Medicare spending analysis for Psychologist, Clinical providers
Psychologist, Clinical accounts for $3.6B in Medicare payments across 107.7K 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.
| Year | Payments | Services | Providers | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $465.3M | 6.9M | 14.6K | — |
| 2017 | $469.3M | 6.8M | 14.8K | +0.9% |
| 2018 | $477.2M | 6.7M | 15.0K | +1.7% |
| 2019 | $484.0M | 6.9M | 14.8K | +1.4% |
| 2020 | $435.3M | 5.8M | 13.1K | -10.1% |
| 2021 | $456.4M | 5.6M | 12.3K | +4.8% |
| 2022 | $421.3M | 5.3M | 11.7K | -7.7% |
| 2023 | $404.9M | 5.3M | 11.4K | -3.9% |
| # | Provider | State | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kelsey Pietro | CA | $662.5K | 12.2K | $54.43 |
| 2 | Tanisha Ranger | PA | $656.9K | 12.0K | $54.76 |
| 3 | Robert Dobrenski | NY | $629.9K | 6.3K | $99.97 |
| 4 | Christopher Cortman | FL | $585.2K | 5.2K | $112.15 |
| 5 | Joy Geyman | CA | $577.4K | 7.8K | $74.45 |
| 6 | Behnam Partovi | CA | $561.7K | 9.3K | $60.45 |
| 7 | Nadine Baker | AK | $523.2K | 3.9K | $134.63 |
| 8 | Stuart Nathan | TX | $518.1K | 7.2K | $72.06 |
| 9 | Shauna Papenbrook | CA | $514.8K | 11.9K | $43.28 |
| 10 | Radha Bhatia | NJ | $513.2K | 4.5K | $113.69 |
| 11 | Angineh Abkarian | CA | $495.6K | 7.9K | $62.53 |
| 12 | Len Lecci | NC | $408.6K | 6.0K | $67.96 |
| 13 | Qingqing Xia | TX | $396.6K | 5.9K | $66.77 |
| 14 | Patricia Sikkeland | CA | $396.2K | 9.2K | $43.28 |
| 15 | Clara Aparicio | CA | $391.6K | 6.8K | $57.98 |
| 16 | Kalima Charway | TX | $377.3K | 4.6K | $81.62 |
| 17 | Sara Malagold | FL | $371.4K | 12.4K | $30.06 |
| 18 | Richard Miller | NY | $371.0K | 11.5K | $32.12 |
| 19 | Kim Barrus | CA | $370.3K | 4.0K | $91.93 |
| 20 | Inga Simonian | CA | $362.1K | 5.4K | $66.53 |
| 21 | Nicole Davis | TX | $358.0K | 6.8K | $53.02 |
| 22 | Dana Savidge | NY | $356.4K | 11.1K | $32.26 |
| 23 | Dan Johnson | AR | $349.3K | 6.8K | $51.01 |
| 24 | Carl Alsterberg | MI | $345.3K | 3.2K | $109.20 |
| 25 | Poonam Dubal | TX | $340.1K | 5.2K | $65.24 |
| Code | Description | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90837 | Psychotherapy, 1 hour | $162.3M | 1.5M | $111.64 |
| 90834 | Psychotherapy, 45 minutes | $74.1M | 971.0K | $76.36 |
| 90832 | Psychotherapy, 30 minutes | $43.4M | 763.3K | $56.86 |
| 90791 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation | $42.0M | 332.5K | $126.40 |
| 96133 | Evaluation of neuropsychological test, each additional hour | $25.5M | 342.8K | $74.37 |
| 96132 | Evaluation of neuropsychological test, first hour | $14.1M | 147.5K | $95.57 |
| 96139 | Administration of psychological or neuropsychological test by technician, each additional 30 minutes | $8.8M | 323.9K | $27.23 |
| 96137 | Administration of psychological or neuropsychological test, each additional 30 minutes | $8.3M | 285.1K | $28.96 |
| 96116 | Exam of neurobehavioral status, first hour | $5.6M | 81.9K | $67.94 |
| 96130 | Evaluation of psychological test, first hour | $4.3M | 48.3K | $89.88 |
| 96131 | Evaluation of psychological test, each additional hour | $3.5M | 52.5K | $66.60 |
| 96136 | Administration of psychological or neuropsychological test, first 30 minutes | $2.8M | 93.3K | $29.84 |
| 96138 | Administration of psychological or neuropsychological test by technician, first 30 minutes | $1.6M | 61.7K | $26.07 |
| 96121 | Exam of neurobehavioral status, each additional hour | $1.5M | 26.3K | $56.71 |
| 90853 | Group psychotherapy | $1.2M | 61.4K | $19.32 |
| 90785 | Psychiatric services complicated by communication factor | $1.2M | 100.5K | $11.49 |
| 96156 | Assessment of health behavior | $822.3K | 12.0K | $68.30 |
| 96158 | Treatment of behavior impacting health, initial 30 minutes | $797.6K | 17.1K | $46.74 |
| 90847 | Family psychotherapy with patient, 50 minutes | $594.8K | 7.4K | $80.53 |
| 97130 | Therapy procedure for a range of mental processes, each additional 15 minutes | $550.4K | 30.0K | $18.37 |
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.