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Nationwide CY2024

Medicare Part B FFS · CY2024 · as published by CMS
32551 Removal of fluid from between lung and chest cavity CPT · Other Organ Systems procedure
Classification Procedure Other Organ Systems (CMS RBCS)
First observed 2013 — start of our 12-year window; the code predates it
National scale 1,330 services ▲ 16.4% YoY · 1,203 beneficiaries (CY2024, Medicare FFS)
Medicare paid $148K · $111.38 avg / service, national
CMS descriptor · RBCS classification · Medicare Part B physician/supplier claims, 12-year window
Billing groups
38
Named-group FFS services
716
FFS of Medicare
49%
Services YoY
+16.4%
FFS enrollment -2.2%
Estimated all-Medicare volume FFS + estimated MA estimate
~1,399 services

716 observed fee-for-service (51%) · ~683 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 — 32551 (CY2024)

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

Named-group submitted charges
$350K
Named-group allowed amount
$101K
Named-group Medicare payments
$81K
Avg charge / svc
$489
Avg allowed / svc
$142
Avg payment / svc
$113
Average charge per group
$230 38 groups · avg submitted charge / service $1,500
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Physician groups ranked by 32551 services, highest first, CY2024
# Physician group activate to sort City activate to sort St activate to sort Specialty activate to sort Providers activate to sort 32551 svcs sorted descending — activate to reverse Submitted charges activate to sort Avg charge activate to sort Medicare $ locked column Share* activate to sort Phone
1 CHI ST VINCENT MEDICAL GROUP HOT SPRINGS HOT SPRINGS AR NURSE PRACTITIONER 192 75 $25,600 $341 premium 58.6%
2 ARKANSAS LUNG CENTER PLLC FORT SMITH AR NURSE PRACTITIONER 4 37 $10,434 $282 premium 28.9% (479) 208-4601
3 WEST FLORIDA CARDIOLOGY NETWORK, LLC SAINT PETERSBURG MD PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 84 33 $19,008 $576 premium 55.9%
4 HALIFAX HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS INC DAYTONA BCH FL NURSE PRACTITIONER 337 33 $13,629 $413 premium 24.6% (386) 254-4000
5 LONG ISLAND THORACIC SURGERY P.C. LYNBROOK NY GENERAL SURGERY 2 25 $10,712 $428 premium 24.3% (516) 255-5013
6 BERKSHIRE FACULTY SERVICES INC PITTSFIELD MA PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 276 25 $14,300 $572 premium 50.0% (413) 447-2695
7 BERKSHIRE FACULTY SERVICES INC PITTSFIELD UT PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 276 23 $13,156 $572 premium 100.0% (413) 447-2695
8 TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK NEW YORK NY NURSE PRACTITIONER 2273 21 $22,360 $1,065 premium 20.4% (212) 305-8559
9 REGIONAL CLINICS OF LONGVIEW LONGVIEW TX NURSE PRACTITIONER 36 21 $9,093 $433 premium 19.4% (903) 757-6042
10 MERCY HEALTH PHYSICIANS LIMA SPECIALTY CARE LLC LIMA OH NURSE PRACTITIONER 251 21 $6,048 $288 premium 61.8% (419) 227-3361
11 MIDWEST PULMONARY CRITICAL CARE AND SLEEP CONSULTANTS LLC PALOS HEIGHTS IL PULMONARY DISEASE 33 20 $11,000 $550 premium 100.0% (708) 371-8006
12 FACULTY PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS OF LLUSM LOMA LINDA CA DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY 1317 20 $10,530 $526 premium 10.3%
13 UT METHODIST PHYSICIANS LLC MEMPHIS TN NURSE PRACTITIONER 125 19 $5,544 $292 premium 27.5%
14 USC CARE MEDICAL GROUP INC LOS ANGELES CA DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY 1374 18 $11,520 $640 premium 9.3% (800) 872-2273
