Medicare spending analysis for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation providers
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.
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| Year | Payments | Services | Providers | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $823.0M | 19.9M | 7.4K | — |
| 2015 | $859.5M | 20.8M | 7.5K | +4.4% |
| 2016 | $863.9M | 20.8M | 7.6K | +0.5% |
| 2017 | $868.2M | 21.1M | 7.7K | +0.5% |
| 2018 | $891.4M | 22.8M | 7.8K | +2.7% |
| 2019 | $922.2M | 24.0M | 7.9K | +3.5% |
| 2020 | $803.4M | 20.8M | 7.9K | -12.9% |
| 2021 | $902.5M | 23.3M | 7.9K | +12.3% |
| 2022 | $870.9M | 23.3M | 8.0K | -3.5% |
| 2023 | $898.5M | 24.3M | 8.1K | +3.2% |
| # | Provider | State | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ermin Arriola | IL | $2.4M | 202.6K | $11.83 |
| 2 | Pejman Shirazy | CA | $1.9M | 117.1K | $16.64 |
| 3 | Nicholas Manolitsis | IL | $1.8M | 155.6K | $11.42 |
| 4 | Pamela Harston | KY | $1.8M | 393.4K | $4.49 |
| 5 | Stanley Mathew | IA | $1.7M | 23.0K | $75.18 |
| 6 | Steve Loh | CA | $1.6M | 22.6K | $70.49 |
| 7 | Sharwin Tafazoli | CA | $1.4M | 17.2K | $81.76 |
| 8 | Christopher Cronsell | WI | $1.4M | 45.1K | $30.93 |
| 9 | Lizette Alvarez | MO | $1.3M | 217.0K | $6.10 |
| 10 | Ariz Mehta | NJ | $1.2M | 34.4K | $34.04 |
| 11 | Travis Hird | TX | $1.2M | 17.9K | $64.48 |
| 12 | W Lorenz | SC | $1.1M | 85.0K | $13.22 |
| 13 | Tristan Shockley | MD | $1.1M | 10.7K | $103.85 |
| 14 | Thurston Mcmillen | FL | $1.1M | 10.5K | $105.70 |
| 15 | Scott Chirichetti | VA | $1.1M | 96.3K | $11.51 |
| 16 | Eun Byun | CA | $1.1M | 12.5K | $84.32 |
| 17 | Joezer Lugo Ranal | PR | $1.0M | 263.9K | $3.93 |
| 18 | Kimberly Mercurio | IL | $1.0M | 101.5K | $9.94 |
| 19 | Mitchell Paulin | PA | $996.5K | 130.9K | $7.61 |
| 20 | Anuj Sharma | FL | $991.1K | 7.2K | $137.97 |
| 21 | Ahmed Elgamal | IL | $974.1K | 16.2K | $59.98 |
| 22 | Patricia Bornhorst | OH | $966.6K | 213.4K | $4.53 |
| 23 | William Barrish | DE | $964.6K | 146.4K | $6.59 |
| 24 | Lawrence Weil | CA | $954.5K | 4.3K | $219.72 |
| 25 | Joseph Rabi | IL | $949.5K | 13.9K | $68.21 |
| Code | Description | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99232 | Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes | $136.4M | 2.2M | $62.21 |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | $101.8M | 1.1M | $93.20 |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | $50.0M | 763.3K | $65.50 |
| 99233 | Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes | $48.2M | 510.5K | $94.33 |
| 99309 | Subsequent nursing facility care with moderate level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 30 minutes | $41.5M | 474.9K | $87.34 |
| 99308 | Subsequent nursing facility care with straightforward level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 15 minutes | $40.6M | 657.9K | $61.67 |
| 99223 | Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes | $33.8M | 248.2K | $136.08 |
| 64483 | Injection of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance, single level | $32.1M | 205.7K | $155.84 |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | $29.4M | 242.8K | $121.17 |
| J0585 | Injection, onabotulinumtoxina, 1 unit | $25.9M | 5.3M | $4.86 |
| 95886 | Needle measurement of electrical activity in arm or leg muscles, complete study | $18.1M | 255.3K | $70.84 |
| 99222 | Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes | $17.6M | 171.6K | $102.66 |
| 99306 | Initial nursing facility care with high level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 45 minutes | $14.4M | 97.6K | $147.98 |
| 99239 | Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | $13.5M | 150.3K | $89.72 |
| 99231 | Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 25 minutes | $13.5M | 350.1K | $38.49 |
| 64493 | Injection of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance, single level | $13.4M | 97.0K | $137.77 |
| 64635 | Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves using imaging guidance, single facet joint | $12.6M | 44.6K | $282.67 |
| 99305 | Initial nursing facility care with moderate level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 35 minutes | $11.7M | 106.1K | $110.39 |
| 62323 | Injection of substance into lower spine canal using imaging guidance | $11.6M | 87.1K | $132.97 |
| 99215 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes | $10.2M | 77.7K | $130.98 |
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.