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Surgical Oncology

Medicare spending analysis for Surgical Oncology providers

🔎 Data Analysis

Surgical Oncology accounts for $326.2M in Medicare payments across 9.3K providers.

The specialty's average markup of 4.4x is above the overall Medicare average of 3.77x.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Total Payments (10yr)
$326.2M
Top Providers
50
States with Providers
50

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesProvidersYoY Change
2014$28.9M314.9K762—
2015$28.7M307.4K804-0.5%
2016$31.4M371.4K844+9.2%
2017$32.2M353.8K872+2.7%
2018$33.9M331.5K919+5.3%
2019$35.9M356.0K966+5.7%
2020$30.5M291.2K964-14.9%
2021$34.6M293.9K999+13.3%
2022$34.5M303.8K1.0K-0.4%
2023$35.7M309.1K1.1K+3.6%

Top Surgical Oncology Providers

#ProviderStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1John KehoeNY$694.7K6.7K$103.58
2David RitterFL$439.2K1.7K$264.12
3Ogori KaluNJ$425.5K4.4K$96.88
4Olga OlevskyCA$317.6K16.2K$19.60
5Lynn CanavanTX$316.0K1.0K$308.89
6Alfredo Santillan-GomezTX$258.0K2.9K$89.15
7Howard KarpoffNY$237.9K2.8K$84.09
8Lee StarkerNJ$231.1K1.4K$162.06
9Peter BeitschTX$197.6K1.7K$118.25
10Zubin BamboatNJ$180.5K1.3K$142.36
11Donald MccainNJ$179.2K521$344.03
12Richard EssnerCA$177.1K1.1K$158.51
13Kai BickenbachNJ$155.5K1.1K$138.44
14Craig WenglerFL$145.4K1.1K$128.45
15Omar RashidFL$144.0K446$322.97
16Catherine PesceMD$142.6K896$159.18
17Douglas FrakerPA$142.3K473$300.75
18Mansoor BegNY$141.6K835$169.59
19Ali AhmadKS$141.4K581$243.42
20Michael D'angelicaNY$141.2K759$185.99
21Richard FineTN$135.4K1.1K$119.78
22Kerry-Ann McdonaldFL$134.6K889$151.35
23Barry RosemanGA$132.6K1.7K$77.94
24Michelle SpechtMA$130.0K583$222.96
25Meghan HansenTX$129.1K364$354.56

Top Procedures

CodeDescriptionPaymentsServicesAvg/Service
19301Partial removal of breast$5.4M10.4K$519.14
99205New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes$3.9M25.1K$155.95
99214Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes$3.6M41.6K$86.91
99213Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes$3.5M59.2K$58.94
99215Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes$2.3M17.9K$126.09
99204New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes$2.1M17.7K$118.00
38525Biopsy or removal of deep lymph nodes of underarm$1.6M7.7K$205.98
19303Simple complete removal of breast$1.2M1.4K$880.34
38900Imaging of lymph nodes during surgery$874.7K7.9K$110.76
60500Removal or exploration of parathyroid glands$655.5K936$700.37
14301Repair of wound by transferring skin, 30.1-60.0 sq cm$584.5K994$588.03
36561Insertion of central venous tube with port (5 years or older)$530.1K2.2K$244.74
99232Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes$511.9K8.1K$63.21
99223Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes$455.5K3.2K$140.81
48150Partial removal of pancreas, bile duct, and small bowel with connection of pancreas to small bowel$443.5K186$2.4K
99203New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes$405.3K5.3K$77.07
99222Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes$338.1K3.3K$102.72
76641Complete ultrasound scan of 1 breast$316.7K2.7K$116.94
19296Insertion of expandable tube in breast for radiation treatment using imaging guidance$315.4K110$2.9K
11606Removal of cancer skin growth of body, arms, or legs, more than 4.0 cm$313.9K1.7K$188.06

Geographic Distribution

TX
$4.3M
120 providers
NY
$4.3M
101 providers
CA
$4.1M
109 providers
FL
$2.7M
75 providers
NJ
$2.4M
46 providers
PA
$1.6M
44 providers
MA
$1.5M
45 providers
IL
$1.5M
44 providers
OH
$1.2M
45 providers
TN
$1.1M
31 providers
VA
$897.0K
25 providers
MO
$877.5K
22 providers
GA
$811.8K
30 providers
MD
$733.9K
21 providers
NC
$682.6K
30 providers
AZ
$600.5K
19 providers
WA
$502.2K
21 providers
SC
$459.5K
11 providers
NE
$393.3K
11 providers
LA
$364.0K
13 providers
AR
$342.6K
8 providers
OK
$341.8K
7 providers
WI
$326.5K
26 providers
CT
$308.8K
19 providers
KY
$299.9K
17 providers
OR
$297.0K
14 providers
AL
$279.9K
17 providers
CO
$275.7K
16 providers
KS
$273.7K
7 providers
IN
$235.3K
12 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.