Physician

Ira Garoon, M.D.

According to 2025 Medicare claims, Ira Garoon, M.D. (NPI: 1609994441) practices ophthalmology in the Lake County, IL market, with the plurality of this provider's patient population coming from Lake, IL. This provider's primary affiliated billing organization is CENTER FOR VITREO RETINAL DISEASES (NPI: 1750507042; TIN: 364039194) and primary practice location at 60016-1600.

Garoon's data goes back to 2015 and runs through 2024. For example, in 2024, this provider had 925 traditional Medicare patients, billed 152,264 HCPCS/CPT codes, and received $2,144,762 in Medicare payments. The top billing code was 99205 (New patient office or other outpatient visit with a high level of medical decision making, if using time, 60 minutes or more). Part D data shows 785 prescription claims across 163 beneficiaries totaling $69,154 in drug costs, led by Prolensa (Bromfenac Sodium). Open Payments data shows 9 records totaling $276. You can download detailed data with all billing codes (2015-2024). For more recent data, please contact us.

Over the past 10 years, this provider's Medicare Part B carrier billing has changed little. Concurrently, Part D prescription costs have moved from a higher plateau to a lower plateau, from $156,047 to $69,154. For DME billing, this provider has fewer than 5 years of reported data, so a reliable trend cannot be assigned.

Part B Carrier Billing Trend

Medicare payment trend, with N of patients and claim lines in the table.

Year	Patients	Clm Lines	Payment
2015	1,332	10,955	$1,963,802
2016	1,396	11,691	$2,378,294
2017	1,433	11,976	$2,628,488
2018	1,399	11,733	$2,400,915
2019	993	12,752	$1,975,995
2020	769	11,010	$2,085,691
2021	844	11,085	$1,978,081
2022	884	23,317	$2,126,302
2023	923	52,026	$2,179,850
2024	925	152,264	$2,144,762

Part D Events Trend

Drug cost trend, with N of patients and prescription claims in the table.

Year	Patients	Claims	Drug Cost
2015	320	1,378	$156,047
2016	321	1,287	$135,495
2017	377	1,659	$142,504
2018	291	888	$93,732
2019	145	616	$83,348
2020	125	593	$76,089
2021	130	626	$71,588
2022	164	810	$82,128
2023	181	838	$89,087
2024	163	785	$69,154

DME Billing Trend

Medicare payment trend, with N of patients and DME claim records in the table.

No connected DME records

* / # = suppressed by CMS; 0 = reported zero; N/R = not reported or blank.

Top 5 Part B carrier billing codes in 2024

By total payments.

Code	Description	Patients	Clm Lines	Total Payment
99205	New patient office or other outpatient visit with a high level of medical decision making, if using time, 60 minutes or more	168	168	$167
67028	Injection of drug into eye	219	1,049	$80
99213	Established patient office or other outpatient visit with low level od decision making, if using time, 20 minutes or more	683	1,236	$63
92134	Imaging of retina	887	2,679	$28
92250	Photography of the retina	540	914	$25

Top 5 Part D drugs in 2024

By total drug costs.

Drug	Generic	Claims	Total Day Supply	Total Drug Cost
Prolensa	Bromfenac Sodium	65	3,025	$23,422
Bromfenac Sodium	Bromfenac Sodium	54	3,096	$13,563
Difluprednate	Difluprednate	61	2,461	$6,235
Prednisolone Acetate	Prednisolone Acetate	139	4,506	$4,629
Brimonidine Tartrate	Brimonidine Tartrate	43	1,789	$3,683

Top 5 DME services in 2024

No connected or detailed DME service-level records for 2024.

Open Payments Summary in 2024

Category	Definition	Records	Total Reported Amount	Top Related Entity
General Payments	Reported payment or transfer-of-value amount.	9	$276	Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.
Research Payments	Reported research-related payment or transfer-of-value amount.	0	$0	N/R
Ownership / Investment Interests	Reported value of ownership or investment interests.	0	$0	N/R

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FAQ

What Medicare data is available for Ira Garoon, M.D.?

Tedicare shows public-source Medicare data for Ira Garoon, M.D. (NPI 1609994441), including provider identity, specialty, market context, Medicare Part B activity, Part D prescribing, DME records, Open Payments where available, billing organization details, and ACO affiliation signals where available. Profile data covers 2015-2024, with current attribution based on 2025 claims where available.

Does Ira Garoon, M.D. have ACO affiliation data?

No ACO affiliation record is shown in the available Tedicare data for this profile.

What billing organization is linked to Ira Garoon, M.D.?

Ira Garoon, M.D. is linked to CENTER FOR VITREO RETINAL DISEASES (billing NPI 1750507042) in the available physician profile data.

Does Ira Garoon, M.D. have Open Payments data?

Ira Garoon, M.D. has 9 connected Open Payments records in the available 2024 summary data.

Can I download physician-level Medicare data from Tedicare?

Yes. Tedicare provides sample physician export data and paid custom physician data exports for research, planning, outreach, and market analysis. Exports can include physician profile fields, market and specialty context, billing organization details, ACO affiliation signals where available, and Medicare utilization data.