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29879 nationwide CY2024

Medicare Part B FFS · CY2024 · as published by CMS

29879 — Repair of knee joint with drilling and or scraping of joint using an endoscope

Billing groups
39
Named-group FFS services
931
FFS of Medicare
49%
Services YoY
-18.5%
FFS enrollment -2.2%
Estimated all-Medicare volume FFS + estimated MA estimate
~1,874 services

931 observed fee-for-service (50%) · ~943 estimated Medicare Advantage. Scaled from the observed floor by each state’s fee-for-service share (FFS share as of 2024) — scaled estimate — assumes MA utilization mirrors FFS; not an observation. How we scale

Top states — 29879 (CY2024)

Disclosed Medicare fee-for-service services by billing state; open a bar for that state's ranked market.

Named-group submitted charges
$2.3M
Named-group allowed amount
$536K
Named-group Medicare payments
$425K
Avg charge / svc
$2,454
Avg allowed / svc
$576
Avg payment / svc
$457
Average charge per group
$866 39 groups · avg submitted charge / service $4,500
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Physician groups ranked by 29879 services, CY2024
#Physician group City St Specialty Providers 29879 svcs Submitted charges Avg charge Medicare $ locked column Share* Phone
1 ORTHOPEDICS AND SPORTS MEDICINE LTD LAS VEGAS NV ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY 4 108 $388,800 $3,600 premium 25.8% (702) 933-9393
2 ORTHOPAEDIC CENTER PC TULSA OK PHYSICAL THERAPIST IN PRIVATE PRACTICE 19 74 $111,814 $1,511 premium 70.5% (918) 582-6800
3 COLLIER SPORTS MEDICINE AND ORTHOPAEDIC CENTER PA NAPLES FL PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 4 72 $75,720 $1,052 premium 13.7% 2395933500206
4 HH HEALTH SYSTEM - THE ORTHOPAEDIC CENTER LLC HUNTSVILLE AL PHYSICAL THERAPIST IN PRIVATE PRACTICE 175 61 $238,043 $3,902 premium 100.0% (256) 539-2728
5 ALPINE ORTHOPEDICS AND SPORTS MEDICINE BOZEMAN MT ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY 9 55 $103,820 $1,888 premium 57.3% (406) 586-8029
6 PRECISION ORTHOPEDICS AND SPORTS MEDICINE LAUREL MD ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY 41 27 $39,659 $1,469 premium 29.7% (301) 498-0383
7 ORTHOPEDIC CENTER OF FLORIDA, INC FORT MYERS FL PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 49 24 $90,889 $3,787 premium 4.6% (239) 482-2663
8 SOUTHEAST ORTHOPEDIC SPECIALISTS LLC JACKSONVILLE FL PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 143 24 $98,400 $4,100 premium 4.6% (904) 634-0640
9 RIO ORTHOPEDICS AND SPORTS MEDICINE, PLLC NORTH RICHLAND HILLS TX ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY 3 23 $46,115 $2,005 premium 7.1%
10 PRAIRIE ORTHOPAEDIC AND PLASTIC SURGERY PC LINCOLN NE PHYSICAL THERAPIST IN PRIVATE PRACTICE 22 23 $47,070 $2,047 premium 65.7% (402) 489-4700
11 ROPER SAINT FRANCIS PHYSICIANS NETWORK CHARLESTON SC PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 539 22 $44,726 $2,033 premium 41.5% (843) 720-8448
12 CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC TYLER TX NURSE PRACTITIONER 1495 22 $51,708 $2,350 premium 6.8% (903) 606-5560
13 BEACH CITIES ORTHOPEDICS AND SPORTS MEDICINE MANHATTAN BEACH CA PHYSICAL THERAPIST IN PRIVATE PRACTICE 34 20 $74,003 $3,700 premium 14.0% (310) 546-3461
14 PIKEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER INC PIKEVILLE KY NURSE PRACTITIONER 435 20 $37,480 $1,874 premium 62.5%
15 ELITE ORTHOPAEDICS OF IRVING PLLC DENTON TX PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 55 20 $60,410 $3,020 premium 6.2% (940) 384-3535
16 TRIEU T TRAN MD INC WESTMINSTER CA ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY 2 18 $26,550 $1,475 premium 12.6% (714) 893-6008
17 MCLAREN PORT HURON PORT HURON MI THORACIC SURGERY 49 17 $59,216 $3,483 premium 53.1% (810) 985-2663
18 PROVIDENCE MEDICAL INSTITUTE TORRANCE CA INTERNAL MEDICINE 339 16 $31,328 $1,958 premium 11.2% (310) 303-7496
19 BEACON ORTHOPAEDICS AND SPORTS MEDICINE LTD CINCINNATI OH PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 468 16 $29,120 $1,820 premium 20.8% (513) 354-3700
