Medicare spending analysis for Hospitalist providers
Hospitalist accounts for $5.6B in Medicare payments across 99.0K providers.
The specialty's average markup of 3.6x is below the overall Medicare average of 3.77x.
AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.
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| Year | Payments | Services | Providers | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $19.6K | 243 | 2 | — |
| 2017 | $273.7M | 3.4M | 4.7K | +1395658.3% |
| 2018 | $716.9M | 8.7M | 11.1K | +162.0% |
| 2019 | $847.2M | 10.4M | 13.4K | +18.2% |
| 2020 | $880.7M | 10.6M | 15.6K | +4.0% |
| 2021 | $931.3M | 11.6M | 17.0K | +5.7% |
| 2022 | $927.7M | 12.1M | 18.1K | -0.4% |
| 2023 | $976.2M | 12.3M | 19.1K | +5.2% |
| # | Provider | State | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tony Makhlouf | CA | $2.6M | 287.0K | $9.14 |
| 2 | Joshua Harris | NY | $1.6M | 110.7K | $14.79 |
| 3 | Hassan Abouhouli | OK | $1.4M | 17.7K | $81.02 |
| 4 | Kenneth Becker | SC | $1.2M | 21.0K | $59.00 |
| 5 | Neal Murphy | NY | $1.1M | 83.6K | $12.70 |
| 6 | Farhan Tahir | PA | $1.0M | 94.4K | $10.92 |
| 7 | Neriy Yakubov | NY | $883.1K | 11.0K | $80.54 |
| 8 | Scott Massey | PA | $868.8K | 61.3K | $14.16 |
| 9 | Christina Collins | PA | $844.7K | 12.9K | $65.60 |
| 10 | Mujeeb Altaf | CA | $804.6K | 8.4K | $95.76 |
| 11 | Mohamad Albouidani | CA | $715.2K | 7.2K | $99.04 |
| 12 | Saleem Raslan | TX | $672.6K | 7.6K | $88.00 |
| 13 | Farshid Zandi | OK | $658.9K | 9.5K | $69.12 |
| 14 | Rolando Dominguez Mustafa | FL | $644.3K | 7.2K | $89.89 |
| 15 | Chieke Udom | MA | $629.2K | 7.7K | $81.89 |
| 16 | Nalin Mallik | CA | $622.5K | 5.4K | $115.23 |
| 17 | Brenainn Flanagan | NY | $609.2K | 8.2K | $74.72 |
| 18 | Robert Chow | NY | $561.4K | 129.3K | $4.34 |
| 19 | Salman Lateef | PA | $538.3K | 6.7K | $80.79 |
| 20 | Amanulla Khaji | PA | $528.3K | 9.3K | $56.61 |
| 21 | Asad Khaja | CA | $519.4K | 4.4K | $117.62 |
| 22 | Rashid Anjum | PA | $502.7K | 5.9K | $85.35 |
| 23 | John Issa | CA | $502.3K | 5.0K | $101.33 |
| 24 | Philip Rizk | VA | $497.0K | 7.7K | $64.87 |
| 25 | Kelechi Iwuji | TN | $496.3K | 7.5K | $66.10 |
| Code | Description | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99233 | Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes | $286.9M | 3.0M | $94.53 |
| 99232 | Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes | $225.5M | 3.6M | $62.25 |
| 99223 | Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes | $168.1M | 1.2M | $134.48 |
| 99239 | Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | $120.5M | 1.3M | $90.09 |
| 99222 | Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes | $40.1M | 399.0K | $100.51 |
| 99291 | Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | $22.8M | 137.5K | $166.10 |
| 99238 | Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | $13.9M | 219.8K | $63.08 |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | $12.1M | 144.1K | $84.08 |
| 99309 | Subsequent nursing facility care with moderate level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 30 minutes | $11.2M | 134.8K | $83.18 |
| 99231 | Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 25 minutes | $8.7M | 224.4K | $38.83 |
| 99308 | Subsequent nursing facility care with straightforward level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 15 minutes | $6.4M | 105.5K | $60.60 |
| 99306 | Initial nursing facility care with high level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 45 minutes | $5.3M | 36.7K | $143.69 |
| 99497 | Advance care planning, first 30 minutes | $4.6M | 75.0K | $60.80 |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | $3.9M | 66.5K | $59.15 |
| 99215 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes | $3.3M | 27.8K | $119.49 |
| 99310 | Subsequent nursing facility care with high level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 45 minutes | $2.9M | 24.5K | $119.05 |
| G0439 | Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit | $2.5M | 20.9K | $118.76 |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | $2.3M | 21.2K | $109.41 |
| 99205 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes | $1.5M | 9.7K | $150.20 |
| 99489 | Complex chronic care management services for two or more chronic conditions, each additional 60 minutes of clinical staff time directed by health care professional, per calendar month | $1.3M | 25.9K | $51.99 |
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.