Medicare provider payments and utilization data for Mississippi (MS)
Mississippi received $8.6B in total Medicare provider payments across 10 years of data.
The top specialty by spending is Nurse Practitioner, accounting for $123.4M in payments across 2.8K providers.
In 2023, 9.5K providers were actively billing Medicare in Mississippi.
Annual Medicare spending grew 30% from 2014 to 2023.
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| Year | Payments | Services | Providers | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $733.6M | 22.2M | 7.6K | — |
| 2015 | $776.1M | 24.6M | 7.9K | +5.8% |
| 2016 | $802.3M | 25.5M | 8.1K | +3.4% |
| 2017 | $836.4M | 27.1M | 8.5K | +4.3% |
| 2018 | $895.5M | 28.0M | 8.8K | +7.1% |
| 2019 | $953.7M | 28.8M | 8.9K | +6.5% |
| 2020 | $840.7M | 26.6M | 9.0K | -11.8% |
| 2021 | $921.2M | 26.4M | 9.2K | +9.6% |
| 2022 | $910.9M | 25.4M | 9.4K | -1.1% |
| 2023 | $952.8M | 26.5M | 9.5K | +4.6% |
| Code | Description | Payments | Services | Providers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | $90.0M | 1.2M | 4.1K |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | $41.3M | 801.9K | 4.0K |
| A0427 | Ambulance service, advanced life support, emergency transport, level 1 (als 1 - emergency) | $21.5M | 58.8K | 25 |
| 66984 | Removal of cataract with insertion of prosthetic lens | $21.3M | 45.1K | 235 |
| 99233 | Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes | $21.0M | 242.1K | 972 |
| J0178 | Injection, aflibercept, 1 mg | $20.8M | 30.4K | 21 |
| Q4236 | Carepatch, per square centimeter | $20.3M | 19.4K | 17 |
| 99232 | Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes | $19.2M | 337.6K | 1.5K |
| A0425 | Ground mileage, per statute mile | $14.7M | 1.8M | 27 |
| 27447 | Replacement of knee joint, both sides of knee | $14.5M | 6.7K | 88 |
| 97110 | Therapy procedure using exercise to develop strength, endurance, range of motion, and flexibility, each 15 minutes | $14.4M | 874.8K | 707 |
| 99285 | Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | $12.8M | 97.1K | 547 |
| 99223 | Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes | $12.7M | 101.7K | 1.2K |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | $12.6M | 124.9K | 2.2K |
| J9271 | Injection, pembrolizumab, 1 mg | $12.1M | 288.0K | 12 |
| G0439 | Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit | $11.6M | 101.6K | 808 |
| J2778 | Injection, ranibizumab, 0.1 mg | $11.4M | 63.9K | 9 |
| J0897 | Injection, denosumab, 1 mg | $10.9M | 602.4K | 114 |
| Q4205 | Membrane graft or membrane wrap, per square centimeter | $10.2M | 9.0K | 12 |
| Q4217 | Woundfix, biowound, woundfix plus, biowound plus, woundfix xplus or biowound xplus, per square centimeter | $9.8M | 10.0K | 6 |
| Specialty | Payments | Providers | Avg per Provider |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse Practitioner | $123.4M | 2.8K | $43.9K |
| Ambulatory Surgical Center | $97.6M | 72 | $1.4M |
| Ophthalmology | $70.9M | 124 | $572.0K |
| Internal Medicine | $65.3M | 577 | $113.2K |
| Family Practice | $64.2M | 629 | $102.1K |
| Ambulance Service Provider | $60.2M | 42 | $1.4M |
| Hematology-Oncology | $35.7M | 54 | $660.3K |
| Physical Therapist in Private Practice | $31.0M | 585 | $52.9K |
| Cardiology | $30.7M | 107 | $287.1K |
| Clinical Laboratory | $27.8M | 23 | $1.2M |
| Diagnostic Radiology | $22.9M | 170 | $134.7K |
| Orthopedic Surgery | $22.9M | 167 | $137.1K |
| Interventional Cardiology | $21.6M | 50 | $432.9K |
| Dermatology | $20.9M | 64 | $326.8K |
| Emergency Medicine | $20.1M | 369 | $54.5K |
| Urology | $16.0M | 66 | $242.7K |
| Rheumatology | $15.2M | 30 | $506.6K |
| Gastroenterology | $14.8M | 98 | $150.9K |
| Nephrology | $12.8M | 75 | $170.3K |
| Pulmonary Disease | $10.5M | 73 | $143.9K |
| Optometry | $10.4M | 291 | $35.8K |
| Physician Assistant | $10.1M | 226 | $44.6K |
| Neurology | $9.4M | 76 | $123.7K |
| Mass Immunizer Roster Biller | $8.7M | 243 | $35.6K |
| General Surgery | $7.7M | 164 | $47.1K |
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.