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99442

Telephone medical discussion with physician, 11-20 minutes

$520.6M in total Medicare payments across 4 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure 99442 (Telephone medical discussion with physician, 11-20 minutes) received $520.6M in total Medicare payments.

Across 9.6M services, the average Medicare payment was $54.29 per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2020$226.0M4.5M—
2021$136.8M2.4M-39.5%
2022$94.1M1.6M-31.2%
2023$63.7M1.1M-32.4%

Top Providers for 99442

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Ronald DeanEmergency MedicineMT$344.2K6.3K$54.85
2Tai WuInternal MedicineCA$332.5K4.8K$69.13
3Thomas WebsterDiagnostic RadiologyWA$305.5K5.6K$54.76
4Arkady LevitanPsychiatryNY$271.6K3.8K$72.00
5Isak IsakovPsychiatryNY$219.5K2.8K$78.27
6Navdeep LoombaInterventional Pain ManagementCA$201.8K3.0K$66.23
7Jessica SacksPhysician AssistantNY$193.5K3.2K$60.36
8Murtaza BhattiInternal MedicineDE$183.3K3.6K$50.64
9Amanda BaldaufPhysician AssistantNY$179.9K3.1K$58.37
10Christopher CumminsGeneral PracticeMS$178.5K3.5K$51.37
11Anna PotashPsychiatryNY$170.0K2.1K$82.42
12Polina LissInternal MedicineNY$165.4K2.0K$80.97
13Inessa SvidlerGeneral PracticeCA$154.3K1.9K$80.80
14Hovanes Ter-ZakarianFamily PracticeCA$152.4K2.3K$65.18
15Vigen KhojayanFamily PracticeCA$137.3K1.8K$77.02
16Nicolas ChronosCardiologyGA$125.1K2.5K$50.15
17Manjula ThopcherlaInternal MedicineNJ$121.4K1.6K$76.46
18Robert ChanInternal MedicineCA$115.9K1.5K$76.64
19Jahanara RezaHospitalistNY$113.4K1.6K$72.66
20Perry StevensInternal MedicineNY$113.0K1.4K$82.93
21Hafiz KhattakPhysical Medicine and RehabilitationMO$111.3K1.8K$63.11
22David LindenbergPain ManagementCA$106.0K2.1K$50.69
23Bryan LeeInterventional Pain ManagementCA$105.0K1.5K$72.16
24Maykol AlarconNurse PractitionerNY$102.9K1.9K$55.23
25Glenn GandelmanCardiologyCT$102.4K1.3K$76.10

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
CA$14.3M231.1K3.5K$4.1K
NY$13.1M193.7K2.5K$5.2K
FL$3.4M55.3K969$3.5K
MA$3.1M54.4K1.2K$2.6K
NJ$2.9M45.2K826$3.5K
IL$2.8M45.9K1.2K$2.3K
TX$2.5M44.7K1.1K$2.2K
MI$1.9M35.3K731$2.6K
PA$1.8M32.7K803$2.2K
MD$1.5M27.1K500$3.1K
VA$1.1M19.7K470$2.4K
WA$1.1M20.1K466$2.4K
AZ$1.1M20.5K512$2.1K
OH$985.9K19.7K682$1.4K
GA$837.0K15.3K344$2.4K
CT$830.2K13.2K341$2.4K
NC$816.9K15.3K430$1.9K
RI$585.0K9.8K222$2.6K
MN$582.4K10.1K417$1.4K
AL$485.4K9.6K219$2.2K
TN$485.3K9.8K257$1.9K
DE$474.7K9.3K121$3.9K
MT$472.7K8.9K90$5.3K
MO$453.4K8.2K178$2.5K
OK$444.6K8.7K133$3.3K
IN$413.0K8.2K240$1.7K
CO$407.4K7.4K228$1.8K
SC$378.6K7.0K168$2.3K
OR$372.2K7.4K274$1.4K
WI$357.6K7.4K283$1.3K

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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.