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Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Medicare spending analysis for Licensed Clinical Social Worker providers

🔎 Data Analysis

Licensed Clinical Social Worker accounts for $2.8B in Medicare payments across 165.8K providers.

The specialty's average markup of 2.5x is below the overall Medicare average of 3.77x.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Total Payments (10yr)
$2.8B
Top Providers
50
States with Providers
55

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesProvidersYoY Change
2014$220.4M4.3M14.5K—
2015$237.5M4.6M15.6K+7.8%
2016$265.2M5.1M16.8K+11.7%
2017$282.3M5.4M17.7K+6.4%
2018$306.0M5.7M18.7K+8.4%
2019$327.3M5.8M19.4K+6.9%
2020$295.2M5.0M17.1K-9.8%
2021$305.6M4.7M15.9K+3.5%
2022$284.5M4.4M15.2K-6.9%
2023$275.9M4.3M14.9K-3.0%

Top Licensed Clinical Social Worker Providers

#ProviderStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Celevia EvansMS$594.9K7.2K$82.97
2Carolyn NicholsonMI$520.4K11.1K$46.98
3Terry WaltonGA$447.2K5.8K$77.64
4Crestre BoddyGA$446.8K9.6K$46.57
5Terry FloresNV$367.5K10.0K$36.69
6Aliza SkayaNY$327.7K3.5K$94.73
7Ralph ArnoneCT$255.9K3.7K$69.66
8Heidi MandlTX$254.6K9.5K$26.85
9Nadine EiringNY$251.7K8.2K$30.65
10Mary BrooksGA$223.1K2.6K$86.10
11Karen VautourMA$221.4K3.2K$69.94
12Sally Ann McgarrityNY$220.6K5.2K$42.08
13Daryl BozoneFL$216.0K2.5K$86.49
14Sandra Hunter BassIL$213.3K4.4K$48.61
15Barbara BusilloNY$209.8K5.0K$41.80
16Ebony DavisFL$208.0K3.2K$64.73
17Ngoneh Gaye-BullardGA$206.7K4.5K$46.25
18Michael MatasciNY$198.9K3.3K$60.04
19Lindsey HoodjerIA$188.3K2.7K$70.38
20Sharon ReynoldsTX$182.8K2.8K$65.06
21Steven KrulNY$180.9K1.9K$93.08
22Arun MathewOK$180.5K5.4K$33.71
23Florence CoaxumTX$178.8K11.7K$15.25
24Deborah AmorosoMA$177.9K3.5K$51.31
25Nonna VinokurNY$174.5K2.6K$66.83

Top Procedures

CodeDescriptionPaymentsServicesAvg/Service
90837Psychotherapy, 1 hour$164.7M2.0M$82.18
90834Psychotherapy, 45 minutes$59.1M1.1M$55.65
90832Psychotherapy, 30 minutes$33.4M790.3K$42.27
90791Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation$14.2M154.2K$92.36
90853Group psychotherapy$1.8M118.6K$14.96
90785Psychiatric services complicated by communication factor$1.2M139.1K$8.51
90847Family psychotherapy with patient, 50 minutes$465.0K7.9K$58.60
90846Family psychotherapy without patient, 50 minutes$235.1K4.3K$55.09
90839Psychotherapy for crisis, first hour$204.5K2.8K$73.69
Q3014Telehealth originating site facility fee$147.1K6.9K$21.27
G2087Office-based treatment for opioid use disorder, including care coordination, individual therapy and group therapy and counseling; at least 60 minutes in a subsequent calendar month$105.9K517$204.88
92507Treatment of speech, language, voice, communication, and/or hearing processing disorder$56.0K823$68.06
96156Assessment of health behavior$40.1K880$45.60
G0323Care management services for behavioral health conditions, at least 20 minutes of clinical psychologist or clinical social worker time, per calendar month. (these services include the following required elements: initial assessment or follow-up monitoring,$36.8K1.5K$24.48
96158Treatment of behavior impacting health, initial 30 minutes$35.8K1.1K$31.46
90840Psychotherapy for crisis, each additional 30 minutes$25.7K640$40.16
98968Telephone medical discussion provided by nonphysician professional, 21-30 minutes$20.8K1.1K$18.35
96127Assessment of emotional or behavioral problems$17.0K6.7K$2.54
G0108Diabetes outpatient self-management training services, individual, per 30 minutes$13.5K419$32.17
99215Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes$12.4K126$98.38

Geographic Distribution

NY
$33.3M
1.3K providers
FL
$20.9M
865 providers
NJ
$18.9M
737 providers
MA
$17.9M
925 providers
CA
$15.0M
658 providers
IL
$14.7M
708 providers
TX
$13.4M
569 providers
MD
$11.4M
542 providers
PA
$10.0M
599 providers
MI
$9.4M
629 providers
NC
$9.3M
629 providers
VA
$6.5M
393 providers
GA
$6.3M
268 providers
CT
$6.1M
412 providers
OH
$6.0M
480 providers
IN
$5.5M
376 providers
MN
$4.7M
464 providers
OK
$4.2M
163 providers
MO
$4.1M
241 providers
WI
$3.4M
318 providers
KY
$3.3M
230 providers
KS
$3.1M
199 providers
AZ
$3.1M
151 providers
CO
$3.1M
206 providers
SC
$3.0M
180 providers
TN
$2.9M
195 providers
AR
$2.8M
207 providers
IA
$2.6M
213 providers
WA
$2.6M
188 providers
NH
$2.2M
142 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.