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American Samoa Medicare Spending

Medicare provider payments and utilization data for American Samoa (AS)

🔎 Data Analysis

American Samoa received $386.7K in total Medicare provider payments across 10 years of data.

The top specialty by spending is Nurse Practitioner, accounting for $6.0K in payments across 1 providers.

In 2023, 1 providers were actively billing Medicare in American Samoa.

Annual Medicare spending declined 85% from 2014 to 2023.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Total Payments (10yr)
$386.7K
-31.4% vs 2022
Active Providers (2023)
1
86 services
Top Specialty
Nurse Practitioner
$6.0K total
Specialties
1
$6.0K per provider

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesProvidersYoY Change
2014$40.4K1.8K3—
2015$48.7K2.1K3+20.5%
2016$57.2K2.2K3+17.3%
2017$58.1K2.1K3+1.7%
2018$69.7K2.2K3+19.9%
2019$44.7K2.1K2-35.9%
2020$41.5K1.7K2-7.2%
2021$11.7K1511-71.9%
2022$8.7K1191-25.1%
2023$6.0K861-31.4%

Top Providers in American Samoa

#ProviderSpecialtyPaymentsServices
1Debbie SheltonNurse Practitioner$6.0K86

Most Billed Procedures in American Samoa

CodeDescriptionPaymentsServicesProviders
99284Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making$3.7K511
99285Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making$1.3K121
99283Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making$999.24231

Spending by Specialty

SpecialtyPaymentsProvidersAvg per Provider
Nurse Practitioner$6.0K1$6.0K

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  • • 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.