15 MCLEOD PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES II FLORENCE SC PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 534 16 $6,776 $424 premium 100.0%
16 SOUTH TEXAS PULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE ASSOCIATES CORPUS CHRISTI TX PULMONARY DISEASE 2 16 $4,056 $254 premium 14.8% (361) 884-2687
17 OWENSBORO HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP INC OWENSBORO KY NURSE PRACTITIONER 467 16 $8,384 $524 premium 32.0%
18 SOUTHEASTERN PHYSICIAN SERVICES PC MEMPHIS TN INTERNAL MEDICINE 618 16 $8,254 $516 premium 23.2% (901) 226-5000
19 CHRISTUS TRINITY CLINIC TYLER TX NURSE PRACTITIONER 1495 15 $7,845 $523 premium 13.9% (903) 606-5560
20 SURGICAL ASSOCIATES CHARTERED CAMP SPRINGS MD GENERAL SURGERY 8 15 $5,100 $340 premium 25.4% (240) 427-1630
21 INTENSIVE CARE CONSORTIUM INC NASHVILLE MA NURSE PRACTITIONER 475 14 $8,980 $641 premium 28.0% (561) 997-0821
22 SSM MEDICAL GROUP INC SAINT LOUIS MO NURSE PRACTITIONER 547 13 $6,136 $472 premium 35.1% (314) 645-6450
23 METHODIST ASSOCIATES IN HEALTHCARE, INC PHILADELPHIA PA DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY 398 13 $6,370 $490 premium 50.0% (215) 955-6161
24 RUTGERS HEALTH-RWJ SCLERODERMA PROGRAM NEW BRUNSWICK NJ NURSE PRACTITIONER 387 13 $2,990 $230 premium 19.1%
25 ETMC PHYSICIAN GROUP, INC. TYLER TX NURSE PRACTITIONER 373 13 $6,149 $473 premium 12.0% (903) 590-5611
26 RAJESH C PATEL MD INC DAYTON OH NURSE PRACTITIONER 24 13 $3,900 $300 premium 38.2% (937) 832-0990
27 CHRISTUS HEALTH ARK-LA-TEX TEXARKANA TX CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST (CRNA) 36 13 $3,900 $300 premium 12.0% (903) 614-1000
28 STONY BROOK SURGICAL ASSOCIATES UNIVERSITY FACULTY PRACTICE CORPORATI HAMPTON BAYS NY GENERAL SURGERY 102 13 $19,500 $1,500 premium 12.6% (631) 723-5000
29 PRESBYTERIAN HEALTHCARE SERVICES ALBUQUERQUE NM PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 1369 12 $4,663 $389 premium 100.0% (505) 841-1234
30 SCOTT A EISMAN MD INC ENCINITAS CA PULMONARY DISEASE 12 12 $5,664 $472 premium 6.2% (818) 462-0990
31 COMMONWEALTH HEALTH CORPORATION, INC. BOWLING GREEN KY NURSE PRACTITIONER 273 12 $5,080 $423 premium 24.0%
32 MID-SOUTH PULMONARY SPECIALISTS PC MEMPHIS TN NURSE PRACTITIONER 47 12 $10,800 $900 premium 17.4% (901) 276-2662
33 CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER WEST HOLLYWOOD CA NURSE PRACTITIONER 802 12 $6,533 $544 premium 6.2% (310) 423-3277
34 SAINT FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER CAPE GIRARDEAU MO NURSE PRACTITIONER 435 11 $5,434 $494 premium 29.7% (573) 331-3000
35 CLARK REGIONAL PHYSICIAN PRACTICES LLC WINCHESTER KY NURSE PRACTITIONER 43 11 $3,760 $342 premium 22.0% (859) 737-6555
36 OU HEALTH PARTNERS INC OKLAHOMA CITY KY PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 1160 11 $7,052 $641 premium 22.0% (405) 271-4311
37 MEMPHIS LUNG PHYSICIANS FOUNDATION, INC. MEMPHIS TN PULMONARY DISEASE 61 11 $6,600 $600 premium 15.9% (901) 226-0732
38 NORTH SHORE-LIJ MEDICAL PC MANHASSET NY PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 6294 11 $9,779 $889 premium 10.7%
39 LUMINIS HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP, LLC ANNAPOLIS MD PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 544 11 $3,641 $331 premium 18.6% (443) 481-1000

*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.

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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 →