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Endocrinology

Medicare spending analysis for Endocrinology providers

🔎 Data Analysis

Endocrinology accounts for $4.4B in Medicare payments across 57.0K providers.

The specialty's average markup of 2.9x is below the overall Medicare average of 3.77x.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

⚠️

5 AI-Flagged Endocrinology Providers

Providers in this specialty flagged by the ML v2 fraud detection model

Frank LeungIL
95.7%
John DegrooteMS
93.6%
Upendra ShahIL
91.6%
View all ML-flagged providers →
Total Payments (10yr)
$4.4B
Top Providers
50
States with Providers
55

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesProvidersYoY Change
2014$391.6M10.4M5.1K—
2015$402.5M12.6M5.3K+2.8%
2016$412.6M13.0M5.4K+2.5%
2017$424.7M13.5M5.6K+2.9%
2018$440.1M13.9M5.7K+3.6%
2019$452.1M13.9M5.8K+2.7%
2020$400.6M12.2M5.8K-11.4%
2021$488.7M13.3M6.0K+22.0%
2022$479.3M13.9M6.0K-1.9%
2023$489.7M14.1M6.2K+2.2%

Top Endocrinology Providers

#ProviderStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Stuart WeinermanNY$2.3M138.1K$16.31
2Joselito CabaccanCA$1.7M99.4K$16.97
3Jesus PerezFL$1.4M153.4K$9.43
4Iraklii BuziashviliNY$1.3M18.6K$69.83
5Angela BoldoFL$1.3M69.2K$18.30
6Darius GharibCA$1.2M56.2K$21.88
7Michael TruongCA$1.2M88.8K$13.66
8Nicole DucharmeMO$1.2M47.2K$24.41
9Robert HoodTX$1.2M81.6K$14.10
10Edward CondonNY$1.1M41.6K$27.03
11Joseph HawkinsCA$1.1M88.7K$12.63
12Vita AnkshFL$1.1M44.3K$24.26
13Bachar KurdiCA$1.0M9.2K$109.00
14Wende KozlowFL$989.8K64.6K$15.33
15Katharine MikulecMO$968.0K68.1K$14.21
16Joseph SchwartzNJ$953.4K37.9K$25.17
17Prasad KattaCA$902.3K60.8K$14.84
18Anastasios ManessisNY$902.3K23.2K$38.88
19Nelson WattsOH$878.9K46.3K$19.00
20Rajesh DesaiFL$865.1K52.5K$16.47
21Ya-Yu LeePA$831.1K44.0K$18.88
22Sung-Eun YooNC$824.5K40.4K$20.41
23Reza NazemiCA$809.2K11.6K$69.61
24Firas AkhrassTX$786.3K32.6K$24.11
25Donald EagertonSC$734.7K93.0K$7.90

Top Procedures

CodeDescriptionPaymentsServicesAvg/Service
99214Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes$189.9M2.1M$89.23
J0897Injection, denosumab, 1 mg$72.1M4.0M$18.17
99215Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes$36.6M283.2K$129.14
99204New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes$24.2M208.2K$116.38
99213Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes$21.6M348.8K$61.96
99232Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes$17.4M269.6K$64.50
J3111Injection, romosozumab-aqqg, 1 mg$12.9M1.6M$7.89
95251Continuous monitoring of blood sugar level in tissue fluid using sensor under skin with interpretation and report$10.8M409.3K$26.29
99205New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes$9.2M58.2K$158.06
76536Ultrasound scan of head and neck soft tissue$8.6M107.8K$79.72
99233Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes$5.8M59.9K$97.28
99222Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes$5.0M47.4K$105.04
99223Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes$4.8M34.3K$139.80
83036Hemoglobin a1c level$4.1M439.2K$9.43
84443Blood test, thyroid stimulating hormone (tsh)$4.0M246.7K$16.39
36415Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample$3.7M466.1K$8.02
82306Vitamin d-3 level$2.9M101.8K$28.86
99490Chronic care management services, first 20 minutes of clinical staff time directed by health care professional, per calendar month$2.9M60.5K$48.06
77080Dxa bone density measurement of hip, pelvis, spine$2.7M94.7K$28.33
80061Blood test, lipids (cholesterol and triglycerides)$2.2M168.0K$13.04

Geographic Distribution

CA
$64.4M
595 providers
NY
$60.3M
604 providers
FL
$46.1M
416 providers
TX
$37.0M
457 providers
NJ
$29.0M
275 providers
PA
$19.4M
283 providers
IL
$18.6M
253 providers
MA
$17.6M
319 providers
MD
$17.1M
169 providers
NC
$15.2M
182 providers
VA
$12.3M
163 providers
AZ
$11.9M
92 providers
OH
$11.2M
218 providers
MO
$11.2M
140 providers
GA
$10.9M
166 providers
MI
$8.6M
152 providers
CT
$8.4M
130 providers
TN
$8.4M
91 providers
IN
$7.2M
95 providers
SC
$6.2M
68 providers
WA
$5.3M
111 providers
WI
$5.1M
116 providers
MN
$4.9M
113 providers
LA
$4.2M
64 providers
AL
$4.0M
57 providers
CO
$3.8M
80 providers
AR
$3.7M
39 providers
MS
$3.5M
38 providers
KY
$3.4M
63 providers
KS
$3.3M
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.