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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Medicare spending analysis for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation providers

🔎 Data Analysis

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation accounts for $8.7B in Medicare payments across 77.8K providers.

The specialty's average markup of 3.7x is below the overall Medicare average of 3.77x.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

⚠️

18 AI-Flagged Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Providers

Providers in this specialty flagged by the ML v2 fraud detection model

Arrtie PisaturoAL
95.2%
Sangmin AhnMO
94.3%
Mary McdonaldTN
92.3%
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Total Payments (10yr)
$8.7B
Top Providers
50
States with Providers
52

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesProvidersYoY Change
2014$823.0M19.9M7.4K—
2015$859.5M20.8M7.5K+4.4%
2016$863.9M20.8M7.6K+0.5%
2017$868.2M21.1M7.7K+0.5%
2018$891.4M22.8M7.8K+2.7%
2019$922.2M24.0M7.9K+3.5%
2020$803.4M20.8M7.9K-12.9%
2021$902.5M23.3M7.9K+12.3%
2022$870.9M23.3M8.0K-3.5%
2023$898.5M24.3M8.1K+3.2%

Top Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Providers

#ProviderStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Ermin ArriolaIL$2.4M202.6K$11.83
2Pejman ShirazyCA$1.9M117.1K$16.64
3Nicholas ManolitsisIL$1.8M155.6K$11.42
4Pamela HarstonKY$1.8M393.4K$4.49
5Stanley MathewIA$1.7M23.0K$75.18
6Steve LohCA$1.6M22.6K$70.49
7Sharwin TafazoliCA$1.4M17.2K$81.76
8Christopher CronsellWI$1.4M45.1K$30.93
9Lizette AlvarezMO$1.3M217.0K$6.10
10Ariz MehtaNJ$1.2M34.4K$34.04
11Travis HirdTX$1.2M17.9K$64.48
12W LorenzSC$1.1M85.0K$13.22
13Tristan ShockleyMD$1.1M10.7K$103.85
14Thurston McmillenFL$1.1M10.5K$105.70
15Scott ChirichettiVA$1.1M96.3K$11.51
16Eun ByunCA$1.1M12.5K$84.32
17Joezer Lugo RanalPR$1.0M263.9K$3.93
18Kimberly MercurioIL$1.0M101.5K$9.94
19Mitchell PaulinPA$996.5K130.9K$7.61
20Anuj SharmaFL$991.1K7.2K$137.97
21Ahmed ElgamalIL$974.1K16.2K$59.98
22Patricia BornhorstOH$966.6K213.4K$4.53
23William BarrishDE$964.6K146.4K$6.59
24Lawrence WeilCA$954.5K4.3K$219.72
25Joseph RabiIL$949.5K13.9K$68.21

Top Procedures

CodeDescriptionPaymentsServicesAvg/Service
99232Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes$136.4M2.2M$62.21
99214Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes$101.8M1.1M$93.20
99213Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes$50.0M763.3K$65.50
99233Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes$48.2M510.5K$94.33
99309Subsequent nursing facility care with moderate level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 30 minutes$41.5M474.9K$87.34
99308Subsequent nursing facility care with straightforward level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 15 minutes$40.6M657.9K$61.67
99223Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes$33.8M248.2K$136.08
64483Injection of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance, single level$32.1M205.7K$155.84
99204New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes$29.4M242.8K$121.17
J0585Injection, onabotulinumtoxina, 1 unit$25.9M5.3M$4.86
95886Needle measurement of electrical activity in arm or leg muscles, complete study$18.1M255.3K$70.84
99222Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes$17.6M171.6K$102.66
99306Initial nursing facility care with high level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 45 minutes$14.4M97.6K$147.98
99239Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes$13.5M150.3K$89.72
99231Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 25 minutes$13.5M350.1K$38.49
64493Injection of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance, single level$13.4M97.0K$137.77
64635Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves using imaging guidance, single facet joint$12.6M44.6K$282.67
99305Initial nursing facility care with moderate level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 35 minutes$11.7M106.1K$110.39
62323Injection of substance into lower spine canal using imaging guidance$11.6M87.1K$132.97
99215Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes$10.2M77.7K$130.98

Geographic Distribution

CA
$100.9M
622 providers
FL
$76.5M
524 providers
NY
$76.3M
783 providers
TX
$71.8M
567 providers
NJ
$56.4M
416 providers
IL
$48.1M
333 providers
PA
$46.8M
484 providers
MD
$27.2M
183 providers
NC
$26.8M
236 providers
MI
$25.8M
350 providers
VA
$22.7M
198 providers
OH
$22.4M
299 providers
MA
$22.0M
210 providers
GA
$20.0M
187 providers
AZ
$19.5M
132 providers
SC
$18.6M
105 providers
TN
$16.0M
123 providers
CO
$15.2M
176 providers
MO
$14.5M
148 providers
NV
$12.7M
74 providers
IN
$12.6M
125 providers
WA
$11.5M
213 providers
AL
$10.4M
83 providers
LA
$10.2M
101 providers
WI
$10.0M
174 providers
CT
$9.6M
104 providers
KY
$9.6M
83 providers
MN
$8.0M
175 providers
AR
$8.0M
49 providers
OK
$7.5M
55 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.