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Chiropractic

Medicare spending analysis for Chiropractic providers

🔎 Data Analysis

Chiropractic accounts for $4.9B in Medicare payments across 339.5K providers.

The specialty's average markup of 2.0x is below the overall Medicare average of 3.77x.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Total Payments (10yr)
$4.9B
Top Providers
50
States with Providers
55

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesProvidersYoY Change
2014$529.5M20.0M35.7K—
2015$524.5M19.9M35.4K-0.9%
2016$511.8M19.8M34.9K-2.4%
2017$484.9M19.2M34.6K-5.2%
2018$497.5M19.2M34.5K+2.6%
2019$519.0M19.3M34.3K+4.3%
2020$429.5M15.9M32.4K-17.2%
2021$469.6M17.4M32.9K+9.3%
2022$447.1M17.1M32.6K-4.8%
2023$449.6M17.2M32.2K+0.6%

Top Chiropractic Providers

#ProviderStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Micah RiesCA$244.7K6.2K$39.70
2Nindhiya RamcharanNY$200.1K6.5K$30.75
3Nicole JavaherianCA$198.9K5.6K$35.60
4Elaheh ZianourCA$188.4K5.9K$31.71
5Valerie DelosreyesNY$183.4K5.9K$31.15
6Truc PhamCA$179.1K5.2K$34.50
7Robert ValinotiNY$177.8K5.7K$31.17
8Hyunsuk OhMD$176.3K5.3K$33.11
9Samantha ColemanVA$165.5K5.9K$28.24
10Yoav NagarCA$154.8K3.6K$43.03
11Ronald SimmsCA$153.1K3.8K$40.74
12Peter VapnekFL$152.5K5.4K$28.15
13Richard AbercrombieNM$144.5K4.2K$34.64
14Wayne GarfinkelMA$144.0K4.8K$29.85
15Scott KremerCA$139.0K5.2K$26.68
16Yi-Hsiang LinCA$138.6K4.2K$32.74
17Kavita RamcharanNY$137.2K4.4K$31.34
18Vitaliy YudkinCA$136.6K3.1K$43.46
19John EnloeSC$136.0K4.9K$27.93
20Adam LockeNY$135.1K4.9K$27.52
21William RowlisonAZ$134.6K6.9K$19.56
22Philip WebbPA$134.4K4.8K$27.75
23Steven SaroMA$134.3K4.9K$27.16
24Craig DillmanCA$132.6K4.0K$33.20
25Gary LeakeIN$132.4K5.0K$26.69

Top Procedures

CodeDescriptionPaymentsServicesAvg/Service
98941Chiropractic manipulative treatment, 3-4 spinal regions$348.5M12.6M$27.58
98940Chiropractic manipulative treatment, 1-2 spinal regions$70.5M3.7M$19.02
98942Chiropractic manipulative treatment, 5 spinal regions$30.6M823.3K$37.11
99214Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes$22.5K388$57.94
97140Therapy procedure using manual technique, each 15 minutes$3.3K158$21.06
99213Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes$3.2K59$54.84
G0283Electrical stimulation (unattended), to one or more areas for indication(s) other than wound care, as part of a therapy plan of care$2.6K374$7.02
97012Application of mechanical traction$1.9K179$10.84
97124Therapy procedure using massage, each 15 minutes$723.9739$18.56
96372Injection of drug or substance under skin or into muscle$274.8838$7.23
J1100Injection, dexamethasone sodium phosphate, 1 mg$6.3283$0.08

Geographic Distribution

CA
$39.6M
2.5K providers
FL
$25.2M
1.7K providers
NJ
$23.8M
1.3K providers
IL
$22.9M
1.6K providers
PA
$21.4M
1.7K providers
TX
$20.1M
1.5K providers
NY
$19.9M
1.4K providers
MI
$18.4M
1.5K providers
IA
$16.1M
1.0K providers
OH
$15.1M
1.2K providers
WA
$14.6M
1.1K providers
AZ
$13.3M
670 providers
WI
$13.0M
1.2K providers
MA
$12.2M
678 providers
VA
$11.4M
647 providers
KS
$10.8M
634 providers
MO
$10.2M
794 providers
SC
$9.4M
541 providers
GA
$9.4M
765 providers
NC
$9.4M
749 providers
MN
$9.4M
1.1K providers
TN
$8.4M
562 providers
IN
$8.0M
608 providers
NE
$7.8M
463 providers
OK
$7.1M
399 providers
MD
$6.4M
357 providers
CO
$5.2M
503 providers
AR
$4.5M
284 providers
AL
$4.4M
411 providers
KY
$4.3M
455 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.