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Medicare California · CY2024

Who bills the most Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure, each additional 15 minutes (99153) to Medicare in California?

Medicare Part B FFS · CY2024 · as published by CMS
56
Billing groups
16,326
Named-group FFS services
$763,804
Named-group submitted charges
$47
Avg charge / service
$13
Avg allowed / service
35%
Top-5 concentration
0%
Independent share

56 physician groups billed Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure, each additional 15 minutes (99153) to Medicare fee-for-service in California in 2024; the top five named groups hold 35% of that volume, and independent (non-hospital-affiliated) groups deliver 0%.

99153 — Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure, each additional 15 minutes · Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners PUF (Part B), CY2024 release. Medicare fee-for-service only.

Snapshot covers the whole California market — the table below shows the top 100 groups (free tier).

Payer-mix context

Medicare fee-for-service covers 49% of Medicare in California; Medicare Advantage penetration 45% → 51% since 2020.

Market structure — concentration, independent share, and the consolidation trend for this market — is part of the market analytics platform — built, not launched yet. Notify me at launch →
#Physician groupCityStSpecialty Providers 99153 svcs Share*Phone
1 SHARP REES-STEALY MEDICAL GROUP INC SAN DIEGOCAPHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 872 1,381 5.1% (858) 499-2600
2 VASCULAR INSTITUTE OF CLEVELAND LLC GARFIELD HEIGHTSCACARDIAC SURGERY 2 1,179 4.4% (216) 839-0692
3 MONTEREY BAY VASCULAR INC APTOSCAGENERAL SURGERY 3 1,111 4.1% (831) 318-0010
4 GENERAL VASCULAR SURGERY MEDICAL GROUP INC SAN LEANDROCAVASCULAR SURGERY 5 1,011 3.7% (510) 347-4700
5 MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL SOLUTIONS MEDICAL CORPORATION SAN JOSECAINTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY 5 995 3.7% (408) 918-0405
6 ARTEMIS MEDICAL CENTER INC MONTEBELLOCACARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY) 2 947 3.5% (626) 316-7776
7 WEST COAST MEDICINE AND CARDIOLOGY INC FREMONTCACARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY) 4 782 2.9% (510) 931-4310
8 REDDING PAIN MEDICINE REDDINGCANURSE PRACTITIONER 2 706 2.6% (530) 247-3733
9 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA VASCULAR INSTITUTE INC VISTACAINTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY 4 670 2.5% (914) 979-6159
10 FARSHAD MALEKMEHR MD INC ENCINOCACARDIAC SURGERY 2 603 2.2% (818) 908-9752
11 PACIFIC CARDIOVASCULAR AND VEIN INSTITUTE INC OXNARDCAPHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 5 574 2.1% (805) 643-3330
12 SPEARMAN MD INC ARROYO GRANDECADIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY 2 552 2.0% (805) 473-8346
13 VASCULAR AND THORACIC ASSOCIATES OF LOS ANGELES LYNWOODCAVASCULAR SURGERY 2 475 1.8% (562) 698-0271
14 POLYXENE GAZETAS KOKINOS MD PC CAMPBELLCAVASCULAR SURGERY 5 456 1.7% (408) 376-3626
15 WALLACE G GOSNEY MD AND GILBERT R TURNER MD PTRS UPLANDCAGENERAL SURGERY 3 394 1.5% (909) 920-0525
16 ORANGE COUNTY VASCULAR SPECIALISTS, INC. NEWPORT BEACHCAPHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 2 335 1.2% (949) 574-7176
17 BRADLEY B HILL MD A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION CAMPBELLCANURSE PRACTITIONER 5 320 1.2% (708) 979-9082
18 VASCULAR CARE SPECIALISTS OF LOS ANGELES MONTEREY PARKCAVASCULAR SURGERY 2 287 1.1% (626) 269-9993
19 MISSION SURGICAL CLINIC INC CORONACAVASCULAR SURGERY 5 283 1.0% (951) 278-8870
20 ATHAR M. ANSARI M D INC. EL CENTROCACARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY) 2 265 1.0% (760) 353-3222
21 EAST BAY CARDIOVASCULAR AND THORACIC ASSOCIATES INC DANVILLECACARDIAC SURGERY 17 255 0.9% (925) 676-2600
22 KEVIN M CASEY MD APMC SANTA BARBARACAVASCULAR SURGERY 4 240 0.9% 8054568890127
23 CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CARE FOUNDATION LOS ANGELESCAPHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 1699 232 0.9% (310) 423-0674
