HCPCS 99489

Evaluation and management service (ClaimLight category; the code descriptor is not shown)

Evaluation and management Work RVU per service 0.50 (2021 fee schedule)

1,039
86th percentile among 6,253 codes billed · 2021
$7.0M
86th percentile among 6,253 codes billed · 2021
206K
89th percentile among 6,253 codes billed · 2021
58
78th percentile among 6,253 codes billed · 2021
661
84th percentile among 6,253 codes billed · 2021
+25.9%
Medicare payment on the code vs 2020; billers +11.1% · 2021

Trend

Medicare payment on the code

$0$50M2020: $5.5M paid20202021: $7.0M paid20212022: $22M paid20222023: $44M paid20232024: $74M paid2024$74M$0$50M2020: $5.5M paid20202021: $7.0M paid20212022: $22M paid20222023: $44M paid20232024: $74M paid2024$74M$0$50M2020: $5.5M paid20202021: $7.0M paid20212022: $22M paid20222023: $44M paid20232024: $74M paid2024$74M$0$50M2020: $5.5M paid20202021: $7.0M paid20212022: $22M paid20222023: $44M paid20232024: $74M paid2024$74M

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). Data years 2020–2024.

Billers

01,0002,0002020: 935 providers20202021: 1,039 providers20212022: 1,283 providers20222023: 1,836 providers20232024: 2,003 providers20242,00301,0002,0002020: 935 providers20202021: 1,039 providers20212022: 1,283 providers20222023: 1,836 providers20232024: 2,003 providers20242,00301,0002,0002020: 935 providers20202021: 1,039 providers20212022: 1,283 providers20222023: 1,836 providers20232024: 2,003 providers20242,00301,0002,0002020: 935 providers20202021: 1,039 providers20212022: 1,283 providers20222023: 1,836 providers20232024: 2,003 providers20242,003

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). Data years 2020–2024.

observed calculated calculated calculated calculated calculated reported
20242,003$73,995,097+69%1,389,3911002,4481.00
20231,836$43,763,973+100%858,274881,6221.00
20221,283$21,925,701+215%414,743681,0071.00
20211,039$6,958,102+26%205,923586610.50
2020935$5,528,321first year in data161,984586410.50

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). Data years 2020–2024.

By state

observed calculated calculated calculated calculated calculated
Texas80$1,531,22245,920932,633
Florida133$904,93526,90164673
California78$610,56716,12940891
New Jersey29$572,79215,387453,685
North Carolina81$407,54112,659116323
New York60$333,6489,15047612
Georgia44$270,8368,03456504
Maryland32$266,2067,646511,342
Pennsylvania41$254,8277,50159358
Michigan37$242,0217,89958645
Illinois20$142,4184,37768744
Indiana12$125,2513,883981,418
Nevada11$103,3913,036251,121
Massachusetts34$93,9612,71952305
Tennessee42$79,1942,45338156

Not listed: 15 states with fewer than 11 billers (small cells).

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). Providers placed by practice address. Data year 2021.

Top metro areas

observed calculated calculated calculated calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ57$612,14116,11353
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX15$582,05117,11953
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA41$320,2098,26633
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD21$302,2288,50387
Greensboro-High Point, NC40$220,7286,886164
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL20$210,1216,394195
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL25$209,5356,16430
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX23$208,2006,12184
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA18$201,0535,84681
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI18$157,7464,64853
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN17$149,5744,60874
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL15$129,1323,682125
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV30$113,3613,09533
New Bern, NC24$102,5613,119108
Port St. Lucie, FL17$61,3381,95693

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 24 areas with the most payment among those with at least 11 billers; non-metro parts of each state are one area. Data year 2021.

Specialties billing 99489 nationally

Internal Medicine accounts for 39% of payment for 99489 nationally in 2021, across 9 specialties on claims.

observed calculated calculated calculated calculated calculated
Internal Medicine29028%$2,732,06039%79,183273
Family Practice28728%$1,922,09328%57,520200
Nurse Practitioner19118%$797,90911%26,564139
Geriatric Medicine111.1%$402,8485.8%10,471952
Cardiology141.3%$196,5922.8%5,657404
Gastroenterology13013%$154,7432.2%4,54235
General Practice212.0%$141,5892.0%4,008191
Physician Assistant323.1%$75,0421.1%2,41275
Urology111.1%$39,0710.56%1,100100

Not listed: 20 specialties with fewer than 11 billers (small cells).

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). Provider-level lines (fewer than 11 beneficiaries suppressed by CMS); specialty is the provider type on claims. Data year 2021.

Top billers of 99489 nationally

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Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service only; CMS suppresses provider lines with fewer than 11 beneficiaries. How these figures are computed · Limitations