Who bills the most Injection, abatacept, 10 mg (code may be used for medicare when drug administered under the direct supervision of a physician, not for use when drug is self administered) (J0129) to Medicare in South Carolina?
Medicare Part B FFS · CY2024 · as published by CMS14 physician groups billed Injection, abatacept, 10 mg (code may be used for medicare when drug administered under the direct supervision of a physician, not for use when drug is self administered) (J0129) to Medicare fee-for-service in South Carolina in 2024; the top five named groups hold 79% of that volume, and independent (non-hospital-affiliated) groups deliver 7%.
J0129 — Injection, abatacept, 10 mg (code may be used for medicare when drug administered under the direct supervision of a physician, not for use when drug is self administered) · Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners PUF (Part B), CY2024 release. Medicare fee-for-service only.
Snapshot covers the whole South Carolina market — the table below shows the top 100 groups (free tier).
Medicare fee-for-service covers 54% of Medicare in South Carolina; Medicare Advantage penetration 33% → 46% since 2020.
| # | Physician group | City | St | Specialty | Providers | J0129 svcs | Share* | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ARTICULARIS HEALTHCARE GROUP INC | SUMMERVILLE | SC | RHEUMATOLOGY | 47 | 144,950 | 25.2% | (843) 572-4840 |
| 2 | STRAND PHYSICIAN SPECIALISTS PA | MYRTLE BEACH | SC | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 55 | 130,500 | 22.7% | (843) 497-5929 |
| 3 | PIEDMONT ARTHRITIS CLINIC PA | GREENVILLE | SC | RHEUMATOLOGY | 8 | 77,025 | 13.4% | (864) 235-8396 |
| 4 | ARTHRITIS CONSULTANTS PA | COLUMBIA | SC | INTERNAL MEDICINE | 2 | 39,100 | 6.8% | (803) 765-1550 |
| 5 | BON SECOURS ST FRANCIS XAVIER HOSPITAL INC | CHARLESTON | SC | ANESTHESIOLOGY | 210 | 26,551 | 4.6% | (843) 402-1436 |
| 6 | CAROLINA RHEUMATOLOGY AND NEUROLOGY | MYRTLE BEACH | SC | RHEUMATOLOGY | 6 | 24,361 | 4.2% | (843) 692-0968 |
| 7 | AMERICAN ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATOLOGY ASSOCIATES - SC LLC | GREENVILLE | SC | NURSE PRACTITIONER | 3 | 16,400 | 2.9% | (864) 336-2323 |
| 8 | HEALTHNOMIC PARTNERS LLC | LAS VEGAS | SC | RHEUMATOLOGY | 23 | 15,899 | 2.8% | (702) 476-2287 |
| 9 | CAROLINA ARTHRITIS ASSOCIATES PA | WILMINGTON | SC | RHEUMATOLOGY | 5 | 14,625 | 2.5% | (910) 762-1182 |
| 10 | EAST COOPER RHEUMATOLOGY, PA | MOUNT PLEASANT | SC | RHEUMATOLOGY | 2 | 14,525 | 2.5% | (843) 881-9971 |
| 11 | PALMETTO INFUSION SERVICES LLC | CHARLOTTE | SC | NURSE PRACTITIONER | 59 | 10,650 | 1.9% | (704) 200-9482 |
| 12 | ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATOLOGY CENTER PC | ROSWELL | SC | RHEUMATOLOGY | 22 | 9,850 | 1.7% | (770) 284-3150 |
| 13 | UNIVERSITY MEDICAL ASSOCIATES OF THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROL | CHARLESTON | SC | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 1692 | 4,550 | 0.8% | (843) 792-1414 |
| 14 | PRISMA HEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL GROUP | GREENVILLE | SC | NURSE PRACTITIONER | 2447 | 2,075 | 0.4% | — |
*Share of South Carolina's disclosed Medicare-FFS services for J0129, counted once per clinician. Volume is placed in the state it was billed from, so this page ranks the groups actually billing J0129 in South Carolina — 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 →