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Q0508

Miscellaneous supply or accessory for use with an implanted ventricular assist device

$112.6M in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure Q0508 (Miscellaneous supply or accessory for use with an implanted ventricular assist device) received $112.6M in total Medicare payments.

Across 198.6K services, the average Medicare payment was $566.78 per service.

There is significant variance in per-service payments among top providers, with a 57x spread between highest and lowest average payments.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$1.5M8.3K—
2015$3.9M29.3K+160.1%
2016$5.6M18.8K+44.6%
2017$8.8M16.8K+55.9%
2018$10.9M19.7K+24.6%
2019$11.7M18.1K+7.7%
2020$15.9M21.8K+35.0%
2021$16.1M21.9K+1.5%
2022$18.0M22.4K+12.1%
2023$20.2M21.5K+12.0%

Top Providers for Q0508

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Quality Assured Services Inc.All Other SuppliersFL$8.6M8.3K$1.0K
2Orthodynamics Company, Inc.PharmacyIN$3.5M2.0K$1.8K
3Continuum Services LlcAll Other SuppliersFL$3.2M2.8K$1.1K
4Wound Care Resources Inc.All Other SuppliersTN$3.0M2.5K$1.2K
5Claude BurdickPathologyCA$1.7M2.4K$722.07
6Cleveland Clinic Home Care ServicesPharmacyOH$105.0K3.3K$31.59
7Mayo Foundation For Medical Education & ResearchPharmacyMN$9.3K92$100.76
8Hetal PatelNurse PractitionerAZ$3.6K16$226.96

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
FL$11.8M11.1K2$5.9M
IN$3.5M2.0K1$3.5M
TN$3.0M2.5K1$3.0M
CA$1.7M2.4K1$1.7M
OH$105.0K3.3K1$105.0K
MN$9.3K921$9.3K
AZ$3.6K161$3.6K

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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.