Medicare spending analysis for Neurosurgery providers
Neurosurgery accounts for $3.3B in Medicare payments across 45.7K providers.
The specialty's average markup of 5.9x is above the overall Medicare average of 3.77x.
AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.
| Year | Payments | Services | Providers | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $327.9M | 2.5M | 4.3K | — |
| 2015 | $340.4M | 2.5M | 4.4K | +3.8% |
| 2016 | $352.3M | 2.4M | 4.4K | +3.5% |
| 2017 | $339.7M | 2.4M | 4.5K | -3.6% |
| 2018 | $341.7M | 2.4M | 4.6K | +0.6% |
| 2019 | $354.1M | 2.4M | 4.6K | +3.6% |
| 2020 | $293.8M | 2.0M | 4.6K | -17.0% |
| 2021 | $323.5M | 2.2M | 4.7K | +10.1% |
| 2022 | $307.8M | 2.1M | 4.7K | -4.8% |
| 2023 | $301.6M | 2.0M | 4.8K | -2.0% |
| # | Provider | State | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zinovy Lekht | CA | $1.6M | 62.7K | $26.24 |
| 2 | Henry Aryan | CA | $1.6M | 4.9K | $315.04 |
| 3 | Gary Colon | FL | $999.3K | 2.1K | $466.09 |
| 4 | Aziz Basem Nicholas Qandah | NY | $859.6K | 6.8K | $126.82 |
| 5 | Peter Campbell | LA | $839.0K | 6.2K | $134.81 |
| 6 | Michael Wang | FL | $764.1K | 2.0K | $375.65 |
| 7 | Yaser Badr | CA | $756.3K | 5.2K | $146.34 |
| 8 | Ryan Halpin | WA | $756.1K | 4.9K | $155.44 |
| 9 | Charles Park | MD | $679.1K | 2.6K | $261.18 |
| 10 | Jason Liauw | CA | $668.2K | 2.0K | $339.01 |
| 11 | Yogish Kamath | TX | $635.2K | 3.2K | $197.07 |
| 12 | Vivek Mehta | CA | $627.6K | 2.8K | $224.14 |
| 13 | Eric Oberlander | LA | $614.2K | 2.1K | $295.31 |
| 14 | Gregory Wilson | OK | $598.8K | 4.0K | $148.34 |
| 15 | Benjamin Ditty | FL | $590.6K | 1.5K | $402.85 |
| 16 | Luis Duarte | TX | $584.8K | 3.1K | $185.72 |
| 17 | Kennedy Yalamanchili | DE | $582.5K | 2.2K | $264.41 |
| 18 | Jonathan Citow | IL | $576.3K | 6.1K | $94.84 |
| 19 | Mark Frenkel | FL | $575.4K | 1.9K | $302.53 |
| 20 | James Ebot | TX | $575.1K | 6.8K | $84.22 |
| 21 | John Dickerson | KS | $542.8K | 1.8K | $297.60 |
| 22 | Arnold Vardiman | TX | $532.5K | 2.0K | $265.87 |
| 23 | Mark Gerber | FL | $526.9K | 1.6K | $332.86 |
| 24 | Paul Marcotte | PA | $509.0K | 1.5K | $330.30 |
| 25 | Kimon Bekelis | NY | $504.9K | 2.9K | $177.11 |
| Code | Description | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | $22.9M | 251.2K | $91.03 |
| 63047 | Partial removal of spine bone with release of lower spinal cord and/or nerves, 1 segment | $22.4M | 32.3K | $695.96 |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | $18.7M | 157.4K | $118.54 |
| 22614 | Fusion of additional segment of spine | $18.0M | 63.0K | $286.16 |
| 22633 | Fusion of spine in lower back with partial removal of spine bone and disc | $16.5M | 12.2K | $1.4K |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | $15.2M | 242.4K | $62.66 |
| 22842 | Placement of stabilizing device to back, 3-6 spine bone segments | $11.4M | 19.7K | $577.49 |
| 22551 | Fusion of upper spine bone with removal of disc and release of spinal cord or nerve, 1 disc | $11.3M | 8.8K | $1.3K |
| 22853 | Insertion of cage or mesh device to spine bone and disc space during spine fusion | $11.3M | 58.0K | $194.10 |
| 22612 | Fusion of spine in lower back | $11.1M | 9.7K | $1.1K |
| 99215 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes | $7.7M | 58.7K | $130.94 |
| 99205 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes | $7.0M | 42.8K | $163.50 |
| 63048 | Partial removal of spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves, each additional segment | $6.1M | 38.3K | $159.78 |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes | $5.9M | 75.5K | $77.55 |
| 99223 | Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes | $5.7M | 42.3K | $135.12 |
| 22840 | Placement of stabilizing device to back of 1 spine bone in neck | $5.2M | 9.1K | $566.92 |
| 99222 | Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes | $5.1M | 50.8K | $101.04 |
| 99232 | Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes | $3.7M | 60.2K | $62.30 |
| 22845 | Placement of stabilizing device to front, 2-3 spine bone segments | $3.4M | 6.1K | $553.37 |
| 61624 | Occlusion of central nervous system or spinal cord artery | $3.3M | 3.8K | $880.48 |
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.