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11720

Removal of fingernails or toenails, 1-5 nails

$467.5M in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure 11720 (Removal of fingernails or toenails, 1-5 nails) received $467.5M in total Medicare payments.

Across 19.8M services, the average Medicare payment was $23.66 per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$50.8M2.2M—
2015$48.5M2.1M-4.5%
2016$48.0M2.1M-1.0%
2017$47.0M2.1M-2.1%
2018$48.7M2.1M+3.7%
2019$51.5M2.1M+5.6%
2020$38.9M1.6M-24.4%
2021$45.7M1.8M+17.6%
2022$44.4M1.9M-2.9%
2023$44.1M1.8M-0.8%

Top Providers for 11720

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Farshid NejadPodiatryCA$180.7K6.3K$28.54
2Bobby PourziaeePodiatryCA$168.3K6.5K$25.70
3David DardashtiPodiatryCA$148.3K5.3K$28.14
4David WhitneyPodiatryMA$133.5K5.4K$24.49
5Arkady KaplanskyPodiatryCA$117.1K4.0K$28.96
6Demetria MartinPodiatryWI$113.4K5.7K$20.01
7Marva ButtersPodiatryNY$106.9K3.6K$30.07
8Todd ZangPodiatryNV$105.6K4.3K$24.71
9Hoan VanPodiatryCA$104.1K3.6K$28.64
10Samuel GalitzerPodiatryMD$99.0K3.5K$27.90
11Gregory SpainPodiatryFL$97.9K4.0K$24.74
12Noelis RosarioPodiatryFL$93.9K3.9K$24.11
13Ryan TaylorPodiatryUT$93.5K3.8K$24.72
14Romain OntenientePodiatryFL$92.3K3.8K$24.06
15Jonathan TiongsonPodiatryCA$89.4K3.2K$28.11
16Christopher SurtmanPodiatryKS$89.0K3.9K$22.97
17Albert DalyPodiatryMA$88.6K3.4K$26.26
18Terry ZuckerPodiatryIL$87.8K4.4K$20.03
19Sheriar DemehriPodiatryMD$86.3K3.3K$26.30
20Joseph GatlinPodiatryIL$85.0K3.6K$23.61
21Kevin SaluckPodiatryNJ$81.2K3.1K$26.27
22Katherine Attong-JacksonPodiatryCT$80.7K2.9K$27.66
23Evelyn CloudPodiatryFL$79.6K3.2K$24.76
24Jack DalyPodiatryMA$74.0K2.8K$26.22
25Inessa BorochovPodiatryNY$73.5K2.4K$30.95

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
CA$5.9M231.6K692$8.5K
NY$4.7M170.4K662$7.0K
PA$4.4M191.6K582$7.5K
NJ$4.0M148.0K499$8.0K
IL$3.0M133.4K306$9.9K
MD$2.6M101.3K225$11.6K
FL$2.5M105.8K404$6.2K
OH$2.0M91.6K336$5.9K
MA$1.4M56.9K193$7.4K
NC$1.2M55.4K158$7.7K
TX$1.2M51.9K219$5.4K
MI$901.8K40.8K231$3.9K
VA$834.9K35.4K147$5.7K
MO$784.2K38.3K133$5.9K
IN$702.6K32.0K99$7.1K
CT$629.0K23.9K96$6.6K
WI$591.9K28.7K87$6.8K
AZ$548.0K23.3K122$4.5K
GA$483.2K22.2K120$4.0K
SC$406.5K18.9K91$4.5K
WA$403.6K17.4K94$4.3K
KY$399.8K18.4K86$4.6K
RI$391.2K16.3K50$7.8K
TN$375.4K17.6K87$4.3K
DE$326.7K13.9K35$9.3K
KS$316.3K15.3K32$9.9K
IA$280.7K14.5K70$4.0K
AL$259.2K12.4K59$4.4K
CO$246.5K11.0K43$5.7K
WV$238.5K11.8K38$6.3K

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Data Sources

  • • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
  • • Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data (2014-2023)
  • • CMS National Health Expenditure Data

Last Updated: February 2026 (data through 2023, the latest CMS release)

Note: All data is from publicly available Medicare records. OpenMedicare is an independent journalism project not affiliated with CMS.