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G0444

Annual depression screening, 5 to 15 minutes

$269.2M in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure G0444 (Annual depression screening, 5 to 15 minutes) received $269.2M in total Medicare payments.

Across 15.2M services, the average Medicare payment was $17.68 per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$5.6M320.6K—
2015$9.1M516.0K+63.7%
2016$15.3M875.2K+67.0%
2017$22.8M1.3M+49.2%
2018$29.1M1.7M+28.0%
2019$34.6M2.0M+18.7%
2020$33.5M1.9M-3.1%
2021$38.0M2.1M+13.5%
2022$39.9M2.2M+4.9%
2023$41.3M2.4M+3.5%

Top Providers for G0444

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Pete CouryFamily PracticeAZ$32.1K1.8K$17.72
2Tollin SullivanFamily PracticeCA$26.4K1.3K$19.64
3Renato AlfonsoInternal MedicineFL$25.5K1.4K$17.79
4Alex DickertFamily PracticeFL$24.6K1.4K$17.70
5Douglas LakinInternal MedicineAZ$21.8K1.2K$17.78
6Babita PatelInternal MedicineVA$21.3K1.2K$18.09
7Diana GorokhovskyFamily PracticeFL$20.4K1.1K$18.52
8Ajith PurushGeneral PracticeAZ$20.2K1.1K$17.90
9Gautham ReddyFamily PracticeNV$19.9K1.1K$18.31
10David ZiembaInternal MedicineNY$19.7K894$22.08
11Ashley Langford TunkleFamily PracticeFL$19.1K1.0K$18.48
12Ian BoykinInternal MedicineFL$18.9K1.0K$18.52
13John KasperInternal MedicineNJ$18.8K940$19.98
14Philip DevaneInternal MedicineFL$18.3K1.0K$17.61
15Pavan AnandInternal MedicineFL$18.1K957$18.95
16Jason TrianaInternal MedicineFL$17.8K961$18.50
17Gabriella BonomoInternal MedicineFL$17.2K930$18.52
18Nina Maw MawFamily PracticeCA$17.1K885$19.30
19Alberto ConcepcionInternal MedicineFL$16.9K914$18.46
20Florian GegajInternal MedicineFL$16.8K928$18.11
21Michael BagwellFamily PracticeMS$16.5K993$16.63
22Scott MaurerGeriatric MedicineMD$16.4K838$19.53
23Russell HinesInternal MedicineCA$16.0K768$20.87
24Grace ParadelaInternal MedicineUT$16.0K927$17.28
25Scott GrahamFamily PracticeMA$15.7K826$19.06

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
FL$7.1M404.1K3.6K$2.0K
CA$3.2M160.6K1.7K$1.9K
TX$2.6M150.9K2.0K$1.3K
NY$2.2M110.7K1.5K$1.4K
NJ$2.1M102.0K997$2.1K
TN$1.7M107.9K1.1K$1.6K
PA$1.7M97.0K1.1K$1.5K
GA$1.6M94.7K991$1.6K
NC$1.6M95.6K1.2K$1.4K
AZ$1.4M84.3K781$1.8K
MI$1.4M81.4K1.2K$1.1K
MA$1.3M73.1K891$1.5K
MD$1.3M67.4K548$2.4K
VA$1.2M67.2K647$1.9K
AL$911.5K56.4K701$1.3K
OH$881.9K60.7K903$976.62
IL$731.9K40.1K470$1.6K
SC$731.2K44.3K387$1.9K
MS$678.2K47.8K377$1.8K
NE$616.5K39.1K370$1.7K
IN$593.1K35.4K452$1.3K
KS$466.8K28.1K277$1.7K
AR$454.8K28.9K293$1.6K
IA$428.5K27.0K299$1.4K
MO$419.6K24.7K328$1.3K
CO$392.7K21.8K338$1.2K
CT$367.1K19.2K313$1.2K
KY$354.9K22.7K286$1.2K
NV$305.3K17.0K182$1.7K
DE$288.6K15.9K122$2.4K

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  • • Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data (2014-2023)
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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.