Medicare spending analysis for Licensed Clinical Social Worker providers
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.
| Year | Payments | Services | Providers | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $220.4M | 4.3M | 14.5K | — |
| 2015 | $237.5M | 4.6M | 15.6K | +7.8% |
| 2016 | $265.2M | 5.1M | 16.8K | +11.7% |
| 2017 | $282.3M | 5.4M | 17.7K | +6.4% |
| 2018 | $306.0M | 5.7M | 18.7K | +8.4% |
| 2019 | $327.3M | 5.8M | 19.4K | +6.9% |
| 2020 | $295.2M | 5.0M | 17.1K | -9.8% |
| 2021 | $305.6M | 4.7M | 15.9K | +3.5% |
| 2022 | $284.5M | 4.4M | 15.2K | -6.9% |
| 2023 | $275.9M | 4.3M | 14.9K | -3.0% |
| # | Provider | State | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Celevia Evans | MS | $594.9K | 7.2K | $82.97 |
| 2 | Carolyn Nicholson | MI | $520.4K | 11.1K | $46.98 |
| 3 | Terry Walton | GA | $447.2K | 5.8K | $77.64 |
| 4 | Crestre Boddy | GA | $446.8K | 9.6K | $46.57 |
| 5 | Terry Flores | NV | $367.5K | 10.0K | $36.69 |
| 6 | Aliza Skaya | NY | $327.7K | 3.5K | $94.73 |
| 7 | Ralph Arnone | CT | $255.9K | 3.7K | $69.66 |
| 8 | Heidi Mandl | TX | $254.6K | 9.5K | $26.85 |
| 9 | Nadine Eiring | NY | $251.7K | 8.2K | $30.65 |
| 10 | Mary Brooks | GA | $223.1K | 2.6K | $86.10 |
| 11 | Karen Vautour | MA | $221.4K | 3.2K | $69.94 |
| 12 | Sally Ann Mcgarrity | NY | $220.6K | 5.2K | $42.08 |
| 13 | Daryl Bozone | FL | $216.0K | 2.5K | $86.49 |
| 14 | Sandra Hunter Bass | IL | $213.3K | 4.4K | $48.61 |
| 15 | Barbara Busillo | NY | $209.8K | 5.0K | $41.80 |
| 16 | Ebony Davis | FL | $208.0K | 3.2K | $64.73 |
| 17 | Ngoneh Gaye-Bullard | GA | $206.7K | 4.5K | $46.25 |
| 18 | Michael Matasci | NY | $198.9K | 3.3K | $60.04 |
| 19 | Lindsey Hoodjer | IA | $188.3K | 2.7K | $70.38 |
| 20 | Sharon Reynolds | TX | $182.8K | 2.8K | $65.06 |
| 21 | Steven Krul | NY | $180.9K | 1.9K | $93.08 |
| 22 | Arun Mathew | OK | $180.5K | 5.4K | $33.71 |
| 23 | Florence Coaxum | TX | $178.8K | 11.7K | $15.25 |
| 24 | Deborah Amoroso | MA | $177.9K | 3.5K | $51.31 |
| 25 | Nonna Vinokur | NY | $174.5K | 2.6K | $66.83 |
| Code | Description | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90837 | Psychotherapy, 1 hour | $164.7M | 2.0M | $82.18 |
| 90834 | Psychotherapy, 45 minutes | $59.1M | 1.1M | $55.65 |
| 90832 | Psychotherapy, 30 minutes | $33.4M | 790.3K | $42.27 |
| 90791 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation | $14.2M | 154.2K | $92.36 |
| 90853 | Group psychotherapy | $1.8M | 118.6K | $14.96 |
| 90785 | Psychiatric services complicated by communication factor | $1.2M | 139.1K | $8.51 |
| 90847 | Family psychotherapy with patient, 50 minutes | $465.0K | 7.9K | $58.60 |
| 90846 | Family psychotherapy without patient, 50 minutes | $235.1K | 4.3K | $55.09 |
| 90839 | Psychotherapy for crisis, first hour | $204.5K | 2.8K | $73.69 |
| Q3014 | Telehealth originating site facility fee | $147.1K | 6.9K | $21.27 |
| G2087 | Office-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 | $105.9K | 517 | $204.88 |
| 92507 | Treatment of speech, language, voice, communication, and/or hearing processing disorder | $56.0K | 823 | $68.06 |
| 96156 | Assessment of health behavior | $40.1K | 880 | $45.60 |
| G0323 | Care 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, | $36.8K | 1.5K | $24.48 |
| 96158 | Treatment of behavior impacting health, initial 30 minutes | $35.8K | 1.1K | $31.46 |
| 90840 | Psychotherapy for crisis, each additional 30 minutes | $25.7K | 640 | $40.16 |
| 98968 | Telephone medical discussion provided by nonphysician professional, 21-30 minutes | $20.8K | 1.1K | $18.35 |
| 96127 | Assessment of emotional or behavioral problems | $17.0K | 6.7K | $2.54 |
| G0108 | Diabetes outpatient self-management training services, individual, per 30 minutes | $13.5K | 419 | $32.17 |
| 99215 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes | $12.4K | 126 | $98.38 |
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.