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Critical Care (Intensivists)

Medicare spending analysis for Critical Care (Intensivists) providers

🔎 Data Analysis

Critical Care (Intensivists) accounts for $2.5B in Medicare payments across 35.8K providers.

The specialty's average markup of 3.7x is below the overall Medicare average of 3.77x.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Total Payments (10yr)
$2.5B
Top Providers
50
States with Providers
52

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesProvidersYoY Change
2014$213.0M2.2M2.5K—
2015$229.1M2.4M2.7K+7.6%
2016$240.4M2.5M3.0K+4.9%
2017$252.5M2.6M3.2K+5.1%
2018$258.4M2.7M3.4K+2.3%
2019$271.9M2.8M3.7K+5.2%
2020$272.5M2.6M4.0K+0.2%
2021$264.6M2.5M4.2K-2.9%
2022$243.2M2.4M4.4K-8.1%
2023$243.0M2.4M4.6K-0.1%

Top Critical Care (Intensivists) Providers

#ProviderStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Arun AroraNY$1.2M11.9K$98.08
2Vipin GargNJ$1.0M11.8K$86.77
3Seymour HuberfeldNY$735.5K10.0K$73.22
4Stephen ChenCA$652.2K5.5K$118.59
5Mujahed AbbasMI$649.7K15.9K$40.91
6Muhammad RazaAZ$628.6K6.2K$101.54
7Saadah AlrajabCA$611.8K7.5K$81.67
8Steven BadinNY$579.1K5.5K$105.53
9Jordan TerasakiTX$526.6K5.0K$106.02
10Fadi AldaasIL$525.7K6.1K$86.52
11Mahmood AliFL$521.1K6.5K$79.90
12William ChangCA$504.9K4.6K$110.32
13David Romero FischmannFL$500.0K4.7K$106.07
14Kevin SierraFL$483.3K5.2K$92.18
15Roozbeh SharifTX$466.2K5.6K$82.86
16Michael VanvlietFL$457.9K5.2K$87.69
17Abbas OmaisMD$454.3K7.2K$63.34
18George ApergisNY$435.6K6.7K$65.43
19Rajendra RampersaudNY$428.8K3.7K$117.23
20Jean-Jacques RajterFL$416.6K4.2K$98.48
21Xuanha WhiteCA$415.7K4.6K$90.14
22Jeffrey WhitehillTX$412.7K8.2K$50.56
23Kalpesh PatelTX$411.2K4.8K$85.62
24Martin Valdivia ArenasFL$403.3K3.7K$108.57
25Aseel SadikNJ$398.3K4.7K$85.08

Top Procedures

CodeDescriptionPaymentsServicesAvg/Service
99291Critical care, first 30-74 minutes$116.8M680.6K$171.64
99233Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes$34.5M361.6K$95.34
99232Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes$15.7M248.6K$63.13
99214Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes$15.4M168.2K$91.62
99223Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes$8.8M64.0K$137.25
99215Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes$6.0M46.0K$131.25
99292Critical care, each additional 30 minutes$4.7M53.5K$88.29
99213Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes$3.7M57.8K$64.14
99204New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes$3.6M30.3K$118.92
99222Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes$3.0M29.6K$102.41
99205New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes$2.0M12.8K$160.59
94729Test to examine how well the lungs exchange gases$1.7M69.9K$24.23
95811Sleep study in sleep lab with continuous airway pressure (6 years or older)$1.4M6.5K$213.51
95810Sleep study in sleep lab (6 years or older)$1.3M6.0K$212.02
99308Subsequent nursing facility care with straightforward level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 15 minutes$1.1M17.7K$63.98
94726Test to determine lung volumes using sensors$1.1M44.4K$23.79
36556Insertion of non-tunneled central venous tube for infusion (5 years or older)$1.0M15.5K$66.92
31500Emergent insertion of breathing tube into windpipe using an endoscope$994.7K8.8K$112.46
99309Subsequent nursing facility care with moderate level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 30 minutes$907.4K10.2K$88.75
94060Test to measure expiratory airflow and volume changes before and after medication administration$893.7K47.4K$18.85

Geographic Distribution

CA
$30.7M
447 providers
FL
$26.0M
435 providers
NY
$24.7M
404 providers
TX
$20.4M
325 providers
PA
$10.6M
273 providers
NJ
$9.9M
128 providers
IL
$9.7M
157 providers
MD
$9.3M
191 providers
GA
$8.5M
146 providers
AZ
$8.1M
125 providers
OH
$7.7M
180 providers
VA
$6.2M
126 providers
MO
$6.2M
168 providers
MI
$5.3M
113 providers
MA
$5.2M
112 providers
CO
$5.2M
120 providers
IN
$5.1M
79 providers
NC
$3.9M
100 providers
NV
$3.7M
49 providers
WA
$3.3M
98 providers
TN
$2.9M
52 providers
SC
$2.8M
49 providers
WI
$2.7M
103 providers
MN
$2.4M
94 providers
AL
$1.9M
30 providers
KY
$1.6M
40 providers
OR
$1.5M
42 providers
CT
$1.5M
39 providers
DC
$1.4M
38 providers
HI
$1.4M
38 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.