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Iowa Medicare Spending

Medicare provider payments and utilization data for Iowa (IA)

🔎 Data Analysis

Iowa received $7.1B in total Medicare provider payments across 10 years of data.

The top specialty by spending is Ophthalmology, accounting for $106.5M in payments across 144 providers.

In 2023, 12.0K providers were actively billing Medicare in Iowa.

Annual Medicare spending grew 21% from 2014 to 2023.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Total Payments (10yr)
$7.1B
+3.2% vs 2022
Active Providers (2023)
12.0K
22.4M services
Top Specialty
Ophthalmology
$106.5M total
Specialties
30
$63.9K per provider

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesProvidersYoY Change
2014$634.6M18.5M10.3K—
2015$680.5M20.1M10.6K+7.2%
2016$663.8M19.8M10.8K-2.4%
2017$696.9M20.1M11.1K+5.0%
2018$713.9M20.4M11.4K+2.4%
2019$730.3M21.2M11.6K+2.3%
2020$666.5M19.4M11.4K-8.7%
2021$782.2M22.2M11.7K+17.4%
2022$741.4M21.4M11.9K-5.2%
2023$764.8M22.4M12.0K+3.2%

Top Providers in Iowa

#ProviderSpecialtyPaymentsServices
1Thomas BurokerMedical Oncology$9.4M577.3K
2Kyle AllimanOphthalmology$8.7M195.8K
3Alex KartvelishviliOphthalmology$8.1M183.5K
4Paul BoekeOphthalmology$7.1M76.1K
5Austin StrohbehnOphthalmology$5.8M118.6K
6Robert BehrensMedical Oncology$5.2M322.0K
7Michael WadzinskiOphthalmology$4.8M70.1K
8Matthew McknightPodiatry$4.7M6.9K
9Jared NielsenOphthalmology$4.4M109.0K
10Wolfe Surgery Center, LlcAmbulatory Surgical Center$4.1M5.5K
11James SingerOphthalmology$4.1M108.0K
12Peter BrachaOphthalmology$4.0M87.3K
13Christopher HaupertOphthalmology$3.9M112.6K
14David MassopOphthalmology$3.9M95.3K
15Spring Park Surgery Center L L CAmbulatory Surgical Center$3.8M14.6K
16Todd HeilskovOphthalmology$3.8M77.0K
17David SaggauOphthalmology$3.4M51.5K
18Venkatesh RudrapatnaHematology-Oncology$3.4M278.5K
19Kenny RodriguezOtolaryngology$3.2M31.1K
20Sreenath KodaliHematology-Oncology$3.2M225.1K
21Central Iowa Hospital CorporationClinical Laboratory$3.0M236.2K
22Chris WattsOphthalmology$2.7M18.9K
23Leonardo AntarisOphthalmology$2.6M10.7K
24Donald WenderHematology-Oncology$2.6M130.5K
25Ravi PanditOphthalmology$2.5M50.1K

Most Billed Procedures in Iowa

CodeDescriptionPaymentsServicesProviders
99214Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes$67.7M925.0K4.7K
J2777Injection, faricimab-svoa, 0.1 mg$38.1M1.3M23
99213Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes$37.7M727.6K4.7K
J0178Injection, aflibercept, 1 mg$30.4M44.2K40
J9271Injection, pembrolizumab, 1 mg$24.4M571.1K27
66984Removal of cataract with insertion of prosthetic lens$17.3M51.6K343
99232Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes$16.2M283.0K1.7K
J0897Injection, denosumab, 1 mg$14.0M767.1K189
G0439Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit$13.8M119.1K1.1K
98941Chiropractic manipulative treatment, 3-4 spinal regions$13.5M523.9K945
A0427Ambulance service, advanced life support, emergency transport, level 1 (als 1 - emergency)$12.0M31.3K143
92014Established patient complete exam of visual system$10.0M136.2K504
99233Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes$9.5M108.4K905
97110Therapy procedure using exercise to develop strength, endurance, range of motion, and flexibility, each 15 minutes$9.4M556.0K986
99204New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes$9.3M92.4K1.9K
91320Sarscv2 vac 30mcg trs-suc im$9.2M71.9K458
91322Sarscov2 vac 50 mcg/0.5ml im$8.8M62.2K583
99285Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making$8.6M69.1K502
90694Influenza vaccine, quadrivalent inactivated, 0.5 ml dosage$8.4M111.3K570
97530Therapy procedure using functional activities$8.1M340.7K843

Spending by Specialty

SpecialtyPaymentsProvidersAvg per Provider
Ophthalmology$106.5M144$739.5K
Family Practice$62.4M1.1K$58.5K
Nurse Practitioner$49.0M2.0K$24.6K
Ambulatory Surgical Center$35.5M27$1.3M
Mass Immunizer Roster Biller$33.9M406$83.5K
Ambulance Service Provider$30.2M232$130.3K
Physical Therapist in Private Practice$29.7M909$32.7K
Diagnostic Radiology$28.8M246$117.2K
Hematology-Oncology$28.7M51$563.0K
Internal Medicine$27.7M371$74.6K
Medical Oncology$27.2M40$680.4K
Physician Assistant$23.1M926$24.9K
Rheumatology$20.1M39$515.8K
Orthopedic Surgery$19.1M190$100.3K
Optometry$18.1M451$40.2K
Chiropractic$16.1M1.0K$15.6K
Cardiology$15.7M121$129.6K
Podiatry$15.3M168$91.1K
Dermatology$15.0M75$200.3K
Emergency Medicine$11.0M314$35.1K
Hospitalist$10.1M193$52.6K
Nephrology$9.5M63$150.2K
Urology$9.4M75$125.8K
Interventional Cardiology$8.3M49$168.9K
Otolaryngology$8.2M87$94.5K

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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.