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Medicare Spending by Specialty

Compare Medicare payments across all medical specialties. Click any specialty for top providers, procedures, and 10-year trends.

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💰 How Much Does Medicare Pay?
Average payments from $26K to $384K
🏛️ The Specialty Monopoly
5 specialties control 33% of spending
📊 The Specialty Pay Gap
Procedure-based vs primary care
🚨 Fraud Watchlist
Flagged providers by specialty
🔍 Search Providers
Find any provider by name
📈 Markup Analysis
What doctors charge vs what Medicare pays

Data Sources

  • • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
  • • Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data (2014-2023)
  • • CMS National Health Expenditure Data

Note: All data is from publicly available Medicare records. OpenMedicare is an independent journalism project not affiliated with CMS.