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17262

Destruction of cancer skin growth of trunk, arms, or legs, 1.1-2.0 cm

$272.1M in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure 17262 (Destruction of cancer skin growth of trunk, arms, or legs, 1.1-2.0 cm) received $272.1M in total Medicare payments.

Across 2.4M services, the average Medicare payment was $114.23 per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$24.2M214.5K—
2015$25.8M227.3K+6.7%
2016$26.8M238.0K+3.7%
2017$26.5M236.5K-1.0%
2018$27.2M239.9K+2.4%
2019$28.7M248.4K+5.7%
2020$26.1M226.6K-9.0%
2021$28.7M244.9K+10.1%
2022$28.5M247.4K-0.8%
2023$29.5M259.0K+3.5%

Top Providers for 17262

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Cathy MilamDermatologyFL$91.2K768$118.72
2Cynthia HensleyDermatologyFL$75.2K693$108.48
3Matthew LuxenbergDermatologyCA$58.3K689$84.62
4John KowalczykDermatologyFL$50.7K391$129.80
5Adam KorzenkoDermatologyNY$50.6K372$135.96
6Curtis AsburyDermatologyDE$49.6K409$121.28
7Jesse OlmedoDermatologyAZ$49.2K414$118.92
8Scott RossDermatologyFL$49.2K414$118.81
9Elissa NortonDermatologyFL$48.9K384$127.30
10Corey FruchtDermatologyCA$48.4K382$126.77
11Artur HenkeDermatologyCA$48.2K531$90.78
12Brian FabianDermatologyFL$46.7K381$122.53
13William BrunnerDermatologySD$44.3K985$45.02
14Jennifer GamberDermatologyMD$42.9K330$130.00
15Steven ShapiroDermatologyFL$41.9K314$133.42
16Adam LuberDermatologyAZ$41.2K377$109.25
17Scott CraterDermatologyFL$41.1K333$123.36
18Mazen DaoudDermatologyFL$39.9K349$114.32
19Keith BenbenistyDermatologyFL$39.4K336$117.19
20Stephanie CaradonnaDermatologyFL$38.7K313$123.53
21Gregory HouckDermatologyFL$38.6K303$127.47
22Scott SchafrankDermatologyPA$37.9K298$127.35
23Ashraf HassaneinDermatologyFL$35.8K315$113.56
24Kimberly DavidsonDermatologyFL$35.5K279$127.16
25Christopher MizelleDermatologyNC$35.1K319$110.12

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
FL$6.2M53.8K880$7.0K
CA$2.8M21.9K492$5.6K
TX$1.5M13.3K408$3.8K
PA$1.5M12.6K311$4.7K
AZ$1.3M11.9K222$6.0K
NC$1.3M12.3K295$4.5K
NY$1.2M8.6K253$4.6K
VA$949.2K8.1K171$5.6K
NJ$814.7K6.0K163$5.0K
GA$813.6K7.4K187$4.4K
MA$804.2K6.6K177$4.5K
SC$738.7K7.1K134$5.5K
IN$628.5K6.1K128$4.9K
IL$600.5K5.2K162$3.7K
OH$592.6K5.4K169$3.5K
TN$549.3K5.4K145$3.8K
MI$516.9K4.7K158$3.3K
MD$508.4K4.0K104$4.9K
CO$465.7K4.0K125$3.7K
MO$445.8K4.1K117$3.8K
KY$429.6K4.1K105$4.1K
WA$428.3K3.7K127$3.4K
AR$386.1K3.8K76$5.1K
AL$344.9K3.4K76$4.5K
OR$309.8K2.6K74$4.2K
CT$257.0K2.0K69$3.7K
IA$230.1K2.2K58$4.0K
OK$229.5K2.1K67$3.4K
WI$217.3K2.3K73$3.0K
MN$212.6K2.1K80$2.7K

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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.