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Pediatric Medicine

Medicare spending analysis for Pediatric Medicine providers

🔎 Data Analysis

Pediatric Medicine accounts for $516.2M in Medicare payments across 15.4K providers.

The specialty's average markup of 3.2x is below the overall Medicare average of 3.77x.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Total Payments (10yr)
$516.2M
Top Providers
50
States with Providers
51

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesProvidersYoY Change
2014$44.3M1.3M1.5K—
2015$48.2M1.3M1.5K+9.0%
2016$48.4M1.3M1.6K+0.3%
2017$45.9M1.3M1.5K-5.2%
2018$45.5M1.3M1.5K-0.8%
2019$50.2M1.4M1.5K+10.4%
2020$39.4M1.1M1.5K-21.7%
2021$90.1M2.6M1.7K+129.0%
2022$48.9M1.4M1.5K-45.8%
2023$55.4M1.4M1.4K+13.3%

Top Pediatric Medicine Providers

#ProviderStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Justin GoodenKS$4.3M23.5K$182.01
2Robert HostofferOH$3.5M79.2K$44.24
3Li-Min HuCA$2.1M30.6K$68.25
4Philip NewlinKS$2.0M36.7K$54.47
5Duncan FagundusNC$1.8M65.5K$27.74
6Robert DrackerNY$1.1M60.6K$18.04
7Ahmad Al-HamdaAL$986.7K23.4K$42.18
8Robert JacobsonMN$975.6K13.9K$70.15
9Kimon ViolarisNY$853.2K57.4K$14.87
10Mary Jane PenningtonUT$729.8K84.0K$8.69
11Ali AnariCA$671.4K6.4K$105.48
12Michael NietoCA$649.0K36.9K$17.57
13Edan SaridCO$644.7K16.0K$40.36
14Rick WhilesTN$634.2K96.2K$6.59
15John BauerMO$628.2K19.3K$32.49
16Erika GonzalezTX$467.9K19.3K$24.31
17Daniel SlaterMA$421.9K7.6K$55.20
18Hannah NeuhausMO$333.8K14.4K$23.25
19Dahye HongDC$325.4K19.0K$17.16
20Phalyka OumFL$318.6K8.8K$36.39
21Joshua ScottCA$290.9K9.4K$30.99
22Behrooz HakimianCA$269.8K3.5K$76.55
23Melissa Hawkins HoltMD$254.3K10.0K$25.52
24Kent JohnsonAZ$241.2K5.0K$48.58
25Immacula Saint-LouisNC$233.5K6.4K$36.31

Top Procedures

CodeDescriptionPaymentsServicesAvg/Service
99214Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes$7.3M90.6K$80.87
99213Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes$3.3M56.4K$59.06
J1556Injection, immune globulin (bivigam), 500 mg$3.0M54.4K$55.56
G0439Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit$2.5M21.3K$118.09
99233Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes$1.5M16.4K$93.96
Q4205Membrane graft or membrane wrap, per square centimeter$1.5M1.3K$1.2K
91322Sarscov2 vac 50 mcg/0.5ml im$1.5M10.4K$141.31
J0897Injection, denosumab, 1 mg$1.3M72.0K$18.27
99215Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes$1.2M10.4K$119.50
99232Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes$1.2M19.6K$61.52
90694Influenza vaccine, quadrivalent inactivated, 0.5 ml dosage$1.2M15.8K$74.91
J3380Injection, vedolizumab, 1 mg$1.1M62.4K$17.18
Q4197Puraply xt, per square centimeter$1.1M8.2K$127.68
99204New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes$917.1K7.9K$115.99
G0008Administration of influenza virus vaccine$907.6K28.4K$31.93
J1568Injection, immune globulin, (octagam), intravenous, non-lyophilized (e.g., liquid), 500 mg$809.3K24.2K$33.44
99285Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making$799.3K5.8K$137.52
A9595Piflufolastat f-18, diagnostic, 1 millicurie$700.2K1.5K$480.87
Q4158Kerecis omega3, per square centimeter$694.9K4.6K$150.50
90662Influenza vaccine split virus, preservative free$691.9K9.9K$69.87

Geographic Distribution

CA
$7.8M
155 providers
KS
$6.5M
7 providers
OH
$4.4M
57 providers
NC
$4.0M
65 providers
NY
$4.0M
108 providers
MN
$2.2M
77 providers
FL
$2.1M
70 providers
TX
$2.1M
84 providers
MA
$2.0M
75 providers
MO
$1.5M
25 providers
MD
$1.3M
42 providers
TN
$1.3M
26 providers
IL
$1.3M
67 providers
AL
$1.1M
15 providers
UT
$1.0M
23 providers
MI
$991.2K
56 providers
NJ
$887.5K
30 providers
LA
$886.4K
30 providers
WI
$885.5K
27 providers
CO
$837.2K
17 providers
PA
$785.3K
28 providers
SC
$672.0K
25 providers
KY
$649.3K
24 providers
VA
$559.0K
25 providers
AZ
$557.4K
16 providers
WA
$525.2K
28 providers
DC
$497.2K
7 providers
OK
$373.0K
10 providers
MS
$370.0K
11 providers
AR
$344.1K
14 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.