Medicare Durable Medical Equipment Payments by Supplier and Service

Featuring information on usage, payments, and submitted charges for Medicare Part B Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetic, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS). It is based on 100% final-action non-institutional claim line items from the CMS Chronic Conditions Data Warehouse. The data is organized by supplier National Provider Identifier (NPI), Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) code, and supplier rental indicator.

Use Cases

• Analyze payment and submitted charge patterns by supplier National Provider Identifier (NPI) to identify billing variations.
• Investigate the relationship between Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes and supplier rental indicators for cost analysis.
• Profile usage and payment metrics across DMEPOS categories using HCPCS code groupings.
• Examine supplier-level data from the CMS administrative claims to study market concentration.

Strengths

• Based on 100% final-action DMEPOS claim line items from Medicare Part B.
• Contains specific analytical dimensions: supplier NPI, HCPCS codes, and rental indicators.
• Sourced from the authoritative CMS Chronic Conditions Data Warehouse.

Limitations

• Specific row count, column count, and file size are unknown.
• Geographic and temporal coverage details are not specified in the input.
• Data is limited to Original Medicare Part B beneficiaries, excluding other insurance types.

Provenance

Source

United States Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Collection Method

Summarized from CMS administrative claims data for Original Medicare Part B beneficiaries.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-02-23.