We could not verify current plan participation for this doctor. This does not mean they are out of network. Call Dr. Areen’s office to ask if they take your plan before you enroll.
Original Medicare doctor bills
$76,753
Medicare paid this office $76,753 for 447 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
Largest Original Medicare bills
Short return visit (20+ min)
247
$22,557
$65
New patient visit (30+ min)
204
$14,934
$73
Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope
49
$5,952
$106
Comprehensive hearing and speech recognition test
144
$3,762
$26
Exam of ear using a microscope
130
$3,487
$22
See all 11 services
Every Original Medicare service billed
Short return visit (20+ min)
247
$22,557
$65
New patient visit (30+ min)
204
$14,934
$73
Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope
49
$5,952
$106
Comprehensive hearing and speech recognition test
144
$3,762
$26
Exam of ear using a microscope
130
$3,487
$22
Return visit (30+ min)
29
$3,003
$104
Removal of impacted ear wax
55
$2,832
$37
Simple control of nose bleed
15
$2,331
$123
Test to assess middle ear function
169
$2,062
$12
Removal of impacted cerumen (one or both ears) by physician on same date of service as audiologic function testing
42
$1,454
$33
Test for hearing various pitches using earphone and device placed against the bone
32
$1,064
$33
Procedures year by year
Procedures billed to Original Medicare by year
Procedure
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope
121
70
84
50
54
56
Removal of impacted ear wax
154
112
–
–
–
76
Simple control of nose bleed
12
20
–
11
14
19
Times billed to Original Medicare each year. A blank year means fewer than 11 people had it, or none: Medicare does not publish smaller counts. Medicare Advantage patients are not included.
Who their Medicare patients are
447 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 76 · Under 65 8% · 85 and older 18% · Women 60% · Also on Medicaid 27% · Health risk score 1.20. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical otolaryngology clinician is at 1.19.
The office billed $320,325, Medicare allowed $110,406 and paid $76,753; for 1,350 services of 29 kinds.
Original Medicare patients only. A risk score of 1.0 is the average Medicare patient; higher means sicker. Any count under 11 is hidden.
Year by year
Original Medicare by year
2024
447
1,350
76
1.20
$320,325
$76,753
2023
464
1,514
76
1.13
$330,061
$81,156
2022
369
1,124
75
0.99
$263,133
$62,482
2021
367
1,195
76
1.00
$318,083
$76,859
2020
323
1,009
76
1.02
$263,511
$59,659
2019
404
1,283
75
1.02
$350,547
$75,923
2018
417
1,297
75
1.04
$369,243
$80,285
2017
501
1,483
76
1.08
$401,174
$95,881
2016
455
1,525
75
1.14
$401,455
$103,078
2015
490
1,483
76
1.07
$363,904
$94,402
2014
504
1,577
76
1.00
$410,089
$106,906
2013
481
1,885
75
1.07
$424,442
$112,197
Original Medicare only. A service billed for fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden, so the lines can add up to less than the year's total.
See the services billed each year
2023: 10 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Short return visit (20+ min)
213
$20,948
$64
New patient visit (30+ min)
264
$20,762
$79
Removal of impacted cerumen (one or both ears) by physician on same date of service as audiologic function testing
108
$6,674
$39
Comprehensive hearing and speech recognition test
199
$5,744
$28
Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope
40
$5,591
$104
Exam of ear using a microscope
115
$3,154
$23
Test to assess middle ear function
212
$2,903
$13
Return visit (30+ min)
27
$2,510
$90
Simple control of nose bleed
11
$1,643
$117
Test for hearing various pitches using earphone and device placed against the bone
31
$1,084
$35
2022: 10 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Short return visit (20+ min)
206
$17,529
$61
New patient visit (30+ min)
169
$12,675
$75
Removal of impacted cerumen (one or both ears) by physician on same date of service as audiologic function testing
119
$6,435
$36
Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope
38
$5,024
$100
Comprehensive hearing and speech recognition test
132
$3,783
$28
Return visit (30+ min)
26
$2,786
$100
Test to assess middle ear function
133
$1,791
$13
Simple control of nose bleed
11
$1,401
$127
Exam of ear using a microscope
52
$1,303
$22
Test for hearing various pitches using earphone and device placed against the bone
12
$374
$31
2021: 10 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Short return visit (20+ min)
210
$21,722
$66
New patient visit (30+ min)
173
$13,285
$77
Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope
57
$9,048
$108
