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General Practice

Medicare spending analysis for General Practice providers

🔎 Data Analysis

General Practice accounts for $2.7B in Medicare payments across 45.4K 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.

⚠️

3 AI-Flagged General Practice Providers

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

Ramon MadridMI
89.2%
Adolfo CotterMI
88.6%
Edwin YauCA
86.8%
View all ML-flagged providers →
Total Payments (10yr)
$2.7B
Top Providers
50
States with Providers
53

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesProvidersYoY Change
2014$319.7M7.5M5.8K—
2015$300.4M7.9M5.5K-6.0%
2016$289.9M7.7M5.3K-3.5%
2017$274.5M7.0M4.9K-5.3%
2018$255.7M6.2M4.7K-6.8%
2019$246.0M6.1M4.5K-3.8%
2020$210.8M5.0M4.0K-14.3%
2021$234.9M5.1M3.8K+11.4%
2022$248.2M6.0M3.6K+5.7%
2023$294.5M6.1M3.4K+18.7%

Top General Practice Providers

#ProviderStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Stephen DubinNV$33.2M42.7K$778.40
2Jack AzadCA$17.2M42.6K$404.06
3Joseph PalumboWV$7.9M16.0K$493.38
4Christopher FisherOK$7.6M642.3K$11.83
5Kelly PowellCA$4.3M7.0K$619.93
6Terry StevensonAZ$2.6M212.0K$12.21
7Leslie KalmanCA$2.2M21.4K$104.13
8Mark SamonteCA$2.1M24.0K$86.21
9Hubert FrankeNJ$2.0M584.6K$3.47
10Hermilito VillarCA$1.9M24.1K$78.64
11Christopher CumminsMS$1.9M146.2K$12.75
12Obi ImegwuNJ$1.6M3.9K$406.60
13Matthew BrennanMS$1.4M13.3K$102.25
14David KleinFL$1.4M46.9K$29.08
15Duan CopelandAZ$1.4M191.7K$7.11
16Kevin DoCA$1.4M85.6K$15.84
17Avinash RavillaPA$1.3M32.5K$38.99
18Haytham AlbizemPA$1.2M4.2K$295.02
19Steven PresserCA$1.2M10.0K$119.53
20Chinedu OkekeDC$1.2M2.8K$421.17
21David ZhuGA$1.2M12.9K$91.03
22Emmanuel KuyinuTX$1.2M9.8K$119.52
23Randall WilliamsCA$1.2M56.7K$20.35
24David RekarCA$1.1M9.2K$121.24
25Eugene OstrovskyCA$1.1M9.0K$124.33

Top Procedures

CodeDescriptionPaymentsServicesAvg/Service
99214Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes$36.2M419.2K$86.38
Q4262Dual layer impax membrane, per square centimeter$27.0M27.4K$986.09
99213Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes$25.6M409.6K$62.54
Q4236Carepatch, per square centimeter$17.0M18.1K$941.11
Q4253Zenith amniotic membrane, per square centimeter$12.4M15.1K$821.46
99309Subsequent nursing facility care with moderate level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 30 minutes$11.1M132.3K$84.10
K1034Provision of covid-19 test, nonprescription self-administered and self-collected use, fda approved, authorized or cleared, one test count$9.6M819.0K$11.76
G0439Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit$9.4M74.2K$127.07
99308Subsequent nursing facility care with straightforward level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 15 minutes$6.7M111.7K$59.82
Q4188Amnioarmor, per square centimeter$5.1M6.8K$750.24
99215Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes$5.0M39.8K$124.87
99349Residence visit for established patient with moderate level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 40 minutes$4.9M51.8K$95.16
99232Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes$4.6M73.5K$62.92
99350Residence visit for established patient with high level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 60 minutes$4.3M29.8K$146.09
G0181Physician or allowed practitioner supervision of a patient receiving medicare-covered services provided by a participating home health agency (patient not present) requiring complex and multidisciplinary care modalities involving regular physician or allow$3.5M40.5K$85.22
99233Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes$3.4M35.8K$94.93
11043Removal of muscle and/or tissue, 20.0 sq cm or less$3.0M17.8K$167.48
99490Chronic care management services, first 20 minutes of clinical staff time directed by health care professional, per calendar month$2.6M54.6K$46.95
99306Initial nursing facility care with high level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 45 minutes$2.5M17.1K$145.81
99204New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes$2.4M21.6K$113.29

Geographic Distribution

CA
$88.6M
553 providers
NV
$35.5M
19 providers
FL
$34.5M
751 providers
NY
$12.9M
150 providers
OK
$11.4M
44 providers
TX
$11.0M
179 providers
WV
$9.2M
38 providers
NJ
$8.1M
57 providers
PA
$7.8M
95 providers
AZ
$6.9M
50 providers
MI
$5.5M
95 providers
IL
$5.2M
93 providers
MD
$4.6M
41 providers
MS
$4.2M
23 providers
LA
$4.1M
56 providers
GA
$4.0M
68 providers
VA
$3.8M
47 providers
MA
$3.7M
32 providers
TN
$3.6M
54 providers
SC
$2.7M
31 providers
OH
$2.3M
66 providers
AL
$2.1M
46 providers
PR
$1.8M
306 providers
IN
$1.7M
25 providers
NC
$1.6M
39 providers
WA
$1.6M
49 providers
MO
$1.5M
37 providers
AR
$1.5M
30 providers
UT
$1.4M
14 providers
DC
$1.3M
7 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.