Medicare provider payments and utilization data for Colorado (CO)
Colorado received $10.9B in total Medicare provider payments across 10 years of data.
The top specialty by spending is Centralized Flu, accounting for $118.5M in payments across 164 providers.
In 2023, 20.2K providers were actively billing Medicare in Colorado.
Annual Medicare spending grew 61% from 2014 to 2023.
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Providers in this state flagged by the ML v2 fraud detection model
| Year | Payments | Services | Providers | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $849.3M | 25.2M | 14.7K | — |
| 2015 | $916.2M | 25.8M | 15.4K | +7.9% |
| 2016 | $965.0M | 27.1M | 16.1K | +5.3% |
| 2017 | $1.0B | 30.2M | 16.7K | +7.5% |
| 2018 | $1.1B | 32.8M | 17.5K | +7.2% |
| 2019 | $1.1B | 31.4M | 17.9K | -2.6% |
| 2020 | $1.0B | 29.5M | 17.9K | -5.6% |
| 2021 | $1.3B | 36.0M | 19.3K | +24.2% |
| 2022 | $1.2B | 37.3M | 19.6K | -3.2% |
| 2023 | $1.4B | 37.8M | 20.2K | +10.9% |
| Code | Description | Payments | Services | Providers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | $92.0M | 1.2M | 8.2K |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | $47.3M | 827.6K | 7.2K |
| Q4262 | Dual layer impax membrane, per square centimeter | $43.4M | 44.8K | 9 |
| J0178 | Injection, aflibercept, 1 mg | $35.2M | 51.3K | 57 |
| K1034 | Provision of covid-19 test, nonprescription self-administered and self-collected use, fda approved, authorized or cleared, one test count | $28.9M | 2.5M | 419 |
| Q4253 | Zenith amniotic membrane, per square centimeter | $27.7M | 52.9K | 8 |
| 66984 | Removal of cataract with insertion of prosthetic lens | $26.9M | 47.3K | 277 |
| 91320 | Sarscv2 vac 30mcg trs-suc im | $26.5M | 212.6K | 628 |
| 99215 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes | $26.1M | 234.9K | 3.2K |
| 91322 | Sarscov2 vac 50 mcg/0.5ml im | $24.6M | 182.8K | 476 |
| L8619 | Cochlear implant, external speech processor and controller, integrated system, replacement | $23.4M | 3.2K | 1 |
| 99233 | Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes | $20.9M | 225.3K | 1.9K |
| A0427 | Ambulance service, advanced life support, emergency transport, level 1 (als 1 - emergency) | $19.0M | 44.3K | 124 |
| J9271 | Injection, pembrolizumab, 1 mg | $18.7M | 434.5K | 36 |
| 90662 | Influenza vaccine split virus, preservative free | $18.7M | 274.1K | 1.2K |
| J2777 | Injection, faricimab-svoa, 0.1 mg | $18.2M | 631.8K | 40 |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | $17.1M | 152.3K | 3.7K |
| 97530 | Therapy procedure using functional activities | $15.5M | 614.4K | 1.5K |
| 97110 | Therapy procedure using exercise to develop strength, endurance, range of motion, and flexibility, each 15 minutes | $15.2M | 830.2K | 1.8K |
| 99232 | Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes | $15.1M | 248.2K | 2.3K |
| Specialty | Payments | Providers | Avg per Provider |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centralized Flu | $118.5M | 164 | $722.7K |
| Ophthalmology | $106.6M | 264 | $403.8K |
| Nurse Practitioner | $85.4M | 2.6K | $33.3K |
| Family Practice | $80.7M | 1.4K | $56.1K |
| Ambulatory Surgical Center | $78.8M | 113 | $697.7K |
| Internal Medicine | $68.2M | 1.1K | $64.6K |
| Ambulance Service Provider | $60.8M | 162 | $375.1K |
| Physical Therapist in Private Practice | $56.9M | 1.9K | $30.5K |
| Physician Assistant | $55.6M | 2.3K | $24.3K |
| Diagnostic Radiology | $51.4M | 563 | $91.3K |
| Clinical Laboratory | $42.2M | 68 | $620.8K |
| Dermatology | $39.0M | 238 | $163.9K |
| Hematology-Oncology | $37.0M | 102 | $363.2K |
| Orthopedic Surgery | $36.5M | 407 | $89.7K |
| Rheumatology | $31.4M | 76 | $412.8K |
| All Other Suppliers | $27.4M | 1 | $27.4M |
| Emergency Medicine | $24.0M | 883 | $27.2K |
| Podiatry | $22.6M | 199 | $113.6K |
| Cardiology | $18.3M | 200 | $91.5K |
| Neurology | $18.2M | 261 | $69.6K |
| Radiation Oncology | $17.3M | 82 | $210.7K |
| Mass Immunizer Roster Biller | $17.1M | 370 | $46.2K |
| Medical Oncology | $16.3M | 75 | $217.2K |
| Urology | $15.3M | 151 | $101.5K |
| Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | $15.2M | 176 | $86.4K |
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.