Removal of impacted cerumen (one or both ears) by physician on same date of service as audiologic function testing
144
$8,693
$38
Comprehensive hearing and speech recognition test
107
$3,141
$29
Return visit (30+ min)
27
$2,716
$94
Ct scan of face without contrast
13
$1,681
$120
New patient visit (45+ min)
12
$1,565
$130
Test to assess middle ear function
115
$1,418
$12
Exam of ear using a microscope
26
$603
$22
2020: 10 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Short return visit (20+ min)
189
$15,814
$55
New patient visit (30+ min)
150
$10,757
$72
Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope
50
$6,403
$91
Removal of impacted ear wax
86
$3,752
$33
Removal of impacted cerumen (one or both ears) by physician on same date of service as audiologic function testing
66
$2,916
$39
Comprehensive hearing and speech recognition test
92
$2,868
$30
Simple control of nose bleed
18
$2,367
$118
Ct scan of face without contrast
13
$1,410
$108
Test to assess middle ear function
90
$1,231
$13
Exam of ear using a microscope
11
$327
$25
2019: 11 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Short return visit (20+ min)
199
$17,615
$59
New patient visit (30+ min)
214
$15,079
$70
Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope
85
$11,429
$94
Removal of impacted ear wax
105
$5,455
$35
Return visit (30+ min)
62
$4,288
$65
Comprehensive hearing and speech recognition test
109
$3,262
$29
Ct scan of face without contrast
22
$2,680
$117
Exam of ear using a microscope
60
$1,602
$21
Simple control of nose bleed
12
$1,359
$113
Test to assess middle ear function
109
$1,300
$12
Removal of impacted cerumen (one or both ears) by physician on same date of service as audiologic function testing
27
$1,048
$39
2018: 11 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Return visit (30+ min)
160
$15,786
$81
New patient visit (30+ min)
205
$15,773
$77
Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope
83
$10,856
$90
Short return visit (20+ min)
140
$9,433
$50
Removal of impacted ear wax
108
$4,776
$33
Comprehensive hearing and speech recognition test
109
$3,214
$29
Ct scan of face without contrast
24
$2,642
$110
Simple control of nose bleed
20
$2,521
$115
Removal of impacted cerumen (one or both ears) by physician on same date of service as audiologic function testing
37
$1,450
$39
Exam of ear using a microscope
50
$1,438
$25
Test to assess middle ear function
113
$1,291
$11
2017: 12 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2017
New patient visit (30+ min)
248
$18,851
$76
Short return visit (20+ min)
211
$15,955
$52
Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope
104
$13,727
$91
Return visit (30+ min)
126
$11,502
$77
Removal of impacted ear wax
186
$9,079
$34
Ct scan of face without contrast
23
$2,298
$100
Comprehensive hearing and speech recognition test
79
$2,231
$27
New patient visit (45+ min)
15
$1,782
$119
Simple control of nose bleed
17
$1,759
$76
Removal of impacted cerumen (one or both ears) by physician on same date of service as audiologic function testing
25
$950
$38
Test to assess middle ear function
82
$901
$11
Exam of ear using a microscope
31
$767
$24
2016: 11 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2016
Return visit (30+ min)
174
$19,915
$79
New patient visit (30+ min)
248
$18,690
$75
Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope
93
$14,900
$94
Short return visit (20+ min)
149
$12,090
$54
Removal of impacted ear wax
178
$9,250
$35
Ct scan of face without contrast
28
$3,284
$117
Comprehensive hearing and speech recognition test
82
$2,475
$28
Simple control of nose bleed
14
$1,269
$71
Removal of impacted cerumen (one or both ears) by physician on same date of service as audiologic function testing
30
$1,198
$39
Test to assess middle ear function
82
$1,040
$11
Exam of ear using a microscope
19
$432
$22
2015: 11 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2015
Short return visit (20+ min)
214
$17,182
$52
New patient visit (30+ min)
218
$16,529
$76
Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope
79
$12,455
$94
Return visit (30+ min)
105
$10,692
$86
Removal of impacted ear wax
206
$10,312
$36
Comprehensive hearing and speech recognition test
91
$2,706
$29
Ct scan of face without contrast
17
$1,993
$117
Simple control of nose bleed
21
$1,897
$70
Removal of impacted cerumen (one or both ears) by physician on same date of service as audiologic function testing
29
$1,182
$41
Test to assess middle ear function
92
$1,116
$12
Exam of ear using a microscope
11
$255
$23
2014: 12 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2014
Short return visit (20+ min)
291
$25,777
$57
New patient visit (30+ min)
264
$21,005
$80
Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope
98
$13,446
$93
Removal of impacted ear wax
190
$10,644
$38
Biopsy or removal of nasal polyp or tissue using an endoscope
12
$6,026
$317
Removal of nasal air passage under lining tissue
11
$5,182
$471
Ct scan of face without contrast
21
$3,181
$151
Comprehensive hearing and speech recognition test
88
$2,431
$27
Removal of impacted cerumen (one or both ears) by physician on same date of service as audiologic function testing
29
$1,322
$43
Simple control of nose bleed
13
$1,197
$80
Return visit (30+ min)
15
$1,162
$77
Test to assess middle ear function
91
$1,038
$11
2013: 17 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2013
Short return visit (20+ min)
245
$21,645
$55
New patient visit (30+ min)
258
$19,502
$76
Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope
97
$13,843
$94
Removal of impacted ear wax
178
$10,060
$38
Removal of nasal air passage under lining tissue
13
$6,835
$526
Return visit (30+ min)
78
$6,572
$68
Biopsy or removal of nasal polyp or tissue using an endoscope
12
$6,213
$345
Ct scan of face without contrast
22
$3,927
$179
Reshaping of nasal cartilage
11
$3,148
$286
Comprehensive hearing and speech recognition test
66
$1,991
$29
Partial removal of nasal sinus using an endoscope
11
$1,805
$164
Simple control of nose bleed
19
$1,591
$69
Professional service for multiple injections of allergen
11
$1,181
$9
Removal of impacted cerumen (one or both ears) by physician on same date of service as audiologic function testing
22
$1,069
$43
Test to assess middle ear function
73
$893
$11
Exam of ear using a microscope
13
$451
$27
Test for hearing various pitches using earphone and device placed against the bone
11
$338
$31
Medicaid work
$2,090 in 2024
Medicaid paid $2,090 for 442 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 31 people in a month for one service.
Medicaid and CHIP claims where this clinician did the service, fee-for-service and managed care together. Any month with fewer than 11 patients is hidden, so small Medicaid practices undercount.
Largest Medicaid services in 2024
OFFICE/OP CONSLTJ NEW/EST PT LOW MDM 30 MINUTES
149
$959
Short return visit (20+ min)
42
$313
Comprehensive audiometry threshold evaluation and speech recognition
87
$292
Tympanometry and reflex threshold measurements
121
$220
New patient visit (30+ min)
13
$206
AUDIOMETRY AIR & BONE
15
$75
Binocular microscopy
15
$26
Medicaid work by year
2024
442
7
31
$2,090
2023
315
7
26
$2,423
2022
383
5
34
$179
2021
425
6
36
$756
2020
76
2
18
$962
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2023
Largest Medicaid services in 2023
New patient visit (30+ min)
101
$2,045
Short return visit (20+ min)
38
$247
Comprehensive audiometry threshold evaluation and speech recognition
47
$80
Tympanometry and reflex threshold measurements
45
$36
TYMPANOMETRY
12
$14
Return visit (30+ min)
12
$0
OFFICE/OP CONSLTJ NEW/EST PT LOW MDM 30 MINUTES
60
$0
2022
Largest Medicaid services in 2022
New patient visit (30+ min)
12
$161
Tympanometry and reflex threshold measurements
14
$18
Comprehensive audiometry threshold evaluation and speech recognition
16
$0
Additional supplies, materials, and clinical staff time over and above those usually included in an office visit or other non-facility service(s), when performed during a Public Health Emergency, as defined by law, due to respiratory-transmitted infectious disease
296
$0
OFFICE/OP CONSLTJ NEW/EST PT LOW MDM 30 MINUTES
45
$0
2021
Largest Medicaid services in 2021
New patient visit (30+ min)
27
$629
Short return visit (20+ min)
12
$67
Comprehensive audiometry threshold evaluation and speech recognition
19
$60
Tympanometry and reflex threshold measurements
12
$0
Additional supplies, materials, and clinical staff time over and above those usually included in an office visit or other non-facility service(s), when performed during a Public Health Emergency, as defined by law, due to respiratory-transmitted infectious disease
297
$0
OFFICE/OP CONSLTJ NEW/EST PT LOW MDM 30 MINUTES
58
$0
2020
Largest Medicaid services in 2020
New patient visit (30+ min)
44
$962
Additional supplies, materials, and clinical staff time over and above those usually included in an office visit or other non-facility service(s), when performed during a Public Health Emergency, as defined by law, due to respiratory-transmitted infectious disease
32
$0
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$2,138
Pharmacies billed $2,138 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
Opioids were 20% of their Part D prescriptions (17 of 84) in 2024. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical otolaryngology clinician is at 4%.
