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Colorectal Surgery (Proctology)

Medicare spending analysis for Colorectal Surgery (Proctology) providers

🔎 Data Analysis

Colorectal Surgery (Proctology) accounts for $485.0M in Medicare payments across 11.8K providers.

The specialty's average markup of 4.0x is above the overall Medicare average of 3.77x.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Total Payments (10yr)
$485.0M
Top Providers
50
States with Providers
50

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesProvidersYoY Change
2016$64.9M634.8K1.4K—
2017$63.3M638.9K1.4K-2.5%
2018$61.6M625.3K1.5K-2.7%
2019$64.0M629.1K1.5K+4.0%
2020$49.7M492.5K1.5K-22.3%
2021$61.8M549.9K1.5K+24.2%
2022$59.1M533.5K1.5K-4.4%
2023$60.7M542.3K1.6K+2.8%

Top Colorectal Surgery (Proctology) Providers

#ProviderStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Phillip FleshnerCA$880.5K5.4K$161.63
2Gregg ShoreFL$791.2K2.3K$344.76
3Victor GalloNY$611.9K1.9K$322.38
4Michael GalloNY$586.7K1.4K$413.48
5Sankar AdusumilliNC$439.9K1.1K$403.98
6Jules GarbusNY$371.7K1.9K$192.98
7Jeffrey FreedNY$363.7K976$372.67
8Lowell MeyersonPA$329.1K1.3K$253.97
9Beth MooreCA$316.0K2.3K$135.43
10Eli ShemeshFL$274.1K2.3K$119.11
11Robert TheobaldFL$262.1K1.4K$193.41
12David RivadeneiraNY$250.7K1.1K$218.77
13Zuri MurrellCA$248.7K1.5K$167.94
14Joseph NejmanPA$239.8K1.6K$146.25
15Sushil PandeyAZ$211.6K1.8K$115.31
16Daniel NgCA$211.6K1.9K$108.89
17Richard StockwellME$209.5K1.5K$138.58
18Dean PappasNY$208.2K1.5K$137.69
19Bradley ButeNY$205.4K902$227.69
20Mark DobrinerNY$197.9K1.0K$194.19
21Thomas LakeNJ$196.7K1.1K$183.11
22Alex Ky-MiyasakaNY$196.2K1.1K$171.20
23Steven FasslerPA$179.9K1.2K$148.83
24Hayder Al-AzzawiFL$169.2K1.3K$130.73
25Karukurichi VenkateshAZ$169.1K1.4K$118.66

Top Procedures

CodeDescriptionPaymentsServicesAvg/Service
99213Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes$5.5M84.7K$64.67
99204New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes$4.7M39.2K$118.64
46600Diagnostic exam of anus using an endoscope$4.4M51.4K$86.49
99214Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes$4.3M47.1K$92.21
45385Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope with mechanical snare$4.3M21.8K$199.13
99203New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes$3.7M46.7K$78.38
46221Removal of external hemorrhoids by rubber banding$3.6M16.2K$222.25
45380Biopsy of large bowel using a flexible endoscope$2.7M23.0K$115.38
46500Injection of hemorrhoid$2.6M9.6K$270.19
G0105Colorectal cancer screening; colonoscopy on individual at high risk$2.2M11.9K$185.57
99205New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes$1.8M11.5K$159.97
44207Partial removal of large bowel and reattachment to rectum using an endoscope$1.7M1.2K$1.4K
99232Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes$1.4M22.8K$63.34
99215Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes$1.2M9.6K$129.61
45388Destruction of polyp or growth of large bowel using a flexible endoscope$1.2M1.3K$891.57
99223Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes$1.0M7.6K$137.12
99222Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes$990.3K9.6K$103.00
G0121Colorectal cancer screening; colonoscopy on individual not meeting criteria for high risk$967.8K5.3K$182.23
44205Partial removal of small and large bowel with attachment of small and large bowel using an endoscope$938.3K915$1.0K
45300Diagnostic exam of rectum and lower large bowel using an endoscope$784.2K8.3K$94.10

Geographic Distribution

NY
$7.7M
150 providers
CA
$7.1M
125 providers
FL
$5.8M
128 providers
TX
$5.0M
141 providers
PA
$4.7M
87 providers
NJ
$2.9M
55 providers
MI
$2.0M
68 providers
AZ
$1.9M
46 providers
IL
$1.8M
61 providers
OH
$1.7M
74 providers
VA
$1.6M
37 providers
IN
$1.5M
39 providers
MA
$1.5M
42 providers
GA
$1.3M
47 providers
NC
$1.2M
23 providers
MD
$1.1M
23 providers
SC
$882.1K
25 providers
MN
$817.4K
41 providers
OK
$790.1K
18 providers
WA
$785.3K
30 providers
CT
$782.5K
32 providers
MO
$759.1K
25 providers
TN
$657.9K
21 providers
KS
$595.1K
10 providers
KY
$567.7K
17 providers
LA
$565.6K
25 providers
CO
$474.3K
16 providers
AL
$459.8K
18 providers
NE
$433.5K
13 providers
ME
$375.4K
6 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.