20 MENDELSON ORTHOPEDICS PC LIVONIA MI PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 72 15 $48,780 $3,252 premium 46.9% (734) 542-0200
21 PREMIER HEALTH SPECIALISTS INC DAYTON OH PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 574 15 $39,075 $2,605 premium 19.5%
22 ORTHOUNITED, INC. CANTON OH PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 85 14 $23,100 $1,650 premium 18.2% (330) 492-9200
23 PRISMA HEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL GROUP GREENVILLE SC NURSE PRACTITIONER 2447 14 $35,798 $2,557 premium 26.4%
24 ORTHOPEDIC AND FRACTURE CLINIC PA MERIDIAN WA PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 6 14 $38,276 $2,734 premium 100.0% (208) 459-4511
25 MINIVASIVE PAIN SPECIALISTS,PLLC HOUSTON TX NURSE PRACTITIONER 27 14 $26,138 $1,867 premium 4.3% (346) 800-6001
26 THE ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE, PA GAINESVILLE FL PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 115 14 $38,808 $2,772 premium 2.7% (352) 336-6000
27 PROFESSIONAL ORTHOPEDICS MEDICAL ASSOCIATES A PROF MEDICAL CORP WEST HILLS CA ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY 3 14 $12,124 $866 premium 9.8% (818) 888-2855
28 DESERT ORTHOPAEDIC CENTER LTD LAS VEGAS NV PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 102 13 $58,500 $4,500 premium 3.1% (702) 731-1616
29 NORTHEAST ORTHOPAEDIC ALLIANCE PLLC CONCORD MA PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 268 13 $45,500 $3,500 premium 43.3% (603) 883-0091
30 PERFORMANCE ORTHOPAEDICS AND SPORTS MEDICINE, P.A. FRISCO TX PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 5 13 $25,220 $1,940 premium 4.0% (972) 963-3333
31 BON SECOURS MEDICAL GROUP RICHMOND SPECIALTY CARE LLC RICHMOND VA NURSE PRACTITIONER 352 12 $22,032 $1,836 premium 38.7% (804) 764-6000
32 ALTA ORTHOPAEDIC MEDICAL GROUP INC SANTA BARBARA CA PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 22 12 $33,600 $2,800 premium 8.4% (805) 963-9377
33 ADVANCED ORTHOPAEDIC AND REHABILITATION LLC WASHINGTON PA PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 12 12 $28,440 $2,370 premium 46.2% (724) 225-8657
34 MSK GROUP PC MEMPHIS TN ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY 141 12 $29,436 $2,453 premium 31.6% (901) 641-3000
35 HOLY NAME PRIMARY CARE AND SPECIALTY ASSOCIATES PC TEANECK NJ PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 34 12 $30,950 $2,579 premium 100.0% (201) 833-3000
36 BEACON ORTHOPAEDICS AND SPORTS MEDICINE LTD CINCINNATI KY PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 468 12 $21,840 $1,820 premium 37.5% (513) 354-3700
37 GOLDEN STATE ORTHOPEDICS AND SPINE WALNUT CREEK CA ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY 190 11 $25,465 $2,315 premium 7.7% (925) 939-8585
38 KALISPELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER INC KALISPELL MT PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 414 11 $16,775 $1,525 premium 11.5% (406) 751-6725
39 PRECISION ORTHOPEDICS AND SPORTS MEDICINE IRVING TX ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY 14 11 $14,341 $1,304 premium 3.4% 97243846361117
40 LAKESHORE BONE AND JOINT INSTITUTE, PC CHESTERTON IN PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 85 11 $15,191 $1,381 premium 29.7% (219) 921-1444

*Share of the state's disclosed Medicare-FFS services for the primary code, counted once per clinician. "St" is the state the volume was billed from: a group appears in each state where its clinicians bill Medicare, with that state's volume and share ("City" is the group's registered location). Group figures sum clinicians affiliated with exactly one group; clinicians in several groups are listed in each group's drill-down but not volume-attributed to any single group, so shares reflect attributable volume. See Methods.

Comparing against an all-payer estimate?

These are exact counts from Medicare fee-for-service claims — roughly a third to half of most procedure markets, depending on payer mix. Modeled all-payer databases project the remainder statistically; we publish the audited floor and label it as such. Same market, different denominator. How the numbers reconcile →