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Data Sources: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data
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Organization

Advanced Center For Joint Surgery, Llc

NPI: 1447753173
Cumming, GA
4 years of data
Ambulatory Surgical Center
$22.6M
Total Payments
7
Beneficiaries
3.3K
Services
7.97x
Markup Ratio

Peer Comparison

99th
percentile in specialty
This provider$22.6M
Specialty median$657.1K

๐Ÿ“‹ Key Findings

1Billed $22.6M over 4 years
27.97x markup ratio (above median)
399th percentile in Ambulatory Surgical Center by payments
4Payments surged 200% in 2021
52 procedures with >3x markup
โœ“ No flags detected

๐Ÿ”Ž Data Analysis

This provider's $22.6M in total Medicare payments ranks in the 99th percentile of Ambulatory Surgical Center providers nationally.

Their average markup ratio of 7.97x is significantly above the specialty median of 6.1x.

Medicare payments to this provider grew 329% from 2020 to 2023.

64% of their billing comes from a single procedure code (27447 โ€” Replacement of knee joint, both sides of knee).

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Annual Medicare Payments

Annual Services Provided

Avg Payment per Service

Markup Ratio Over Time

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Notable: Payments increased 200% in 2021

Year-over-year payment surges can indicate changes in practice volume, new services, or billing pattern shifts.

Submitted Charges vs. Medicare Payments

Average per-service amounts submitted by the provider compared to what Medicare actually paid โ€” the gap represents the markup.

YearAvg SubmittedAvg PaidMarkup RatioGap per ServiceTotal PaymentsServicesBeneficiaries
2020$55.0K$6.6K8.36x$48.4K$1.9M2961
2021$55.0K$6.8K8.09x$48.2K$5.8M8602
2022$55.0K$6.8K8.05x$48.1K$6.5M9522
2023$54.9K$7.1K7.73x$47.8K$8.4M1.2K2

Top Procedures (2)

27447Replacement of knee joint, both sides of kneeโš  8.0x markup
$14.4M
2.1K services$6.8K/svc8.03x markup
27130Replacement of thigh bone and hip joint with prosthesisโš  7.9x markup
$8.2M
1.2K services$7.0K/svc7.86x markup
Show detailed table โ–พ
CodeDescriptionServicesPaymentsAvg/ServiceMarkup
27447Replacement of knee joint, both sides of knee2.1K$14.4M$6.8K8.03x
27130Replacement of thigh bone and hip joint with prosthesis1.2K$8.2M$7.0K7.86x

Markup Analysis

Charge-to-Payment Ratio

7.97x

This provider submits charges 7.97 times higher than what Medicare actually pays.

What This Means

A markup ratio of 7.97x means for every $100 Medicare pays, this provider initially charges $797. This is higher than the national average.

Location

Cumming, GA

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Data Sources

  • โ€ข Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
  • โ€ข Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data (2014-2023)
  • โ€ข National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES)

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.

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