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| # | Provider | Specialty | State | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ira Denny | Nurse Practitioner | AZ | $135.2M | 153.3K | $881.71 |
| 2 | Jorge Kinds | Nurse Practitioner | AZ | $123.8M | 132.6K | $933.50 |
| 3 | Keith Goss | Podiatry | AZ | $83.7M | 97.9K | $854.23 |
| 4 | Carlos Ching | Nurse Practitioner | AZ | $62.9M | 68.3K | $920.61 |
| 5 | Bethany Jameson | Nurse Practitioner | AZ | $42.3M | 40.0K | $1.1K |
| 6 | Gina Palacios | Nurse Practitioner | AZ | $27.0M | 34.2K | $788.95 |
| 7 | Elisabeth Balken | Nurse Practitioner | AZ | $23.3M | 29.5K | $788.95 |
| 8 | Stephen Dubin | General Practice | NV | $23.2M | 23.7K | $976.76 |
| 9 | Kirk Mitchell | Family Practice | CO | $20.7M | 19.6K | $1.1K |
| 10 | Arlene Bautista | Nurse Practitioner | AZ | $16.8M | 21.3K | $788.95 |
| 11 | Samuel Jurca | Family Practice | TX | $12.1M | 11.4K | $1.1K |
| 12 | Nyrie Austin | Nurse Practitioner | NJ | $10.9M | 11.1K | $977.78 |
| 13 | Richard Park | Internal Medicine | CA | $10.2M | 9.8K | $1.0K |
| 14 | Jami Gorton | Nurse Practitioner | CO | $10.2M | 13.0K | $785.08 |
| 15 | Neil Sandhu | Dermatology | FL | $8.7M | 8.3K | $1.0K |
| 16 | Jeffrey Steinberg | Podiatry | DC | $8.2M | 7.7K | $1.1K |
| 17 | Owen Ellington | Internal Medicine | TX | $7.7M | 7.5K | $1.0K |
| 18 | Eric Ogari | Nurse Practitioner | AZ | $6.9M | 8.8K | $788.95 |
| 19 | Shelita Banks | Nurse Practitioner | TX | $6.6M | 6.1K | $1.1K |
| 20 | Patrick Black | Physical Therapist in Private Practice | CA | $6.5M | 6.3K | $1.0K |
| 21 | Lobaba Habach | Nurse Practitioner | FL | $5.8M | 6.0K | $962.00 |
| 22 | Robert Johnson | Nurse Practitioner | FL | $5.8M | 6.3K | $922.77 |
| 23 | Mary Huntly | Nurse Practitioner | NV | $5.3M | 5.1K | $1.0K |
| 24 | Kellie King | Nurse Practitioner | TX | $5.2M | 5.4K | $966.53 |
| 25 | Blandon Sorrell | Nurse Practitioner | LA | $4.9M | 5.0K | $983.30 |
| State | Payments | Services | Providers | Avg/Provider |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AZ | $526.4M | 590.7K | 12 | $43.9M |
| TX | $74.2M | 73.2K | 30 | $2.5M |
| FL | $62.2M | 62.2K | 36 | $1.7M |
| CO | $43.4M | 44.8K | 9 | $4.8M |
| NV | $36.4M | 37.3K | 10 | $3.6M |
| CA | $22.5M | 21.9K | 6 | $3.8M |
| LA | $15.9M | 15.9K | 11 | $1.4M |
| NJ | $10.9M | 11.1K | 1 | $10.9M |
| DC | $9.3M | 8.7K | 2 | $4.6M |
| IL | $5.2M | 5.4K | 3 | $1.7M |
| OR | $4.3M | 5.4K | 1 | $4.3M |
| MI | $3.4M | 3.5K | 2 | $1.7M |
| MS | $3.4M | 3.6K | 3 | $1.1M |
| OK | $3.3M | 3.2K | 2 | $1.7M |
| OH | $3.2M | 3.4K | 3 | $1.1M |
| MO | $2.9M | 3.3K | 1 | $2.9M |
| UT | $2.2M | 2.1K | 3 | $726.0K |
| WA | $1.6M | 1.8K | 2 | $818.7K |
| ID | $1.4M | 1.4K | 1 | $1.4M |
| WV | $1.2M | 1.1K | 1 | $1.2M |
| NY | $649.9K | 614 | 1 | $649.9K |
| GA | $169.9K | 162 | 1 | $169.9K |
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.