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Hawaii Medicare Spending

Medicare provider payments and utilization data for Hawaii (HI)

🔎 Data Analysis

Hawaii received $2.0B in total Medicare provider payments across 10 years of data.

The top specialty by spending is Ophthalmology, accounting for $22.8M in payments across 109 providers.

In 2023, 4.0K providers were actively billing Medicare in Hawaii.

Annual Medicare spending grew 27% from 2014 to 2023.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

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2 AI-Flagged Providers in Hawaii

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

Victoria WangAllergy/Immunology
91.8%
Christopher DubuqueInternal Medicine
91.9%
View all ML-flagged providers →
Total Payments (10yr)
$2.0B
+3.8% vs 2022
Active Providers (2023)
4.0K
5.9M services
Top Specialty
Ophthalmology
$22.8M total
Specialties
30
$55.7K per provider

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesProvidersYoY Change
2014$175.7M4.6M3.1K—
2015$192.2M4.9M3.2K+9.3%
2016$183.5M4.9M3.3K-4.5%
2017$187.3M5.1M3.5K+2.1%
2018$192.6M5.3M3.5K+2.8%
2019$199.1M5.5M3.6K+3.4%
2020$184.4M4.8M3.6K-7.4%
2021$219.2M5.7M3.9K+18.9%
2022$214.2M5.7M3.9K-2.3%
2023$222.4M5.9M4.0K+3.8%

Top Providers in Hawaii

#ProviderSpecialtyPaymentsServices
1Diagnostic Laboratory Services, IncClinical Laboratory$10.5M1.0M
2Clinical Laboratories Of Hawaii LlpClinical Laboratory$5.0M466.4K
3Ken ArakawaRheumatology$3.8M310.7K
4City And County Of HonoluluAmbulance Service Provider$3.3M40.3K
5Emergency Medical Services System Hawaii Dept Of HealthAmbulance Service Provider$3.1M67.9K
6Claudia HootenOphthalmology$2.6M21.3K
7Honolulu Imaging Center, LlcIndependent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)$2.6M102.5K
8The Surgical Suites LlcAmbulatory Surgical Center$2.0M6.8K
9Pacific Asc LlcAmbulatory Surgical Center$1.9M2.1K
10Raymond WeeOphthalmology$1.5M19.6K
11Amr El-SerganyVascular Surgery$1.5M3.0K
12James LaiOphthalmology$1.4M21.3K
13Specialty Surgical Suites, LlcAmbulatory Surgical Center$1.3M353
14International Life Support IncAmbulance Service Provider$1.2M31.0K
15Eugene NgOphthalmology$1.1M15.5K
16Daniel DriscollOphthalmology$1.1M12.2K
17Hawaii Vision Surgical Suites LlcAmbulatory Surgical Center$1.1M1.7K
18Anna ParlinOphthalmology$1.0M15.3K
19Gregg KokameOphthalmology$991.7K8.3K
20Wendell DanforthOphthalmology$974.5K13.6K
21Sarah ReadOphthalmology$939.4K12.0K
22James MutoCardiology$937.3K11.9K
23Sherleen Mohamdi-OsmanInternal Medicine$929.0K3.6K
24Oleksandr PishchalenkoInternal Medicine$899.6K7.1K
25Christopher LumPathology$842.1K13.7K

Most Billed Procedures in Hawaii

CodeDescriptionPaymentsServicesProviders
99214Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes$21.9M273.1K1.4K
99213Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes$12.3M210.3K1.5K
66984Removal of cataract with insertion of prosthetic lens$6.2M9.6K70
J0178Injection, aflibercept, 1 mg$5.6M8.3K16
97110Therapy procedure using exercise to develop strength, endurance, range of motion, and flexibility, each 15 minutes$5.4M282.5K457
99233Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes$5.1M54.4K315
92014Established patient complete exam of visual system$5.0M58.0K221
A0427Ambulance service, advanced life support, emergency transport, level 1 (als 1 - emergency)$4.7M10.6K3
99215Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes$4.2M34.4K375
99232Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes$3.4M54.5K392
99204New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes$3.3M29.8K628
91322Sarscov2 vac 50 mcg/0.5ml im$3.0M20.8K90
K1034Provision of covid-19 test, nonprescription self-administered and self-collected use, fda approved, authorized or cleared, one test count$3.0M271.9K101
99291Critical care, first 30-74 minutes$2.9M17.2K275
99285Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making$2.8M21.2K192
90960Dialysis services, 4 or more physician visits per month (20 years or older)$2.3M8.6K33
99223Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes$2.3M17.6K336
J2777Injection, faricimab-svoa, 0.1 mg$2.3M79.2K13
97140Therapy procedure using manual technique, each 15 minutes$2.1M128.8K358
G0439Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit$2.1M19.7K261

Spending by Specialty

SpecialtyPaymentsProvidersAvg per Provider
Ophthalmology$22.8M109$209.2K
Internal Medicine$18.6M426$43.7K
Clinical Laboratory$16.0M12$1.3M
Physical Therapist in Private Practice$12.5M452$27.7K
Mass Immunizer Roster Biller$11.9M93$127.5K
Ambulatory Surgical Center$11.4M20$568.6K
Ambulance Service Provider$10.1M9$1.1M
Family Practice$8.3M291$28.4K
Diagnostic Radiology$7.9M111$71.1K
Dermatology$7.6M58$131.7K
Cardiology$7.2M61$118.0K
Nurse Practitioner$6.5M381$17.2K
Rheumatology$6.1M15$407.2K
Emergency Medicine$5.6M214$26.0K
Optometry$4.8M168$28.8K
Radiation Oncology$4.4M20$219.3K
Orthopedic Surgery$4.2M64$65.2K
Nephrology$4.0M42$96.1K
Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)$3.8M7$538.4K
Hospitalist$3.2M109$29.5K
Pathology$2.8M44$64.6K
Vascular Surgery$2.8M15$187.9K
Physician Assistant$2.8M174$16.0K
Neurology$2.8M45$61.7K
Podiatry$2.2M38$59.0K

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  • • 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.