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Sports Medicine

Medicare spending analysis for Sports Medicine providers

🔎 Data Analysis

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.

Total Payments (10yr)
$873.5M
Top Providers
50
States with Providers
50

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesProvidersYoY Change
2014$34.5M909.0K624—
2015$49.2M1.2M832+42.6%
2016$60.5M1.5M969+22.8%
2017$74.3M2.1M1.1K+22.8%
2018$82.5M2.9M1.2K+11.0%
2019$100.4M3.3M1.3K+21.7%
2020$88.3M3.0M1.4K-12.0%
2021$123.5M3.8M1.5K+39.9%
2022$128.9M4.1M1.6K+4.3%
2023$131.4M4.5M1.7K+2.0%

Top Sports Medicine Providers

#ProviderStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Eric JenkinsonCA$863.2K47.6K$18.15
2Mitesh PatelNJ$785.1K51.5K$15.25
3Andrew McgownSC$758.0K52.4K$14.48
4Joseph WierzbickiFL$717.8K27.4K$26.20
5John NicklessIL$699.9K38.6K$18.15
6Robin CurryKY$628.2K31.2K$20.15
7Craig RubensteinPA$616.8K40.0K$15.44
8Sunny GuptaNJ$560.7K34.5K$16.27
9Brett WilhoitFL$548.9K6.2K$88.13
10Joshua HackelFL$526.8K40.2K$13.09
11James O'learySC$510.3K47.8K$10.67
12Maykel DesirNY$485.7K6.9K$70.07
13Shawn HockerNC$485.4K5.4K$89.26
14Glenn ChapmanFL$481.0K10.0K$48.21
15Gregory RubinFL$477.1K24.1K$19.82
16Stephan YacoubianCA$464.4K5.2K$89.19
17Michael MarandolaCA$430.1K20.3K$21.17
18Zdzislaw RatajczakVA$424.4K18.8K$22.54
19Dennis NutiniNJ$412.9K25.8K$15.99
20Thomas HowardNC$400.9K16.2K$24.70
21Elad TennenNJ$390.4K9.9K$39.53
22Patrick DentonSC$370.3K4.5K$81.75
23Colin EakinCA$369.3K5.0K$74.02
24Christopher MehalloPA$360.9K21.2K$17.00
25Robert GrumetCA$360.2K97.7K$3.69

Top Procedures

CodeDescriptionPaymentsServicesAvg/Service
99214Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes$20.8M229.0K$90.79
99213Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes$16.5M257.5K$64.00
20610Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint$10.5M201.2K$52.36
99204New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes$10.5M90.3K$116.12
20611Aspiration and/or injection of fluid large joint using ultrasound guidance$10.2M134.0K$75.91
99203New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes$6.0M80.3K$74.76
23472Prosthetic repair of shoulder joint, total shoulder$4.6M4.1K$1.1K
27447Replacement of knee joint, both sides of knee$4.3M4.3K$990.52
J7327Hyaluronan or derivative, monovisc, for intra-articular injection, per dose$3.6M6.4K$554.16
J7329Hyaluronan or derivative, trivisc, for intra-articular injection, 1 mg$2.9M408.2K$6.99
J3304Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, preservative-free, extended-release, microsphere formulation, 1 mg$2.7M205.2K$13.17
J7326Hyaluronan or derivative, gel-one, for intra-articular injection, per dose$2.6M6.6K$402.53
29827Repair of shoulder rotator cuff using an endoscope$2.3M2.8K$829.03
J7324Hyaluronan or derivative, orthovisc, for intra-articular injection, per dose$2.0M20.6K$98.12
J7323Hyaluronan or derivative, euflexxa, for intra-articular injection, per dose$1.9M19.0K$97.59
J7325Hyaluronan or derivative, synvisc or synvisc-one, for intra-articular injection, 1 mg$1.8M248.9K$7.28
73564X-ray of knee, 4 or more views$1.7M51.2K$33.62
J7318Hyaluronan or derivative, durolane, for intra-articular injection, 1 mg$1.7M331.9K$5.14
73030X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views$1.6M67.1K$24.21
99215Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes$1.3M9.6K$130.49

Geographic Distribution

CA
$14.1M
119 providers
FL
$11.1M
100 providers
PA
$8.8M
102 providers
NY
$8.4M
91 providers
IL
$7.8M
81 providers
NJ
$7.7M
55 providers
NC
$6.5M
70 providers
OH
$6.5M
104 providers
TX
$6.1M
83 providers
VA
$5.0M
48 providers
SC
$4.8M
38 providers
IN
$3.1M
53 providers
AL
$2.7M
28 providers
TN
$2.6M
36 providers
GA
$2.6M
45 providers
MI
$2.4M
69 providers
MN
$2.3M
69 providers
CO
$2.3M
42 providers
MO
$2.2M
36 providers
MA
$2.1M
54 providers
WA
$1.9M
45 providers
AZ
$1.9M
26 providers
KY
$1.9M
23 providers
MD
$1.8M
20 providers
OK
$1.7M
20 providers
WI
$1.3M
34 providers
LA
$1.3M
31 providers
UT
$1.1M
32 providers
CT
$869.4K
21 providers
MS
$817.9K
7 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.