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Kentucky vs Tennessee Medicare Spending

Side-by-side comparison of Medicare provider payments between Kentucky and Tennessee

Kentucky
Tennessee
Total Medicare Payments
$10.7B
$20.4B
↓ 47.2% difference
Total Providers
160.1K
246.6K
↓ 35.1% difference
Avg Payment per Provider
$67.1K
$82.6K
↓ 18.7% difference
Markup Ratio
3.53x
3.90x
↓ 9.6% difference
Total Services
308.7M
687.7M
↓ 55.1% difference
Avg Payment per Service
$60.40
$64.78
↓ 6.8% difference

Key Insights

  • •Tennessee has $9.6B more in total Medicare payments than Kentucky.
  • •Providers in Tennessee average $15.4K more per provider than Kentucky.
  • •Tennessee has a higher markup ratio (3.90x vs 3.53x), meaning providers charge more relative to what Medicare pays.

Flagged Providers in Kentucky

Eric Vessels
Anesthesiology
$304.1K
Risk: 72
John Gardner
Anesthesiology
$266.2K
Risk: 72
Rodney Miller
Anesthesiology
$234.0K
Risk: 71

Flagged Providers in Tennessee

Shoals Ambulance Llc
Ambulance Service Provider
$11.1M
Risk: 79
Memphis Pathology Laboratory
Clinical Laboratory
$14.8M
Risk: 76
Laboratory Corporation Of America
Clinical Laboratory
$5.2M
Risk: 72
Val Vogt
Obstetrics & Gynecology
$390.6K
Risk: 71
Aegis Sciences Corporation
Clinical Laboratory
$34.5M
Risk: 68

Explore Individual States

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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

Note: All data is from publicly available Medicare records. OpenMedicare is an independent journalism project not affiliated with CMS.

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