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Centralized Flu

Medicare spending analysis for Centralized Flu providers

🔎 Data Analysis

Centralized Flu accounts for $4.2B in Medicare payments across 102.7K providers.

The specialty's average markup of 1.2x is below the overall Medicare average of 3.77x.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Total Payments (10yr)
$4.2B
Top Providers
50
States with Providers
52

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesProvidersYoY Change
2014$145.9M6.6M12.9K—
2015$237.9M6.5M12.9K+63.0%
2016$226.7M6.1M10.6K-4.7%
2017$235.7M6.4M9.8K+4.0%
2018$299.5M7.5M9.6K+27.0%
2019$279.6M7.3M9.5K-6.6%
2020$337.5M8.6M9.4K+20.7%
2021$779.1M21.5M9.3K+130.8%
2022$763.8M31.4M9.4K-2.0%
2023$926.3M22.5M9.4K+21.3%

Top Centralized Flu Providers

#ProviderStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Walgreen CoCO$108.9M2.9M$38.13
2Safeway IncID$76.1M1.9M$40.54
3Vaxcare CorporationFL$45.5M628.8K$72.38
4Albertsons LlcID$29.0M784.4K$37.01
5American Drug Stores LlcID$27.3M689.7K$39.65
6Vons Companies IncID$12.7M358.9K$35.30
7Nai Saturn Eastern LlcID$12.6M273.9K$45.99
8Acme Markets IncID$9.5M233.9K$40.73
9Randalls Food & Drugs LpID$6.7M143.7K$46.93
10Shaws Supermarkets IncID$5.5M117.4K$46.61
11United Supermarkets LlcTX$4.7M103.5K$45.08
12Supervalu Pharmacies IncMN$3.5M85.9K$40.74
13Giant Of Maryland LlcMD$2.1M29.9K$71.42
14Dania Discount Drugs IncFL$1.9M26.8K$70.13
15Carr-Gottstein Foods CoAK$1.5M27.4K$56.56
16Genoa Healthcare LlcWA$1.5M25.6K$57.47
17Star Markets Company IncID$937.7K20.1K$46.55
18American Partners LpID$656.2K15.1K$43.48
19Costco Wholesale CorporationVA$638.7K17.0K$37.54
20Walgreen CoIL$563.9K15.0K$37.53
21Costco Wholesale CorporationVT$534.4K10.4K$51.53
22Giant Of Maryland LlcVA$446.8K6.6K$67.98
23Walgreen CoWA$444.0K8.4K$53.06
24Walgreen CoIL$443.9K12.6K$35.17
25Publix Super Markets IncSC$431.1K7.2K$59.82

Top Procedures

CodeDescriptionPaymentsServicesAvg/Service
91320Sarscv2 vac 30mcg trs-suc im$164.9M1.3M$125.20
91322Sarscov2 vac 50 mcg/0.5ml im$147.3M1.1M$137.38
K1034Provision of covid-19 test, nonprescription self-administered and self-collected use, fda approved, authorized or cleared, one test count$123.0M10.8M$11.42
90662Influenza vaccine split virus, preservative free$112.2M1.6M$69.93
90480Admn sarscov2 vacc 1 dose$92.3M2.4M$38.31
G0008Administration of influenza virus vaccine$85.9M2.9M$29.70
90694Influenza vaccine, quadrivalent inactivated, 0.5 ml dosage$80.2M1.1M$73.09
90677Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, 20 valent (pcv20), for intramuscular use$79.1M289.1K$273.63
0124AAdm sarscv2 bvl 30mcg/.3ml a$13.3M320.1K$41.70
0134AAdm sarscv2 bvl 50mcg/.5ml a$10.7M258.7K$41.44
G0009Administration of pneumococcal vaccine$9.5M310.4K$30.57
90682Influenza vaccine, quadrivalent derived from recombinant dna$1.6M22.3K$71.23
90686Influenza vaccine, quadrivalent, preservative free, 0.5 ml dosage$1.5M69.0K$21.76
90732Pneumococcal vaccine, 23-valent$1.4M10.9K$130.73
90674Influenza vaccine, quadrivalent derived from cell cultures, preservative and antibiotic free$1.3M40.3K$32.34
91304Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (covid-19) vaccine, recombinant spike protein nanoparticle, saponin-based adjuvant, preservative free, 5 mcg/0.5ml dosage, for intramuscular use$919.1K6.3K$145.17
90670Pneumococcal vaccine, 13-valent$727.8K2.9K$252.81
90671Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, 15 valent (pcv15), for intramuscular use$339.1K1.4K$241.16
0121AAdm sarscv2 bvl 30mcg/.3ml 1$25.3K609$41.62
90471Administration of vaccine$24.6K1.3K$19.11

Geographic Distribution

ID
$183.7M
55 providers
FL
$143.2M
1.7K providers
CO
$118.5M
164 providers
CA
$38.3M
638 providers
IL
$37.7M
446 providers
TX
$34.8M
690 providers
NY
$25.8M
357 providers
WI
$20.4M
230 providers
MD
$16.8M
164 providers
MA
$16.8M
203 providers
TN
$16.0M
303 providers
VA
$15.9M
214 providers
WA
$15.4M
155 providers
NJ
$14.9M
210 providers
GA
$14.7M
404 providers
AZ
$14.7M
160 providers
NC
$14.2M
243 providers
OH
$13.7M
239 providers
SC
$13.6M
178 providers
MI
$13.1M
225 providers
MN
$12.9M
155 providers
PA
$12.6M
228 providers
MO
$11.9M
188 providers
IN
$11.8M
178 providers
CT
$8.0M
158 providers
PR
$6.2M
85 providers
KY
$5.8M
93 providers
NV
$5.8M
84 providers
KS
$5.7M
69 providers
OR
$5.5M
75 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.