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Washington vs California Medicare Spending

Side-by-side comparison of Medicare provider payments between Washington and California

Washington
California
Total Medicare Payments
$14.3B
$93.2B
↓ 84.6% difference
Total Providers
243.2K
838.7K
↓ 71.0% difference
Avg Payment per Provider
$58.8K
$111.1K
↓ 47.0% difference
Markup Ratio
3.53x
3.68x
↓ 4.2% difference
Total Services
380.6M
2.4B
↓ 84.0% difference
Avg Payment per Service
$69.57
$73.48
↓ 5.3% difference

Key Insights

  • •California has $78.9B more in total Medicare payments than Washington.
  • •Providers in California average $52.3K more per provider than Washington.
  • •California has a higher markup ratio (3.68x vs 3.53x), meaning providers charge more relative to what Medicare pays.

Flagged Providers in Washington

Laboratory Corporation Of America
Clinical Laboratory
$25.0M
Risk: 80
Incyte Pathology, P.S.
Clinical Laboratory
$3.2M
Risk: 78
Cost Less Senior Services Inc
Pharmacy
$663.6K
Risk: 78
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc
Clinical Laboratory
$10.6M
Risk: 77

Flagged Providers in California

Merry Taheri
Nurse Practitioner
$12.1M
Risk: 96
Som Kohanzadeh
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
$14.7M
Risk: 92
Unilab Corporation
Clinical Laboratory
$94.0M
Risk: 89
Cardionet, Llc.
Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF)
$112.2M
Risk: 88
Laboratory Corporation Of America
Clinical Laboratory
$59.8M
Risk: 86

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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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