24 PACIFIC VASCUCARE, INC. LOS ANGELESCAVASCULAR SURGERY 4 219 0.8% (213) 201-0850
25 ORANGE COUNTY VASCULAR AND ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY CENTER INC FOUNTAIN VALLEYCAPHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 8 197 0.7% (714) 430-1414
26 SASHA SALLOUM MD INC A PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL CORPORATION CHULA VISTACAPODIATRY 9 137 0.5% (619) 567-7007
27 SOUTH BAY VASCULAR SURGERY INC TORRANCECAVASCULAR SURGERY 4 124 0.5% (310) 373-6864
28 REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SACRAMENTOCAFAMILY PRACTICE 561 114 0.4% (916) 734-7777
29 MANGROVE MEDICAL GROUP CHICOCANURSE PRACTITIONER 9 113 0.4% 5303450064268
30 UNIVERSITY VASCULAR ASSOCIATES INC LOS ANGELESCAVASCULAR SURGERY 6 107 0.4% (310) 209-2011
31 COASTAL HEART INC CHINOCACARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY) 2 106 0.4% (714) 754-1684
32 VASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL SPECIALISTS OF ORANGE COUNTY, INC. ORANGECAGENERAL SURGERY 8 106 0.4% (714) 560-4450
33 PACIFIC COMPREHENSIVE PAIN MANAGEMENT INC LOS ALAMITOSCAANESTHESIOLOGY 2 89 0.3% (562) 799-3888
34 COASTAL VASCULAR CENTER PC OXNARDCAVASCULAR SURGERY 4 87 0.3% (805) 983-6233
35 SUTTER BAY MEDICAL FOUNDATION PALO ALTOCAINTERNAL MEDICINE 3716 80 0.3% (415) 600-1020
36 PEDES ORANGE COUNTY INC IRVINECAINTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY 4 79 0.3% (949) 387-4724
37 BALBOA NEPHROLOGY MEDICAL GROUP INC SAN DIEGOCANEPHROLOGY 80 76 0.3% (619) 582-4490
38 SPINE AND NERVE DIAGNOSTIC CENTER SACRAMENTOCAPHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION 11 70 0.3% (916) 419-9900
39 CENTRELAKE MEDICAL GROUP INC DOWNEYCADIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY 2 66 0.2% (909) 242-7331
40 JERRY KIM MD INC POMONACAVASCULAR SURGERY 3 60 0.2% (909) 973-1148
41 MURRIETA VALLEY SURGERY ASSOCIATES MEDICAL GROUP INC APC WILDOMARCAGENERAL SURGERY 16 54 0.2% (951) 698-3000
42 NEPHROLOGY ASSOCIATES OF UPLAND AND POMONA POMONACANEPHROLOGY 6 48 0.2% (909) 981-5882
43 THE NEPHROLOGY GROUP INC FRESNOCANEPHROLOGY 51 45 0.2% (559) 228-9660
44 VISALIA CARDIOVASCULAR AND MEDICAL CENTER, INC VISALIACACARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY) 2 37 0.1% (559) 735-0500
45 BEVERLY HILLS ONCOLOGY MEDICAL GROUP INC BEVERLY HILLSCARADIATION ONCOLOGY 8 34 0.1% (310) 432-8999
46 PERMANENTE MEDICAL GROUP INC SANTA CLARACAINTERNAL MEDICINE 10890 32 0.1% (408) 851-1000
47 WESTERN BARIATRIC A MEDICAL CORPORATION SAN BERNARDINOCAPHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 12 31 0.1% (909) 475-8611
48 SUTTER VALLEY MEDICAL FOUNDATION SACRAMENTOCADIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY 2420 28 0.1% (916) 681-8852
49 R AJAKWE MD AND R TATEVOSSIAN MD A PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL CORPORATION BURBANKCAANESTHESIOLOGY 7 25 0.1% (818) 325-2088
50 KERN RADIOLOGY MEDICAL GROUP INC BAKERSFIELDCADIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY 87 21 0.1% (661) 616-1458
51 NORCAL PAIN TREATMENT CENTER CORP TURLOCKCANURSE PRACTITIONER 10 21 0.1% (209) 448-3000
52 COLUMBIA PAIN MANAGEMENT, INC. HOOD RIVERCAPHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 16 16 0.1% (541) 386-9500
53 DIGNITY HEALTH MEDICAL FOUNDATION FOLSOMCADIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY 1197 14 0.1% (916) 983-7476
54 FACULTY PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS OF LLUSM LOMA LINDACADIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY 1317 14 0.1%
55 SAN JOAQUIN CARDIOLOGY MEDICAL GROUP INC STOCKTONCACARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY) 8 12 0.0% (209) 464-7681
56 SCRIPPS HEALTH LA JOLLACAPHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 1431 11 0.0% (858) 455-9100

*Share of California's disclosed Medicare-FFS services for 99153, counted once per clinician. Volume is placed in the state it was billed from, so this page ranks the groups actually billing 99153 in California — 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 →