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North Carolina vs Virginia Medicare Spending

Side-by-side comparison of Medicare provider payments between North Carolina and Virginia

North Carolina
Virginia
Total Medicare Payments
$27.9B
$23.2B
↑ 20.2% difference
Total Providers
357.6K
264.2K
↑ 35.3% difference
Avg Payment per Provider
$78.0K
$87.8K
↓ 11.2% difference
Markup Ratio
3.77x
3.48x
↑ 8.2% difference
Total Services
895.1M
692.2M
↑ 29.3% difference
Avg Payment per Service
$74.09
$92.53
↓ 19.9% difference

Key Insights

  • •North Carolina has $4.7B more in total Medicare payments than Virginia.
  • •Providers in Virginia average $9.8K more per provider than North Carolina.
  • •North Carolina has a higher markup ratio (3.77x vs 3.48x), meaning providers charge more relative to what Medicare pays.

Flagged Providers in North Carolina

Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings
Clinical Laboratory
$214.6M
Risk: 89
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc
Clinical Laboratory
$14.6M
Risk: 77
Julia Schaefer-Cutillo
Hematology-Oncology
$4.0M
Risk: 74
Pathgroup Labs, Llc
Clinical Laboratory
$24.8M
Risk: 67
Richard Orlowski
Medical Oncology
$1.9M
Risk: 67

Flagged Providers in Virginia

Richard Ingram
Hematology
$1.7M
Risk: 75
Thomas Alberico
Hematology-Oncology
$3.5M
Risk: 74
Graham Watson
Internal Medicine
$1.8M
Risk: 73
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc
Clinical Laboratory
$3.9M
Risk: 70
Mark Kochenderfer
Hematology-Oncology
$2.5M
Risk: 70

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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