$167.4M in total Medicare payments across 3 years
Procedure 81529 (Mrna gene analysis of 31 genes in skin melanoma tissue specimen) received $167.4M in total Medicare payments.
Across 23.6K services, the average Medicare payment was $7.1K per service.
AZ leads in spending on this procedure, accounting for 40% of all payments.
AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.
| Year | Payments | Services | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $44.5M | 6.2K | — |
| 2022 | $56.8M | 8.0K | +27.6% |
| 2023 | $66.1M | 9.4K | +16.5% |
| # | Provider | Specialty | State | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Castle Biosciences, Inc | Clinical Laboratory | AZ | $66.1M | 9.4K | $7.0K |
| State | Payments | Services | Providers | Avg/Provider |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AZ | $66.1M | 9.4K | 1 | $66.1M |
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.