1. Cataract surgery w/IOL insert, 1 stage — 18.1%
2. Upper GI endoscopy, biopsy — 8.0%
3. Colonoscopy and biopsy — 5.5%
4. Diagnostic colonoscopy — 4.6%
5. After cataract laser surgery — 4.4%
6. Lesion removal colonoscopy — 4.4%
7. Injection spine: lumbar, sacral (caudal) — 3.6%
8. Inject foramen epidural: lumbar, sacral — 3.6%
9. Inject paravertebral: lumbar, sacral add on — 2.8%
10. Inject foramen epidural add on — 2.0%
11. Inject paravertebral: lumbar, sacral — 1.9%
12. Colorectal screen, high-risk individual — 1.6%
13. Destruction paravertebral nerve, add on — 1.4%
14. Upper GI endoscopy, diagnosis — 1.3%
15. Lesion remove colonoscopy — 1.3%
16. Colon cancer screen, not high-risk individual — 1.3%
17. Cystoscopy — 1.2%
18. Cataract surgery, complex — 1.2%
19. Revision of upper eyelid — 1.0%
Source: MedPAC
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