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17003

Destruction of precancer skin growth, 2-14 growths

$816.5M in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure 17003 (Destruction of precancer skin growth, 2-14 growths) received $816.5M in total Medicare payments.

Across 180.2M services, the average Medicare payment was $4.53 per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$123.1M17.2M—
2015$70.9M17.4M-42.4%
2016$72.7M18.1M+2.7%
2017$72.9M18.4M+0.2%
2018$68.7M18.4M-5.7%
2019$76.9M19.0M+11.9%
2020$69.3M16.2M-9.9%
2021$84.0M17.8M+21.2%
2022$87.9M18.4M+4.6%
2023$90.1M19.3M+2.5%

Top Providers for 17003

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Artur HenkeDermatologyCA$674.3K112.8K$5.98
2Eric LewisDermatologyCA$185.5K31.5K$5.88
3Richard ArasiDermatologyGA$121.8K23.2K$5.24
4Christopher NelsonDermatologyFL$120.4K24.6K$4.90
5Roy BishopFamily PracticeCA$116.1K20.8K$5.58
6John WalczykDermatologyNY$116.0K18.9K$6.13
7Michael BodnarDermatologyCA$108.7K18.8K$5.77
8Michael HeffernanDermatologyCA$96.9K16.5K$5.87
9Mitchell MeyersonDermatologyNY$94.7K16.6K$5.69
10Leslie StoreyDermatologyCA$83.9K15.2K$5.54
11Joshua BerlinDermatologyFL$83.0K16.4K$5.05
12David CasperDermatologyFL$82.4K16.7K$4.94
13Harry SapersteinDermatologyCA$79.9K14.0K$5.70
14Anthony HuynhDermatologyCA$79.8K15.4K$5.19
15Eliahou CohenDermatologyFL$79.3K14.8K$5.35
16Theodor RudolphDermatologyFL$78.5K15.9K$4.93
17Allison MccormickDermatologyCA$78.3K13.4K$5.83
18John LongDermatologyFL$77.9K15.7K$4.95
19William AlmsDermatologyVA$76.4K12.7K$6.01
20Manish KumarDermatologyIA$75.4K15.5K$4.87
21Neil BelletDermatologyNY$72.6K12.2K$5.97
22Cynthia HensleyDermatologyFL$71.0K13.5K$5.25
23Tim IoannidesDermatologyFL$70.2K13.3K$5.26
24John ShenDermatologyCA$66.7K12.8K$5.22
25Kyle AndersonDermatologyKS$62.6K14.1K$4.43

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
CA$13.5M2.4M2.0K$6.7K
FL$11.8M2.5M2.0K$6.0K
TX$5.9M1.3M1.3K$4.6K
NY$4.2M788.3K1.2K$3.5K
AZ$3.0M669.4K530$5.7K
NC$3.0M686.8K719$4.1K
VA$2.8M583.8K509$5.5K
PA$2.6M558.9K769$3.4K
GA$2.6M586.6K542$4.8K
MA$2.5M487.4K587$4.2K
IL$2.5M547.6K677$3.7K
NJ$2.3M427.5K561$4.1K
OH$2.1M498.2K638$3.3K
MD$2.1M400.1K381$5.5K
SC$1.9M453.1K267$7.3K
TN$1.8M433.4K435$4.1K
CO$1.8M357.7K406$4.4K
WA$1.8M382.8K436$4.0K
MI$1.6M361.8K518$3.1K
MO$1.5M346.6K327$4.5K
IN$1.4M334.2K353$3.9K
AL$1.2M290.8K291$4.1K
LA$1.1M247.6K241$4.4K
OR$1.0M233.1K277$3.8K
KY$970.9K233.9K244$4.0K
OK$940.6K229.9K189$5.0K
AR$924.4K232.7K180$5.1K
KS$870.1K212.2K210$4.1K
NV$862.6K189.2K158$5.5K
UT$838.9K198.4K228$3.7K

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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.