Medicare spending analysis for Neurology providers
Neurology accounts for $12.5B in Medicare payments across 142.8K providers.
The specialty's average markup of 3.5x 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $1.2B | 34.0M | 13.0K | — |
| 2015 | $1.2B | 36.0M | 13.3K | +2.7% |
| 2016 | $1.3B | 38.2M | 13.6K | +1.8% |
| 2017 | $1.3B | 40.1M | 13.9K | +0.9% |
| 2018 | $1.3B | 42.5M | 14.1K | +2.8% |
| 2019 | $1.3B | 44.1M | 14.5K | +2.7% |
| 2020 | $1.1B | 39.5M | 14.6K | -16.1% |
| 2021 | $1.3B | 41.6M | 15.0K | +13.7% |
| 2022 | $1.2B | 42.1M | 15.3K | -3.2% |
| 2023 | $1.2B | 43.9M | 15.6K | +0.1% |
| # | Provider | State | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guy Burrows | TX | $11.3M | 299.0K | $37.70 |
| 2 | Natan Shaoulian | CA | $7.3M | 164.0K | $44.76 |
| 3 | David White | AL | $7.0M | 42.3K | $166.26 |
| 4 | Igor Cherches | TX | $6.7M | 182.7K | $36.80 |
| 5 | Luis Diaz | NV | $5.5M | 116.0K | $47.65 |
| 6 | Bess Chang | NV | $5.2M | 134.4K | $38.99 |
| 7 | Martin Belkin | MI | $4.7M | 169.2K | $27.70 |
| 8 | Christopher Laganke | AL | $4.4M | 214.2K | $20.77 |
| 9 | Danny Bartel | TX | $4.4M | 100.2K | $44.39 |
| 10 | Bela Ajtai | NY | $4.1M | 131.6K | $31.16 |
| 11 | Daniel Becker | MD | $3.9M | 87.2K | $44.65 |
| 12 | James Simsarian | VA | $3.8M | 83.5K | $45.98 |
| 13 | Manish Viradia | NJ | $3.7M | 172.4K | $21.71 |
| 14 | Andrew Gordon | IL | $3.6M | 43.8K | $81.13 |
| 15 | Kumaraswamy Sivakumar | AZ | $3.5M | 68.2K | $50.65 |
| 16 | Steven Bromley | NJ | $2.9M | 85.7K | $34.12 |
| 17 | Jonathan Eskenazi | CA | $2.9M | 20.3K | $141.69 |
| 18 | Sayed Monis | CA | $2.8M | 25.2K | $110.75 |
| 19 | James Barry | TX | $2.6M | 103.4K | $25.04 |
| 20 | Philip Blum | TX | $2.5M | 65.6K | $37.61 |
| 21 | Heidi Crayton | VA | $2.4M | 83.6K | $28.87 |
| 22 | Salvatore Napoli | MA | $2.3M | 85.3K | $27.38 |
| 23 | Stuart Hetrick | AZ | $2.0M | 172.0K | $11.70 |
| 24 | Jessica Stulc | MN | $1.9M | 40.6K | $46.37 |
| 25 | Richard Hubbard | CA | $1.9M | 49.3K | $37.60 |
| Code | Description | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | $180.0M | 2.0M | $88.82 |
| J0585 | Injection, onabotulinumtoxina, 1 unit | $123.8M | 25.7M | $4.82 |
| 99215 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes | $100.6M | 792.0K | $127.08 |
| J2350 | Injection, ocrelizumab, 1 mg | $51.1M | 1.2M | $43.47 |
| 99205 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes | $51.1M | 325.4K | $156.95 |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | $47.5M | 401.9K | $118.09 |
| 99223 | Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes | $44.8M | 329.7K | $135.76 |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | $43.3M | 702.0K | $61.64 |
| 99233 | Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes | $42.8M | 449.1K | $95.39 |
| 99232 | Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes | $40.4M | 641.2K | $63.07 |
| 95886 | Needle measurement of electrical activity in arm or leg muscles, complete study | $35.8M | 510.8K | $70.14 |
| 99291 | Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | $30.5M | 178.2K | $171.34 |
| J1561 | Injection, immune globulin, (gamunex-c/gammaked), non-lyophilized (e.g., liquid), 500 mg | $25.9M | 680.7K | $38.03 |
| 95816 | Measurement of brain wave activity (eeg), awake and drowsy | $23.7M | 191.7K | $123.53 |
| 95819 | Measurement of brain wave activity (eeg), awake and asleep | $23.7M | 133.0K | $178.02 |
| 99222 | Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes | $20.0M | 196.1K | $102.18 |
| 95720 | Measurement of brain wave activity with video (veeg), 12-26 hours with review and report by health care professional | $19.0M | 116.1K | $164.07 |
| J2323 | Injection, natalizumab, 1 mg | $16.5M | 912.0K | $18.05 |
| 95911 | Nerve conduction, 9-10 studies | $13.6M | 88.1K | $153.97 |
| J1556 | Injection, immune globulin (bivigam), 500 mg | $12.7M | 226.1K | $56.28 |
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.