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 Maryland?
Medicare Part B FFS · CY2024 · as published by CMS16 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 Maryland in 2024; the top five named groups hold 81% 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 Maryland market — the table below shows the top 100 groups (free tier).
Medicare fee-for-service covers 75% of Medicare in Maryland; Medicare Advantage penetration 13% → 25% since 2020.
| # | Physician group | City | St | Specialty | Providers | 99153 svcs | Share* | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VASCULAR SURGERY ASSOCIATES LLC | TOWSON | MD | VASCULAR SURGERY | 15 | 2,300 | 21.4% | (410) 825-4928 |
| 2 | WASHINGTON CARDIOVASCULAR INSTITUTE, LLC | TAKOMA PARK | MD | NURSE PRACTITIONER | 17 | 1,497 | 13.9% | (301) 891-2500 |
| 3 | HORIZON SURGICAL GROUP PA | FREDERICK | MD | VASCULAR SURGERY | 8 | 1,195 | 11.1% | (240) 529-1414 |
| 4 | SAMER SAIEDY MD PA | HAVRE DE GRACE | MD | VASCULAR SURGERY | 15 | 632 | 5.9% | (410) 942-1000 |
| 5 | MID-ATLANTIC NEPHROLOGY ASSOCIATES PA | OWINGS MILLS | MD | NEPHROLOGY | 57 | 570 | 5.3% | (410) 602-7792 |
| 6 | CENTER FOR VASCULAR MEDICINE LLC | GREENBELT | MD | INTERNAL MEDICINE | 9 | 292 | 2.7% | (301) 982-2000 |
| 7 | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SURGICAL ASSOCIATES PA | BALTIMORE | MD | GENERAL SURGERY | 101 | 250 | 2.3% | (410) 328-5191 |
| 8 | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COMMUNITY MEDICAL GROUP INC | GLEN BURNIE | MD | NURSE PRACTITIONER | 458 | 170 | 1.6% | (410) 761-1222 |
| 9 | WHITE SQUARE VASCULAR SURGERY PA | BALTIMORE | MD | PODIATRY | 5 | 148 | 1.4% | (410) 918-1525 |
| 10 | SURGICAL ASSOCIATES CHARTERED | CAMP SPRINGS | MD | GENERAL SURGERY | 8 | 139 | 1.3% | (240) 427-1630 |
| 11 | AANDE IR SOLUTIONS | SALEM | MD | INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY | 5 | 128 | 1.2% | (301) 276-5670 |
| 12 | AMERICAN ACCESS CARE OF BALTIMORE LLC | BALTIMORE | MD | NEPHROLOGY | 3 | 100 | 0.9% | (410) 931-9729 |
| 13 | METROPOLITAN ACCESS CENTER LLC | COLMAR MANOR | MD | NEPHROLOGY | 2 | 89 | 0.8% | (301) 277-1545 |
| 14 | MID ATLANTIC SURGICAL GROUP | SALISBURY | MD | GENERAL SURGERY | 8 | 75 | 0.7% | (410) 543-9332 |
| 15 | NORTHERN VIRGINIA RADIOLOGY CONSULTANTS, PLLC | ARLINGTON | MD | DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY | 28 | 54 | 0.5% | (517) 481-2442 |
| 16 | ADVANCED PAIN MANAGEMENT SPECIALISTS LLC | ANNAPOLIS | MD | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 79 | 38 | 0.4% | (410) 571-2946 |
*Share of Maryland'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 Maryland — 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 →