medicine | NY | $136.2K | 803 | $169.65 |
| 15 | Nicole Pomerantz | Emergency Medicine | MI | $135.5K | 927 | $146.22 |
| 16 | Cindy Li | Emergency Medicine | NY | $133.6K | 791 | $168.93 |
| 17 | Gerald Stell | Family Practice | LA | $133.5K | 968 | $137.94 |
| 18 | Khoi Lam | Emergency Medicine | CA | $133.4K | 907 | $147.05 |
| 19 | Frank Tresgallo | Emergency Medicine | FL | $132.3K | 878 | $150.69 |
| 20 | Daniel Dawson | Emergency Medicine | AZ | $132.2K | 966 | $136.82 |
| 21 | Steven Moonblatt | Emergency Medicine | PA | $131.9K | 902 | $146.18 |
| 22 | Christopher Mccabe | Emergency Medicine | AZ | $131.3K | 958 | $137.09 |
| 23 | Shant Broukian | Emergency Medicine | MA | $131.1K | 863 | $151.95 |
| 24 | Kevin Tench | Emergency Medicine | AZ | $130.7K | 955 | $136.82 |
| 25 | Christopher Contino | Emergency Medicine | NY | $129.7K | 786 | $165.05 |
| State | Payments | Services | Providers | Avg/Provider |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | $105.6M | 755.0K | 5.3K | $19.9K |
| FL | $84.2M | 594.1K | 3.9K | $21.8K |
| NY | $79.6M | 533.6K | 4.1K | $19.3K |
| TX | $71.0M | 529.1K | 4.3K | $16.7K |
| PA | $65.5M | 476.5K | 3.2K | $20.3K |
| IL | $61.0M | 429.1K | 2.6K | $23.1K |
| OH | $51.4M | 379.5K | 2.7K | $18.7K |
| MI | $50.6M | 363.1K | 2.7K | $18.8K |
| NJ | $38.3M | 263.0K | 1.5K | $25.3K |
| MA | $38.1M | 267.8K | 1.6K | $23.3K |
| NC | $37.3M | 286.3K | 2.2K | $16.9K |
| VA | $31.7M | 236.7K | 1.6K | $19.9K |
| GA | $29.7M | 220.6K | 1.7K | $17.2K |
| MD | $26.0M | 183.3K | 1.1K | $22.7K |
| IN | $25.6M | 198.3K | 1.4K | $18.7K |
| TN | $23.7M | 183.0K | 1.3K | $17.9K |
| SC | $22.8M | 173.0K | 1.1K | $20.6K |
| MO | $21.7M | 163.3K | 1.2K | $17.6K |
| AZ | $20.6M | 154.8K | 1.2K | $17.6K |
| KY | $19.0M | 145.2K | 1.0K | $18.7K |
| LA | $18.8M | 139.1K | 1.1K | $17.3K |
| WA | $17.1M | 124.4K | 1.0K | $16.8K |
| OK | $16.5M | 127.8K | 786 | $21.0K |
| WI | $16.4M | 128.5K | 1.2K | $13.5K |
| MN | $15.9M | 122.9K | 1.2K | $13.8K |
| CO | $14.1M | 104.7K | 1.0K | $13.6K |
| CT | $14.0M | 98.5K | 795 | $17.7K |
| AL | $14.0M | 108.3K | 827 | $16.9K |
| MS | $12.8M | 97.1K | 547 | $23.3K |
| AR | $11.6M | 90.9K | 543 | $21.3K |
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.