Medicare spending analysis for Interventional Cardiology providers
Interventional Cardiology accounts for $6.2B in Medicare payments across 30.9K 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.
| Year | Payments | Services | Providers | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $183.0K | 6.6K | 1 | — |
| 2015 | $395.3M | 6.7M | 2.0K | +215965.3% |
| 2016 | $537.4M | 9.1M | 2.6K | +35.9% |
| 2017 | $626.9M | 10.9M | 2.9K | +16.7% |
| 2018 | $704.2M | 11.6M | 3.3K | +12.3% |
| 2019 | $782.9M | 12.1M | 3.6K | +11.2% |
| 2020 | $721.4M | 11.1M | 3.9K | -7.9% |
| 2021 | $820.6M | 11.9M | 4.1K | +13.7% |
| 2022 | $813.1M | 11.9M | 4.3K | -0.9% |
| 2023 | $834.1M | 12.2M | 4.4K | +2.6% |
| # | Provider | State | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moinakhtar Lala | CA | $5.7M | 18.1K | $315.76 |
| 2 | Mohamed Khan | CA | $5.5M | 40.0K | $138.37 |
| 3 | Bahram Khazai | FL | $4.4M | 6.8K | $657.96 |
| 4 | Matthew Comstock | OK | $2.8M | 7.8K | $357.69 |
| 5 | Wassim Shaheen | KS | $2.8M | 34.4K | $80.41 |
| 6 | Aalok Patel | FL | $2.7M | 20.6K | $129.20 |
| 7 | Foluso Fakorede | MS | $2.6M | 17.2K | $148.71 |
| 8 | Armita Atashband | TX | $2.5M | 35.1K | $70.03 |
| 9 | Francisco Nascimento | FL | $2.4M | 16.5K | $142.48 |
| 10 | Rafael Valencia | NV | $2.3M | 24.7K | $91.31 |
| 11 | Stanley Duchman | TX | $2.2M | 10.4K | $208.86 |
| 12 | Kishor Vora | KY | $2.0M | 71.1K | $28.63 |
| 13 | Don Lee | CA | $1.9M | 12.2K | $152.72 |
| 14 | Ricardo Cigarroa | TX | $1.8M | 140.0K | $13.15 |
| 15 | Christopher Douglas | MS | $1.7M | 19.6K | $86.83 |
| 16 | Jason Heckendorn | FL | $1.7M | 11.2K | $149.94 |
| 17 | Bernard Topi | FL | $1.6M | 12.4K | $131.85 |
| 18 | Stefano Sdringola-Maranga | TX | $1.6M | 5.6K | $290.45 |
| 19 | Marcus Smith | OK | $1.6M | 9.2K | $175.12 |
| 20 | Weston Hickey | TX | $1.6M | 9.4K | $168.95 |
| 21 | Fadi Alameddine | TX | $1.6M | 11.7K | $134.69 |
| 22 | John King | MS | $1.5M | 16.0K | $96.23 |
| 23 | Mahir Elder | MI | $1.5M | 19.9K | $75.56 |
| 24 | Kevin Boran | CA | $1.4M | 19.1K | $75.06 |
| 25 | William Stephan | IL | $1.4M | 5.3K | $262.78 |
| Code | Description | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | $152.6M | 1.7M | $87.55 |
| 93306 | Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate, direction and valve function | $76.6M | 930.8K | $82.34 |
| 92928 | Insertion of stents with balloon dilation of coronary artery or branch, single artery or branch | $37.5M | 90.2K | $416.27 |
| 93458 | Insertion of tube in left lower heart chamber and coronary artery for diagnosis with review by radiologist | $33.3M | 173.9K | $191.53 |
| 78452 | Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | $32.3M | 166.1K | $194.33 |
| 99233 | Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes | $28.4M | 300.1K | $94.76 |
| 99232 | Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes | $27.3M | 436.7K | $62.45 |
| 78431 | Nuclear medicine studies of blood flow in heart muscle at rest and with stress with concurrent ct scan | $24.8M | 18.3K | $1.4K |
| 99215 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes | $23.2M | 178.8K | $129.60 |
| 99223 | Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes | $23.1M | 170.2K | $135.52 |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | $22.7M | 199.9K | $113.58 |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | $20.5M | 342.8K | $59.95 |
| A9555 | Rubidium rb-82, diagnostic, per study dose, up to 60 millicuries | $20.0M | 50.1K | $398.53 |
| 78492 | Nuclear medicine studies of blood flow in heart muscle at rest and with stress | $19.4M | 18.9K | $1.0K |
| 33361 | Replacement of aortic valve through the skin and femoral artery | $16.2M | 27.3K | $592.97 |
| 37229 | Removal of plaque in artery of leg, initial vessel | $15.6M | 2.5K | $6.1K |
| J2785 | Injection, regadenoson, 0.1 mg | $14.8M | 348.6K | $42.39 |
| 37225 | Removal of plaque in arteries of leg | $12.8M | 3.2K | $4.0K |
| 99222 | Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes | $11.5M | 114.0K | $100.68 |
| 93880 | Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow | $11.0M | 102.0K | $107.43 |
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.