Physician

David Arthur Merrill, MD

According to 2025 Medicare claims, David Merrill, MD (NPI: 1902923410) practices general psychiatry in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA market, with the plurality of this provider's patient population coming from Los Angeles, CA. This provider's primary affiliated billing organization is PROVIDENCE SAINT JOHNS MEDICAL FOUNDATION (NPI: 1770093734; TIN: 814542216) and primary practice location at 90404-2050.

Merrill's data goes back to 2015 and runs through 2024. For example, in 2024, this provider had 300 traditional Medicare patients, billed 3,316 HCPCS/CPT codes, and received $264,746 in Medicare payments. The top billing code was 99215 (Established patient office or other outpatient visit with high level of medical decision making, if using time, 40 minutes or more). Part D data shows 1,799 prescription claims across 222 beneficiaries totaling $143,449 in drug costs, led by Belsomra (Suvorexant). Open Payments data shows 17 records totaling $6,758. 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 moved from a lower plateau to a higher plateau, from $84,785 to $264,746. Concurrently, Part D prescription costs have moved up and down with repeated peaks and valleys, starting at $40,385 and ending at $143,449. 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.

Part B Carrier Billing Trend. X-axis: year 2015-2024. Y-axis: Medicare payment, unit: USD. Field: Tot_Mdcr_Pymt_Amt. Source: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners by Provider.0$163K$327K2015 Medicare payment: $84,785 (USD; Tot_Mdcr_Pymt_Amt)2016 Medicare payment: $143,207 (USD; Tot_Mdcr_Pymt_Amt)2017 Medicare payment: $164,559 (USD; Tot_Mdcr_Pymt_Amt)2018 Medicare payment: $107,372 (USD; Tot_Mdcr_Pymt_Amt)2019 Medicare payment: $251,162 (USD; Tot_Mdcr_Pymt_Amt)2020 Medicare payment: $326,953 (USD; Tot_Mdcr_Pymt_Amt)2021 Medicare payment: $318,537 (USD; Tot_Mdcr_Pymt_Amt)2022 Medicare payment: $278,304 (USD; Tot_Mdcr_Pymt_Amt)2023 Medicare payment: $297,218 (USD; Tot_Mdcr_Pymt_Amt)2024 Medicare payment: $264,746 (USD; Tot_Mdcr_Pymt_Amt)2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
YearPatientsClm LinesPayment
20151981,099$84,785
20162681,842$143,207
20172722,023$164,559
20182791,396$107,372
20193552,679$251,162
20203273,603$326,953
20212893,596$318,537
20222893,293$278,304
20233023,669$297,218
20243003,316$264,746

Part D Events Trend

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

Part D Events Trend. X-axis: year 2015-2024. Y-axis: Drug cost, unit: USD. Field: Tot_Drug_Cst. Source: Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider.0$144K$288K2015 Drug cost: $40,385 (USD; Tot_Drug_Cst)2016 Drug cost: $94,778 (USD; Tot_Drug_Cst)2017 Drug cost: $137,184 (USD; Tot_Drug_Cst)2018 Drug cost: $288,105 (USD; Tot_Drug_Cst)2019 Drug cost: $257,660 (USD; Tot_Drug_Cst)2020 Drug cost: $169,531 (USD; Tot_Drug_Cst)2021 Drug cost: $146,656 (USD; Tot_Drug_Cst)2022 Drug cost: $146,919 (USD; Tot_Drug_Cst)2023 Drug cost: $205,181 (USD; Tot_Drug_Cst)2024 Drug cost: $143,449 (USD; Tot_Drug_Cst)2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
YearPatientsClaimsDrug Cost
201573579$40,385
20161531,164$94,778
20172151,578$137,184
20182371,824$288,105
20192521,929$257,660
20202221,649$169,531
20211871,563$146,656
20222111,531$146,919
20232221,806$205,181
20242221,799$143,449

DME Billing Trend

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

No connected DME records

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.

CodeDescriptionPatientsClm LinesTotal Payment
99215Established patient office or other outpatient visit with high level of medical decision making, if using time, 40 minutes or more145316$148
99214Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more215802$104
90833Psychotherapy with evaluation and management visit, 30 minutes2101,000$58
G2212Prolonged office or other outpatient evaluation and management service(s) beyond the maximum required time of the primary procedure which has been selected using total time on the date of the primary service; each additional 15 minutes by the physician or40177$27
90785Psychiatric services complicated by communication factor122370$12

Top 5 Part D drugs in 2024

By total drug costs.

DrugGenericClaimsTotal Day SupplyTotal Drug Cost
BelsomraSuvorexant28960$13,474
Memantine Hcl ErMemantine Hcl302,250$4,710
Memantine HclMemantine Hcl735,154$4,035
AripiprazoleAripiprazole372,432$3,700
Escitalopram OxalateEscitalopram Oxalate15012,613$3,629

Top 5 DME services in 2024

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

Open Payments Summary in 2024

CategoryDefinitionRecordsTotal Reported AmountTop Related Entity
General PaymentsReported payment or transfer-of-value amount.13$358CSL Behring
Research PaymentsReported research-related payment or transfer-of-value amount.4$6,400LivaNova USA, Inc.
Ownership / Investment InterestsReported value of ownership or investment interests.0$0N/R

FAQ

What Medicare data is available for David Arthur Merrill, MD?

Tedicare shows public-source Medicare data for David Arthur Merrill, MD (NPI 1902923410), 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 David Arthur Merrill, MD have ACO affiliation data?

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

What billing organization is linked to David Arthur Merrill, MD?

David Arthur Merrill, MD is linked to PROVIDENCE SAINT JOHNS MEDICAL FOUNDATION (billing NPI 1770093734) in the available physician profile data.

Does David Arthur Merrill, MD have Open Payments data?

David Arthur Merrill, MD has 17 connected Open Payments records in the available 2024 summary data.

Can I download physician-level Medicare data from Tedicare?

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