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Cardiac Surgery

Medicare spending analysis for Cardiac Surgery providers

🔎 Data Analysis

Cardiac Surgery accounts for $1.3B in Medicare payments across 12.3K providers.

The specialty's average markup of 4.7x is above the overall Medicare average of 3.77x.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Total Payments (10yr)
$1.3B
Top Providers
50
States with Providers
49

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesProvidersYoY Change
2014$165.5M880.3K1.5K—
2015$156.3M819.4K1.4K-5.6%
2016$149.9M781.9K1.4K-4.1%
2017$144.6M799.9K1.3K-3.5%
2018$140.4M821.3K1.3K-2.9%
2019$137.0M700.8K1.2K-2.5%
2020$98.4M466.6K1.1K-28.2%
2021$98.8M445.4K1.1K+0.4%
2022$88.6M411.3K1.0K-10.3%
2023$80.6M391.4K1.0K-9.0%

Top Cardiac Surgery Providers

#ProviderStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Farshad MalekmehrCA$1.6M3.2K$493.83
2Jonathan EllichmanTN$1.2M1.5K$784.85
3Dominic TolitanoIL$1.1M6.3K$174.00
4George GrifkaCA$868.5K5.0K$174.33
5James O'dorisioCA$699.6K5.1K$136.61
6Michael RyanMO$576.0K2.7K$215.49
7Abdul EzeldinFL$568.7K4.3K$133.13
8Thomas KartisFL$563.3K1.2K$452.43
9Kevin RapeportCA$521.4K6.5K$80.34
10Leonard GirardiNY$476.1K562$847.21
11Dineshkumar PatelFL$472.2K10.9K$43.27
12David CapalloGA$417.5K1.0K$404.96
13Vince NguyenTX$397.1K4.7K$85.28
14Alaa AfifiCA$394.4K2.3K$169.57
15Vatsal ModyCA$381.7K5.3K$72.52
16Cynthia SteimleIL$377.1K2.3K$160.62
17Harvey GarrettTN$375.7K1.9K$195.37
18James WilliamsIL$371.3K290$1.3K
19Louis ElkinsAR$368.5K2.2K$165.61
20Kunal ChaudhryFL$361.5K5.3K$67.86
21Isaac GeorgeNY$355.3K745$476.96
22Kari ClarkFL$345.6K6.4K$54.16
23David AllieLA$343.3K3.5K$97.68
24Michael NolenAR$340.2K692$491.68
25Shinya UnaiOH$323.0K497$649.91

Top Procedures

CodeDescriptionPaymentsServicesAvg/Service
33533Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft$20.4M16.6K$1.2K
33361Replacement of aortic valve through the skin and femoral artery$10.5M17.7K$593.59
33405Replacement of aortic valve on heart-lung machine$3.6M2.6K$1.4K
99205New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes$3.5M21.8K$160.09
99214Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes$2.7M29.0K$92.00
99204New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes$2.0M16.6K$119.74
37229Removal of plaque in artery of leg, initial vessel$1.9M332$5.7K
99223Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes$1.8M13.6K$135.81
33430Replacement of mitral valve on heart-lung machine$1.8M933$2.0K
33518Coronary artery bypass using vein or artery graft, 2 grafts$1.7M5.7K$292.77
99215Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes$1.5M11.5K$131.01
36465Injection of chemical agent into single incompetent vein of leg using ultrasound guidance$1.4M1.4K$998.20
99291Critical care, first 30-74 minutes$1.3M7.3K$179.09
99213Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes$1.1M18.3K$61.71
33427Radical reconstruction of mitral valve on heart-lung machine$935.0K592$1.6K
33534Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 2 grafts$870.5K542$1.6K
37225Removal of plaque in arteries of leg$797.5K219$3.6K
99232Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes$793.0K12.6K$62.96
99233Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes$787.7K8.1K$97.07
37227Removal of plaque and insertion of stents in arteries of leg$779.1K116$6.7K

Geographic Distribution

CA
$12.7M
121 providers
FL
$7.4M
66 providers
IL
$5.3M
52 providers
NY
$5.3M
72 providers
TX
$4.7M
59 providers
TN
$3.2M
32 providers
PA
$3.0M
51 providers
OH
$2.6M
45 providers
AZ
$2.3M
24 providers
NC
$2.2M
33 providers
MO
$2.2M
28 providers
NJ
$2.1M
23 providers
MA
$1.8M
24 providers
IN
$1.8M
22 providers
GA
$1.7M
22 providers
MI
$1.6M
33 providers
VA
$1.6M
18 providers
AR
$1.5M
11 providers
OK
$1.4M
19 providers
LA
$1.3M
14 providers
SC
$1.3M
15 providers
MD
$1.3M
19 providers
KS
$1.3M
16 providers
WA
$1.2M
24 providers
AL
$1.2M
19 providers
WI
$1.1M
18 providers
MN
$1.1M
29 providers
NH
$811.8K
6 providers
KY
$721.4K
14 providers
CT
$588.6K
10 providers

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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.