Who bills the most Drug test(s), definitive, utilizing (1) drug identification methods able to identify individual drugs and distinguish between structural isomers (but not necessarily stereoisomers), including, but not limited to gc/ms (any type, single or tandem) and lc/ms (G0481) to Medicare in Georgia?
Medicare Part B FFS · CY2024 · as published by CMS25 physician groups billed Drug test(s), definitive, utilizing (1) drug identification methods able to identify individual drugs and distinguish between structural isomers (but not necessarily stereoisomers), including, but not limited to gc/ms (any type, single or tandem) and lc/ms (G0481) to Medicare fee-for-service in Georgia in 2024; the top five named groups hold 55% of that volume, and independent (non-hospital-affiliated) groups deliver 1%.
G0481 — Drug test(s), definitive, utilizing (1) drug identification methods able to identify individual drugs and distinguish between structural isomers (but not necessarily stereoisomers), including, but not limited to gc/ms (any type, single or tandem) and lc/ms · Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners PUF (Part B), CY2024 release. Medicare fee-for-service only.
Snapshot covers the whole Georgia market — the table below shows the top 100 groups (free tier).
Medicare fee-for-service covers 45% of Medicare in Georgia; Medicare Advantage penetration 43% → 55% since 2020.
| # | Physician group | City | St | Specialty | Providers | G0481 svcs | Share* | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PAIN CARE LLC | STOCKBRIDGE | GA | ANESTHESIOLOGY | 8 | 897 | 3.6% | (770) 960-2701 |
| 2 | SOUTHERN INTERVENTIONAL PAIN CENTER LLC | THOMASVILLE | GA | NURSE PRACTITIONER | 5 | 782 | 3.1% | (229) 226-2234 |
| 3 | THE HEMLOCK PAIN CENTER, LLC. | DUBLIN | GA | ANESTHESIOLOGY | 2 | 744 | 3.0% | (478) 219-3745 |
| 4 | INTERVENTIONAL SPINE AND PAIN MANAGEMENT CENTER PC | CONYERS | GA | PAIN MANAGEMENT | 51 | 730 | 2.9% | (770) 929-9033 |
| 5 | SPECIALTY SPINE AND PAIN PC | GAINESVILLE | GA | NURSE PRACTITIONER | 8 | 715 | 2.8% | (770) 534-7200 |
| 6 | TOTAL DIAGNOSTIC AND INTERVENTIONAL PAIN PC | LAGRANGE | GA | ANESTHESIOLOGY | 2 | 480 | 1.9% | (706) 443-5273 |
| 7 | PIEDMONT ANESTHESIA LLC | STOCKBRIDGE | GA | ANESTHESIOLOGY ASSISTANT | 531 | 388 | 1.5% | (800) 242-1131 |
| 8 | GEORGIA PAIN AND WELLNESS CENTER | LAWRENCEVILLE | GA | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 52 | 330 | 1.3% | (770) 962-3642 |
| 9 | TALLAHASSEE NEUROLOGY SPECIALISTS PL | PANAMA CITY | GA | NURSE PRACTITIONER | 17 | 276 | 1.1% | (850) 784-2477 |
| 10 | PHYSICIAN PAIN CARE,P.C. | WOODSTOCK | GA | FAMILY PRACTICE | 3 | 272 | 1.1% | 770516788023 |
| 11 | THE NEXUS PAIN CENTER OF COLUMBUS LLC | COLUMBUS | GA | NURSE PRACTITIONER | 16 | 197 | 0.8% | (706) 653-7000 |
| 12 | SOUTHERN PAIN AND SPINE ASSOCIATES, LLC | GAINESVILLE | GA | INTERVENTIONAL PAIN MANAGEMENT | 19 | 182 | 0.7% | (678) 971-4167 |
| 13 | GULF COAST PAIN CONSULTANTS LLC | PENSACOLA | GA | NURSE PRACTITIONER | 36 | 162 | 0.6% | (850) 484-4080 |
| 14 | SUMMIT HOSPITALIST GROUP LLC | CHEYENNE | GA | INTERNAL MEDICINE | 50 | 138 | 0.5% | (307) 324-2221 |
| 15 | LIFELINE PRIMARY CARE, INC. | LILBURN | GA | FAMILY PRACTICE | 2 | 129 | 0.5% | (770) 559-3501 |
| 16 | PHYSICIANS SPINE AND REHAB SPECIALISTS OF GA | SANDY SPRINGS | GA | INTERVENTIONAL PAIN MANAGEMENT | 7 | 115 | 0.5% | 40481630002019 |
| 17 | PRIVIA MEDICAL GROUP OF GEORGIA LLC | FAYETTEVILLE | GA | NURSE PRACTITIONER | 453 | 85 | 0.3% | — |
| 18 | CENTER FOR SPINE AND PAIN MEDICINE PC | DALTON | GA | PAIN MANAGEMENT | 4 | 79 | 0.3% | (706) 279-2635 |
| 19 | CENTER FOR SPINE INTERVENTIONS, PC | ACWORTH | GA | ANESTHESIOLOGY | 3 | 71 | 0.3% | 6788132741103 |
| 20 | SOUTH ATLANTA NEUROSURGERY | COLLEGE PARK | GA | NEUROSURGERY | 2 | 67 | 0.3% | (770) 997-0600 |
| 21 | CENTURION ANESTHESIA - FL LLC | HOLLYWOOD | GA | CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST (CRNA) | 43 | 54 | 0.2% | (917) 681-4963 |
| 22 | SOUTHEAST REGIONAL PAIN CTR PC | Columbus | GA | PAIN MANAGEMENT | 2 | 48 | 0.2% | — |
| 23 | EMORY MEDICAL CARE FOUNDATION INC | ATLANTA | GA | INTERNAL MEDICINE | 1010 | 44 | 0.2% | (404) 616-1000 |
| 24 | TRIDENT PAIN CENTER LLC | N CHARLESTON | GA | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 17 | 16 | 0.1% | (843) 797-3636 |
| 25 | NON-SURGICAL ORTHOPAEDICS PC | CONYERS | GA | PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION | 5 | 15 | 0.1% | (770) 760-9360 |
*Share of Georgia's disclosed Medicare-FFS services for G0481, counted once per clinician. Volume is placed in the state it was billed from, so this page ranks the groups actually billing G0481 in Georgia — including groups registered elsewhere ("City" is each 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.
How to read this. Figures are Medicare fee-for-service only — not all-payer — from the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners Public Use File (Part B), CY2024 release. CMS suppresses any provider×code row under 11 beneficiaries, so a missing group means "suppressed," never zero. "Charges" are provider-submitted amounts, not payments. Groups are ranked by measured service volume attributed to clinicians in exactly one group — clinicians affiliated with several groups are listed in rosters but never volume-attributed to a single group — a direct read of the public record, not a rating or quality score. Full method: Methods & Sources.
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 →