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Florida Medicare Spending

Medicare provider payments and utilization data for Florida (FL)

🔎 Data Analysis

Florida received $80.4B in total Medicare provider payments across 10 years of data.

The top specialty by spending is Ophthalmology, accounting for $640.8M in payments across 1.2K providers.

In 2023, 77.0K providers were actively billing Medicare in Florida.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

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56 AI-Flagged Providers in Florida

Providers in this state flagged by the ML v2 fraud detection model

Michael HernandezInternal Medicine
95.1%
Jay BergerInternal Medicine
95.3%
Ingrid ZumaranInternal Medicine
94.1%
View all ML-flagged providers →
Total Payments (10yr)
$80.4B
+6.7% vs 2022
Active Providers (2023)
77.0K
286.7M services
Top Specialty
Ophthalmology
$640.8M total
Specialties
30
$115.4K per provider

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesProvidersYoY Change
2014$7.6B243.2M57.0K—
2015$7.7B244.0M59.3K+0.9%
2016$7.7B242.0M61.3K+1.1%
2017$7.7B242.4M63.4K-0.1%
2018$8.0B257.3M65.4K+3.5%
2019$8.4B269.5M68.2K+4.7%
2020$7.6B249.2M68.7K-8.8%
2021$8.4B257.5M71.9K+10.2%
2022$8.3B273.2M74.4K-1.2%
2023$8.9B286.7M77.0K+6.7%

Top Providers in Florida

#ProviderSpecialtyPaymentsServices
1Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories IncClinical Laboratory$107.1M8.8M
2Laboratory Corporation Of AmericaClinical Laboratory$47.4M4.1M
3Vaxcare CorporationCentralized Flu$45.5M628.8K
4Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories IncClinical Laboratory$42.2M3.5M
5All Family Pharmacy LlcPharmacy$30.5M2.6M
6Vra Enterprises, LlcPharmacy$26.6M2.3M
7Biogroup Laboratory CorpClinical Laboratory$24.8M75.8K
8Carlos Reyes ChouzaNurse Practitioner$23.2M23.3K
9Ez Rx Boynton Beach LlcPharmacy$23.1M2.0M
10Neogenomics Laboratories IncClinical Laboratory$20.9M191.9K
11Cap Diagnostics LlcClinical Laboratory$20.1M528.8K
12County Of Pinellas Board Of County CommissionersAmbulance Service Provider$19.2M353.8K
13Neil SandhuDermatology$18.3M40.2K
14Wilfredo BlasiniPathology$16.9M828.1K
15Apprise Diagnostics LlcClinical Laboratory$15.0M100.3K
16Quality Assured Services Inc.All Other Suppliers$14.5M12.4K
17Hematopathology Associates LlcClinical Laboratory$13.6M41.5K
18American Health S, LlcClinical Laboratory$13.6M3.7M
19Dynix DiagnostixClinical Laboratory$13.4M505.9K
20David CasperDermatology$13.4M47.5K
21Pro Diametrics CorpClinical Laboratory$12.8M62.1K
22Ryan OlsonPathology$12.8M747.5K
23Laboratory Of Florida LlcClinical Laboratory$12.2M1.8M
24Forensic Stat Laboratory IncClinical Laboratory$11.6M985.4K
25Reliable Results Labs IncClinical Laboratory$11.6M67.1K

Most Billed Procedures in Florida

CodeDescriptionPaymentsServicesProviders
99214Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes$819.2M9.4M32.8K
99213Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes$361.6M5.9M30.0K
99232Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes$228.7M3.7M13.1K
J0178Injection, aflibercept, 1 mg$204.4M296.8K250
99233Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes$200.0M2.1M10.0K
K1034Provision of covid-19 test, nonprescription self-administered and self-collected use, fda approved, authorized or cleared, one test count$198.2M17.0M2.9K
J9271Injection, pembrolizumab, 1 mg$167.0M3.9M208
99223Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes$138.6M1.0M11.1K
A0427Ambulance service, advanced life support, emergency transport, level 1 (als 1 - emergency)$135.6M348.2K157
99204New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes$133.3M1.2M19.0K
66984Removal of cataract with insertion of prosthetic lens$118.5M207.5K944
J0897Injection, denosumab, 1 mg$112.5M6.1M1.1K
99309Subsequent nursing facility care with moderate level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 30 minutes$96.9M1.3M2.2K
G0439Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit$96.3M812.2K7.2K
J2777Injection, faricimab-svoa, 0.1 mg$93.4M3.2M170
99215Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes$91.2M727.8K8.5K
99285Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making$84.2M594.1K3.9K
97110Therapy procedure using exercise to develop strength, endurance, range of motion, and flexibility, each 15 minutes$83.5M4.8M3.9K
88305Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity$81.6M2.0M978
99291Critical care, first 30-74 minutes$74.9M436.4K4.8K

Spending by Specialty

SpecialtyPaymentsProvidersAvg per Provider
Ophthalmology$640.8M1.2K$515.1K
Internal Medicine$640.5M6.3K$101.1K
Clinical Laboratory$605.3M215$2.8M
Nurse Practitioner$547.0M12.2K$44.8K
Family Practice$409.8M4.7K$87.6K
Ambulatory Surgical Center$407.3M459$887.4K
Hematology-Oncology$393.0M693$567.1K
Cardiology$392.3M1.5K$267.0K
Dermatology$386.4M1.0K$380.3K
Diagnostic Radiology$326.4M2.0K$160.4K
Ambulance Service Provider$258.9M184$1.4M
Rheumatology$222.2M344$646.1K
Orthopedic Surgery$203.9M1.4K$151.0K
Physician Assistant$200.3M5.7K$35.1K
Physical Therapist in Private Practice$197.4M3.1K$63.3K
Radiation Oncology$188.4M379$497.0K
Podiatry$151.7M1.2K$123.1K
Centralized Flu$143.2M1.7K$83.9K
Emergency Medicine$133.0M2.7K$48.4K
Pathology$132.2M698$189.3K
Neurology$116.7M1.1K$102.0K
Urology$113.8M702$162.1K
Gastroenterology$111.1M1.1K$102.4K
Interventional Cardiology$110.5M382$289.3K
Pulmonary Disease$108.5M711$152.6K

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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.