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Mississippi Medicare Spending

Medicare provider payments and utilization data for Mississippi (MS)

🔎 Data Analysis

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.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

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5 AI-Flagged Providers in Mississippi

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

Willie LucasInternal Medicine
95.5%
John DegrooteEndocrinology
93.6%
Robert ColemanFamily Practice
91.4%
View all ML-flagged providers →
Total Payments (10yr)
$8.6B
+4.6% vs 2022
Active Providers (2023)
9.5K
26.5M services
Top Specialty
Nurse Practitioner
$123.4M total
Specialties
30
$100.3K per provider

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesProvidersYoY Change
2014$733.6M22.2M7.6K—
2015$776.1M24.6M7.9K+5.8%
2016$802.3M25.5M8.1K+3.4%
2017$836.4M27.1M8.5K+4.3%
2018$895.5M28.0M8.8K+7.1%
2019$953.7M28.8M8.9K+6.5%
2020$840.7M26.6M9.0K-11.8%
2021$921.2M26.4M9.2K+9.6%
2022$910.9M25.4M9.4K-1.1%
2023$952.8M26.5M9.5K+4.6%

Top Providers in Mississippi

#ProviderSpecialtyPaymentsServices
1Madison Physician Surgery Center, LlcAmbulatory Surgical Center$12.3M6.7K
2Wright LautenOphthalmology$11.8M87.4K
3Guangzhi QuHematology-Oncology$9.1M551.7K
4Scott MartinFamily Practice$9.0M10.8K
5Pafford Emergency Medical Services, IncAmbulance Service Provider$8.6M303.1K
6Mobile Medic Ambulance Service IncAmbulance Service Provider$7.9M298.5K
7Sog Surgery Center LlcAmbulatory Surgical Center$7.5M3.2K
8Joel HerringOphthalmology$5.6M20.2K
9James BrownOphthalmology$5.4M21.6K
10Aaa Ambulance ServiceAmbulance Service Provider$5.2M223.1K
11Srs 2 LlcClinical Laboratory$5.2M438.2K
12Tammy YoungHematology-Oncology$5.1M334.4K
13Proteus Genomics, LlcClinical Laboratory$4.8M138.4K
14North Mississippi Ground Ambulance, LlcAmbulance Service Provider$4.7M191.2K
15Southern Surgery Center, LlcAmbulatory Surgical Center$4.7M4.6K
16Metro Ambulance Service Rural IncAmbulance Service Provider$4.6M193.4K
17Shannon WeathersNurse Practitioner$4.6M6.7K
18Hattiesburg Clinic PaAmbulatory Surgical Center$4.5M18.7K
19Michael BorneOphthalmology$4.5M19.4K
20Lori CaseNurse Practitioner$4.2M5.4K
21Justin BakerHematology-Oncology$4.1M232.8K
22Jaime Jimenez AgostoOphthalmology$3.7M68.0K
23Covenant LaboratoriesClinical Laboratory$3.6M56.3K
24Mae Physicians Surgery Center, LlcAmbulatory Surgical Center$3.4M2.5K
25Amanda FowlerRheumatology$3.4M384.9K

Most Billed Procedures in Mississippi

CodeDescriptionPaymentsServicesProviders
99214Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes$90.0M1.2M4.1K
99213Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes$41.3M801.9K4.0K
A0427Ambulance service, advanced life support, emergency transport, level 1 (als 1 - emergency)$21.5M58.8K25
66984Removal of cataract with insertion of prosthetic lens$21.3M45.1K235
99233Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes$21.0M242.1K972
J0178Injection, aflibercept, 1 mg$20.8M30.4K21
Q4236Carepatch, per square centimeter$20.3M19.4K17
99232Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes$19.2M337.6K1.5K
A0425Ground mileage, per statute mile$14.7M1.8M27
27447Replacement of knee joint, both sides of knee$14.5M6.7K88
97110Therapy procedure using exercise to develop strength, endurance, range of motion, and flexibility, each 15 minutes$14.4M874.8K707
99285Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making$12.8M97.1K547
99223Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes$12.7M101.7K1.2K
99204New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes$12.6M124.9K2.2K
J9271Injection, pembrolizumab, 1 mg$12.1M288.0K12
G0439Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit$11.6M101.6K808
J2778Injection, ranibizumab, 0.1 mg$11.4M63.9K9
J0897Injection, denosumab, 1 mg$10.9M602.4K114
Q4205Membrane graft or membrane wrap, per square centimeter$10.2M9.0K12
Q4217Woundfix, biowound, woundfix plus, biowound plus, woundfix xplus or biowound xplus, per square centimeter$9.8M10.0K6

Spending by Specialty

SpecialtyPaymentsProvidersAvg per Provider
Nurse Practitioner$123.4M2.8K$43.9K
Ambulatory Surgical Center$97.6M72$1.4M
Ophthalmology$70.9M124$572.0K
Internal Medicine$65.3M577$113.2K
Family Practice$64.2M629$102.1K
Ambulance Service Provider$60.2M42$1.4M
Hematology-Oncology$35.7M54$660.3K
Physical Therapist in Private Practice$31.0M585$52.9K
Cardiology$30.7M107$287.1K
Clinical Laboratory$27.8M23$1.2M
Diagnostic Radiology$22.9M170$134.7K
Orthopedic Surgery$22.9M167$137.1K
Interventional Cardiology$21.6M50$432.9K
Dermatology$20.9M64$326.8K
Emergency Medicine$20.1M369$54.5K
Urology$16.0M66$242.7K
Rheumatology$15.2M30$506.6K
Gastroenterology$14.8M98$150.9K
Nephrology$12.8M75$170.3K
Pulmonary Disease$10.5M73$143.9K
Optometry$10.4M291$35.8K
Physician Assistant$10.1M226$44.6K
Neurology$9.4M76$123.7K
Mass Immunizer Roster Biller$8.7M243$35.6K
General Surgery$7.7M164$47.1K

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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.