Medicare spending analysis for Podiatry providers
Podiatry accounts for $13.6B in Medicare payments across 150.8K providers.
The specialty's average markup of 2.3x 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 | $1.3B | 32.1M | 14.8K | — |
| 2015 | $1.3B | 31.7M | 14.8K | -1.2% |
| 2016 | $1.3B | 31.8M | 14.9K | -0.6% |
| 2017 | $1.3B | 31.3M | 15.0K | -1.3% |
| 2018 | $1.3B | 31.6M | 15.2K | +3.6% |
| 2019 | $1.4B | 31.3M | 15.2K | +3.3% |
| 2020 | $1.2B | 25.3M | 15.1K | -13.6% |
| 2021 | $1.5B | 27.5M | 15.2K | +26.7% |
| 2022 | $1.5B | 27.3M | 15.3K | -2.4% |
| 2023 | $1.5B | 28.0M | 15.2K | +5.9% |
| # | Provider | State | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keith Goss | AZ | $91.3M | 106.4K | $857.57 |
| 2 | Babak Baharloo | TX | $18.3M | 51.0K | $358.51 |
| 3 | Jeffrey Steinberg | DC | $13.3M | 16.4K | $811.13 |
| 4 | David Jenson | TX | $13.1M | 41.3K | $316.85 |
| 5 | Ryan Ellsworth | GA | $9.1M | 11.2K | $811.41 |
| 6 | Oran Schachter | CA | $8.0M | 17.0K | $470.79 |
| 7 | Nosheen Khan | NY | $7.7M | 21.4K | $361.52 |
| 8 | Justin Curtis | CO | $7.7M | 9.8K | $781.79 |
| 9 | Vincent Arloro | NJ | $5.7M | 9.4K | $603.47 |
| 10 | Bradley Hoffman | WV | $4.9M | 14.1K | $349.22 |
| 11 | Matthew Mcknight | IA | $4.7M | 6.9K | $683.73 |
| 12 | Felipe Ruiz | CA | $4.0M | 12.4K | $327.12 |
| 13 | Byunghee Kim | KY | $3.9M | 5.4K | $718.36 |
| 14 | Sean Hodson | FL | $3.6M | 9.9K | $363.39 |
| 15 | Jeffrey Fley | OH | $3.4M | 8.1K | $417.14 |
| 16 | Mansoor Ahmed | NY | $3.0M | 1.3K | $2.3K |
| 17 | David Kaplan | CA | $2.6M | 3.6K | $725.10 |
| 18 | Bobby Pourziaee | CA | $2.5M | 62.3K | $40.55 |
| 19 | Reza Mobarak | TX | $2.2M | 4.7K | $476.97 |
| 20 | Gloried Ebsworth | FL | $2.1M | 4.4K | $480.67 |
| 21 | Aldo Gonzalez | FL | $2.1M | 4.3K | $479.37 |
| 22 | Brian Loder | MI | $2.0M | 3.2K | $610.10 |
| 23 | Nicholas Hugentobler | CO | $1.9M | 8.6K | $222.84 |
| 24 | Trent Monson | TX | $1.8M | 3.2K | $572.15 |
| 25 | Bruce Boyd | MS | $1.8M | 12.5K | $144.75 |
| Code | Description | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | $295.6M | 4.5M | $66.12 |
| 11721 | Removal of fingernails or toenails, 6 or more nails | $168.5M | 5.3M | $31.95 |
| Q4262 | Dual layer impax membrane, per square centimeter | $106.3M | 119.6K | $888.89 |
| 11056 | Removal of noncancer thickened skin growth, 2-4 growths | $106.1M | 1.7M | $60.78 |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes | $81.4M | 1.1M | $76.66 |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | $67.6M | 730.4K | $92.58 |
| 11042 | Removal of skin and tissue, 20.0 sq cm or less | $46.3M | 568.7K | $81.49 |
| 11720 | Removal of fingernails or toenails, 1-5 nails | $43.5M | 1.8M | $23.96 |
| 11055 | Removal of noncancer thickened skin growth, 1 growth | $37.1M | 722.8K | $51.31 |
| 99212 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 10-19 minutes | $36.2M | 879.2K | $41.15 |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | $29.5M | 255.3K | $115.66 |
| 73630 | X-ray of foot, minimum of 3 views | $23.4M | 936.3K | $24.96 |
| Q4217 | Woundfix, biowound, woundfix plus, biowound plus, woundfix xplus or biowound xplus, per square centimeter | $22.1M | 22.3K | $991.24 |
| 97597 | Removal of tissue from wound, 20.0 sq cm or less | $20.7M | 285.5K | $72.55 |
| 99348 | Residence visit for established patient with low level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 30 minutes | $19.1M | 325.3K | $58.57 |
| 11057 | Removal of noncancer thickened skin growth, more than 4 growths | $17.3M | 258.4K | $66.79 |
| 99308 | Subsequent nursing facility care with straightforward level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 15 minutes | $16.2M | 273.4K | $59.33 |
| G0127 | Trimming of dystrophic nails, any number | $15.2M | 1.1M | $13.26 |
| Q4173 | Palingen or palingen xplus, per square centimeter | $14.6M | 42.2K | $345.96 |
| 11730 | Simple separation of fingernail or toenail from nail bed, first nail | $14.3M | 169.9K | $83.89 |
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.