Medicare spending analysis for Sports Medicine providers
Sports Medicine accounts for $873.5M in Medicare payments across 12.2K providers.
The specialty's average markup of 4.1x is above the overall Medicare average of 3.77x.
AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.
| Year | Payments | Services | Providers | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $34.5M | 909.0K | 624 | — |
| 2015 | $49.2M | 1.2M | 832 | +42.6% |
| 2016 | $60.5M | 1.5M | 969 | +22.8% |
| 2017 | $74.3M | 2.1M | 1.1K | +22.8% |
| 2018 | $82.5M | 2.9M | 1.2K | +11.0% |
| 2019 | $100.4M | 3.3M | 1.3K | +21.7% |
| 2020 | $88.3M | 3.0M | 1.4K | -12.0% |
| 2021 | $123.5M | 3.8M | 1.5K | +39.9% |
| 2022 | $128.9M | 4.1M | 1.6K | +4.3% |
| 2023 | $131.4M | 4.5M | 1.7K | +2.0% |
| # | Provider | State | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eric Jenkinson | CA | $863.2K | 47.6K | $18.15 |
| 2 | Mitesh Patel | NJ | $785.1K | 51.5K | $15.25 |
| 3 | Andrew Mcgown | SC | $758.0K | 52.4K | $14.48 |
| 4 | Joseph Wierzbicki | FL | $717.8K | 27.4K | $26.20 |
| 5 | John Nickless | IL | $699.9K | 38.6K | $18.15 |
| 6 | Robin Curry | KY | $628.2K | 31.2K | $20.15 |
| 7 | Craig Rubenstein | PA | $616.8K | 40.0K | $15.44 |
| 8 | Sunny Gupta | NJ | $560.7K | 34.5K | $16.27 |
| 9 | Brett Wilhoit | FL | $548.9K | 6.2K | $88.13 |
| 10 | Joshua Hackel | FL | $526.8K | 40.2K | $13.09 |
| 11 | James O'leary | SC | $510.3K | 47.8K | $10.67 |
| 12 | Maykel Desir | NY | $485.7K | 6.9K | $70.07 |
| 13 | Shawn Hocker | NC | $485.4K | 5.4K | $89.26 |
| 14 | Glenn Chapman | FL | $481.0K | 10.0K | $48.21 |
| 15 | Gregory Rubin | FL | $477.1K | 24.1K | $19.82 |
| 16 | Stephan Yacoubian | CA | $464.4K | 5.2K | $89.19 |
| 17 | Michael Marandola | CA | $430.1K | 20.3K | $21.17 |
| 18 | Zdzislaw Ratajczak | VA | $424.4K | 18.8K | $22.54 |
| 19 | Dennis Nutini | NJ | $412.9K | 25.8K | $15.99 |
| 20 | Thomas Howard | NC | $400.9K | 16.2K | $24.70 |
| 21 | Elad Tennen | NJ | $390.4K | 9.9K | $39.53 |
| 22 | Patrick Denton | SC | $370.3K | 4.5K | $81.75 |
| 23 | Colin Eakin | CA | $369.3K | 5.0K | $74.02 |
| 24 | Christopher Mehallo | PA | $360.9K | 21.2K | $17.00 |
| 25 | Robert Grumet | CA | $360.2K | 97.7K | $3.69 |
| Code | Description | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | $20.8M | 229.0K | $90.79 |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | $16.5M | 257.5K | $64.00 |
| 20610 | Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint | $10.5M | 201.2K | $52.36 |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | $10.5M | 90.3K | $116.12 |
| 20611 | Aspiration and/or injection of fluid large joint using ultrasound guidance | $10.2M | 134.0K | $75.91 |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes | $6.0M | 80.3K | $74.76 |
| 23472 | Prosthetic repair of shoulder joint, total shoulder | $4.6M | 4.1K | $1.1K |
| 27447 | Replacement of knee joint, both sides of knee | $4.3M | 4.3K | $990.52 |
| J7327 | Hyaluronan or derivative, monovisc, for intra-articular injection, per dose | $3.6M | 6.4K | $554.16 |
| J7329 | Hyaluronan or derivative, trivisc, for intra-articular injection, 1 mg | $2.9M | 408.2K | $6.99 |
| J3304 | Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, preservative-free, extended-release, microsphere formulation, 1 mg | $2.7M | 205.2K | $13.17 |
| J7326 | Hyaluronan or derivative, gel-one, for intra-articular injection, per dose | $2.6M | 6.6K | $402.53 |
| 29827 | Repair of shoulder rotator cuff using an endoscope | $2.3M | 2.8K | $829.03 |
| J7324 | Hyaluronan or derivative, orthovisc, for intra-articular injection, per dose | $2.0M | 20.6K | $98.12 |
| J7323 | Hyaluronan or derivative, euflexxa, for intra-articular injection, per dose | $1.9M | 19.0K | $97.59 |
| J7325 | Hyaluronan or derivative, synvisc or synvisc-one, for intra-articular injection, 1 mg | $1.8M | 248.9K | $7.28 |
| 73564 | X-ray of knee, 4 or more views | $1.7M | 51.2K | $33.62 |
| J7318 | Hyaluronan or derivative, durolane, for intra-articular injection, 1 mg | $1.7M | 331.9K | $5.14 |
| 73030 | X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views | $1.6M | 67.1K | $24.21 |
| 99215 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes | $1.3M | 9.6K | $130.49 |
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.