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Certified Nurse Midwife

Medicare spending analysis for Certified Nurse Midwife providers

🔎 Data Analysis

Certified Nurse Midwife accounts for $15.7M in Medicare payments across 4.6K providers.

The specialty's average markup of 2.6x is below the overall Medicare average of 3.77x.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Total Payments (10yr)
$15.7M
Top Providers
50
States with Providers
46

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesProvidersYoY Change
2014$1.2M27.2K394—
2015$1.3M28.5K411+12.6%
2016$1.5M32.8K462+13.9%
2017$1.6M34.9K487+6.4%
2018$1.7M38.0K500+6.5%
2019$1.8M39.6K525+6.8%
2020$1.3M27.9K411-27.2%
2021$1.6M32.4K476+20.3%
2022$1.7M35.8K454+4.2%
2023$1.8M39.2K472+9.8%

Top Certified Nurse Midwife Providers

#ProviderStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Michelle BuscemiIL$111.3K1.6K$68.95
2Johanna SwiftMA$53.3K589$90.42
3Margaret WrightGA$52.4K1.0K$51.48
4Ann StaffordDE$46.7K1.9K$25.18
5Fitima SmithMD$39.7K627$63.34
6Kathleen HogartyAZ$36.5K888$41.05
7Heather AndersonMI$33.3K486$68.58
8Brandie PorterNH$31.5K479$65.83
9Dina IsraelovNY$30.9K368$84.10
10Angelia FlippingNJ$29.0K468$61.89
11Haley SummerhaysUT$24.3K3.6K$6.70
12Amanda TannerWY$24.2K531$45.50
13Rebecca AmbroseGA$22.8K335$68.12
14Deborah HaqqMN$21.5K481$44.65
15Rebecca MccrackenNY$20.9K433$48.22
16Sharie HillerNJ$17.1K363$47.11
17Cynthia ReeseWA$17.0K268$63.43
18Loretta SandovalOR$17.0K247$68.66
19Barbara RassowCT$16.6K116$142.99
20Julie MegaroVA$16.6K345$48.03
21Lori MeinkingCA$15.3K210$72.91
22Kimberly SchadNJ$14.8K255$58.00
23Stephanie ShillingAZ$14.0K211$66.28
24Windi MuraszkaNY$14.0K170$82.24
25Kendall Olson-CassidyOR$13.7K180$76.10

Top Procedures

CodeDescriptionPaymentsServicesAvg/Service
99213Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes$502.6K8.6K$58.69
99214Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes$441.0K5.5K$80.49
G0101Cervical or vaginal cancer screening; pelvic and clinical breast examination$320.0K8.3K$38.43
Q0091Screening papanicolaou smear; obtaining, preparing and conveyance of cervical or vaginal smear to laboratory$115.6K2.8K$41.32
99203New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes$52.8K681$77.53
99204New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes$40.7K344$118.43
99215Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes$36.4K268$135.89
20553Injection of trigger points, 3 or more muscles$28.0K592$47.23
99212Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 10-19 minutes$27.4K792$34.64
G0439Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit$27.3K214$127.53
J0897Injection, denosumab, 1 mg$22.2K1.3K$17.65
G0480Drug test(s), definitive, utilizing (1) drug identification methods able to identify individual drugs and distinguish between structural isomers (but not necessarily stereoisomers), including, but not limited to gc/ms (any type, single or tandem) and lc/ms$18.6K166$112.14
57160Fitting and insertion of vaginal support device$15.5K321$48.14
99490Chronic care management services, first 20 minutes of clinical staff time directed by health care professional, per calendar month$14.3K327$43.67
80307Testing for presence of drug, by chemistry analyzers$12.8K210$60.90
99443Telephone medical discussion with physician, 21-30 minutes$11.9K142$84.15
77067Screening mammography$11.8K110$107.03
99205New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes$10.9K70$156.30
64566Insertion of lower leg neurostimulator electrode$9.8K105$93.17
76830Ultrasound scan of uterus, ovaries, tubes, cervix and pelvic area through vagina$9.2K89$103.28

Geographic Distribution

NY
$157.5K
49 providers
NJ
$152.1K
30 providers
IL
$149.2K
15 providers
MD
$116.6K
28 providers
MA
$103.8K
22 providers
GA
$95.1K
8 providers
AZ
$75.5K
9 providers
OR
$69.3K
13 providers
CT
$69.2K
25 providers
FL
$68.4K
27 providers
WA
$66.6K
15 providers
DE
$61.8K
8 providers
OH
$56.6K
23 providers
VA
$45.8K
11 providers
CA
$45.3K
15 providers
MN
$44.1K
8 providers
MI
$41.5K
8 providers
UT
$41.0K
7 providers
NM
$35.5K
10 providers
PA
$35.3K
24 providers
NH
$33.0K
3 providers
NC
$33.0K
17 providers
CO
$26.4K
10 providers
TX
$25.8K
11 providers
WY
$25.5K
2 providers
NV
$24.6K
4 providers
KY
$15.6K
9 providers
TN
$14.4K
9 providers
VT
$14.2K
3 providers
MT
$13.9K
2 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.