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17004

Destruction of precancer skin growth, 15 or more growths

$889.3M in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure 17004 (Destruction of precancer skin growth, 15 or more growths) received $889.3M in total Medicare payments.

Across 7.9M services, the average Medicare payment was $112.22 per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$80.7M744.0K—
2015$87.4M797.5K+8.3%
2016$90.2M833.9K+3.2%
2017$89.1M834.9K-1.2%
2018$83.9M813.5K-5.9%
2019$90.5M821.6K+7.9%
2020$80.7M706.5K-10.8%
2021$95.2M781.2K+17.9%
2022$95.3M790.0K+0.1%
2023$96.3M802.1K+1.0%

Top Providers for 17004

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Tinyee ChangDermatologyCA$463.4K3.6K$129.71
2Zachary CooperDermatologyCA$336.2K2.6K$129.97
3Kathleen VineDermatologyNY$323.0K2.0K$159.49
4Curt SamlaskaDermatologyNV$311.8K2.6K$119.11
5Gangaram RagiDermatologyNJ$310.7K2.1K$147.02
6Lionel HandlerMicrographic Dermatologic SurgeryNV$291.9K2.3K$125.23
7Sam SmithDermatologyAZ$289.4K2.3K$127.00
8Matthew LuxenbergDermatologyCA$282.4K1.9K$150.30
9John HumeniukDermatologySC$239.8K2.2K$108.99
10Amarpaul SidhuDermatologyCA$237.2K1.7K$143.47
11Maryam SickingerDermatologyCA$234.3K1.7K$137.15
12Kevin KiaDermatologyTX$214.4K1.9K$111.82
13Clay ShearerDermatologyKY$205.8K1.9K$105.82
14David CasperDermatologyFL$192.3K1.5K$124.49
15Lawrence WellsDermatologyNY$191.6K1.3K$151.71
16Robert WeinbergDermatologyNY$188.1K1.2K$159.57
17John ShenDermatologyCA$182.5K1.4K$131.32
18Dina HunterDermatologySC$182.5K1.6K$115.58
19Sanjiv SainiDermatologyMD$177.4K1.3K$137.95
20David KikenDermatologyNJ$175.4K1.2K$150.97
21Robert StrimlingDermatologyNV$173.9K1.4K$125.20
22Karl TrimbleDermatologyUT$173.2K1.5K$112.74
23Charles RosenbergDermatologyCA$169.5K1.2K$142.84
24Bijan Setareh-ShenasDermatologyNY$168.5K1.1K$150.43
25Stephanie CaradonnaDermatologyFL$161.3K1.3K$128.24

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
CA$20.2M147.7K1.2K$16.4K
FL$13.5M113.8K1.2K$11.2K
TX$6.5M56.5K715$9.1K
NY$6.2M43.1K450$13.7K
AZ$2.9M26.3K317$9.3K
NJ$2.7M19.4K240$11.1K
GA$2.6M23.5K307$8.4K
NC$2.4M22.1K343$7.0K
VA$2.4M19.5K249$9.5K
SC$2.2M20.4K171$12.7K
IL$2.0M17.8K276$7.4K
MD$2.0M15.2K182$11.0K
MA$1.9M14.8K246$7.9K
PA$1.9M16.0K254$7.6K
NV$1.9M16.4K110$17.3K
TN$1.7M16.1K254$6.5K
OH$1.5M14.2K263$5.8K
CO$1.5M12.3K207$7.3K
LA$1.4M12.6K123$11.2K
MI$1.4M11.6K194$7.0K
WA$1.3M11.9K177$7.6K
IN$1.3M12.5K177$7.6K
AL$1.2M11.8K178$6.9K
MO$1.2M10.7K139$8.5K
UT$1.1M10.6K114$9.9K
KY$1.0M9.6K121$8.4K
MS$816.2K7.9K75$10.9K
OK$813.2K7.9K103$7.9K
IA$768.8K7.9K93$8.3K
AR$745.5K7.3K92$8.1K

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Data Sources

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  • • 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.