82 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $2,138 in drug cost.
Part D prescriptions only. The opioid rate is opioid prescriptions as a share of all this clinician's Part D prescriptions; surgeons and pain specialists run higher than others, so it is shown against the same specialty.
Largest Part D drug costs
Neomycin-Polymyxin-Hc
12
$698
$58
Fluocinolone Acetonide Oil
11
$598
$54
Fluticasone Propionate
15
$409
$27
Ipratropium
15
$271
$18
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
16
$44
$3
Year by year
Part D prescribing by year
2024
84
53
20% (17)
—None
$2,138
2023
108
62
—None
—None
$4,171
2022
121
55
11% (13)
—None
$12,938
2021
116
60
16% (18)
—None
$25,211
2020
79
48
—None
—None
$2,364
2019
90
45
—None
—None
$12,434
2018
106
53
—None
10%
$18,127
2017
136
65
—None
8%
$8,344
2016
218
93
11% (24)
12%
$32,448
2015
251
98
8% (21)
21%
$18,397
2014
282
119
5% (15)
—None
$11,532
2013
262
106
7% (18)
23%
$13,230
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
See the drugs prescribed each year
2023: 3 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Neomycin-Polymyxin-Hc
26
$1,703
$66
Fluocinolone Acetonide Oil
21
$1,499
$71
Fluticasone Propionate
30
$587
$20
2022: 5 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Fluocinolone Acetonide Oil
13
$785
$60
Fluticasone Propionate
46
$740
$16
Neomycin-Polymyxin-Hc
12
$700
$58
Azelastine
15
$447
$30
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
13
$46
$4
2021: 3 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
Fluocinolone Acetonide Oil
14
$824
$59
Fluticasone Propionate
31
$640
$21
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
16
$151
$9
2020: 2 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2020
Fluocinolone Acetonide Oil
11
$764
$69
Fluticasone Propionate
25
$475
$19
2019: 3 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2019
Fluocinolone Acetonide Oil
14
$1,169
$83
Methylprednisolone
18
$257
$14
Fluticasone Propionate
20
$220
$11
2018: 4 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
Fluocinolone Acetonide Oil
22
$2,313
$105
Fluticasone Propionate
23
$177
$8
Methylprednisolone
14
$124
$9
Azithromycin
13
$55
$4
2017: 4 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2017
Fluocinolone Acetonide Oil
20
$3,635
$182
Azelastine
12
$992
$83
Fluticasone Propionate
32
$315
$10
Methylprednisolone
22
$264
$12
2016: 6 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2016
Fluocinolone Acetonide Oil
21
$3,191
$152
Azelastine
24
$1,530
$64
Fluticasone Propionate
61
$569
$9
Methylprednisolone
20
$340
$17
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
23
$291
$13
Azithromycin
21
$105
$5
2015: 7 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2015
Dexilant
11
$2,444
$222
Fluocinolone Acetonide Oil
13
$2,178
$168
Azelastine
12
$1,137
$95
Fluticasone Propionate
104
$1,011
$10
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
20
$460
$23
Methylprednisolone
15
$283
$19
Azithromycin
13
$138
$11
2014: 3 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2014
Fluticasone Propionate
174
$2,702
$16
Methylprednisolone
13
$260
$20
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
14
$116
$8
2013: 5 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2013
Fluticasone Propionate
126
$2,624
$21
Ciprodex
16
$2,525
$158
Methylprednisolone
16
$373
$23
Azithromycin
21
$208
$10
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
17
$102
$6
Money from drug and device companies
$26 in 2025
Industry payments by year
2025
1
1
—None
$26
2021
1
1
—None
$100
2020
1
1
—None
$118
2019
3
4
—None
$102
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.