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Q4173

Palingen or palingen xplus, per square centimeter

$94.0M in total Medicare payments across 7 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure Q4173 (Palingen or palingen xplus, per square centimeter) received $94.0M in total Medicare payments.

Across 307.5K services, the average Medicare payment was $305.56 per service.

This is a skin substitute/wound care code that has been flagged by HHS OIG as particularly vulnerable to fraud.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2017$495.6K3.9K—
2018$1.4M10.3K+176.1%
2019$2.2M15.2K+63.1%
2020$10.8M53.1K+382.7%
2021$19.8M68.8K+84.1%
2022$34.6M96.5K+74.3%
2023$24.7M59.7K-28.6%

Top Providers for Q4173

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1David JensonPodiatryTX$12.8M38.0K$337.55
2Flor FimbresNurse PractitionerAZ$2.9M3.7K$771.96
3Ulrike PasternakNurse PractitionerNV$1.2M1.7K$715.96
4Duc PhamPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryAZ$1.2M4.7K$245.43
5Maria RainesNurse PractitionerNV$1.0M1.3K$776.62
6Mark LinamPodiatryCA$860.8K2.3K$371.02
7Myrna-Leticia RivasNurse PractitionerAZ$840.6K1.1K$761.42
8Christopher BowlinPodiatryTN$577.8K960$601.88
9Christopher DwigginsPhysician AssistantAZ$545.8K732$745.67
10Adam BakerPhysician AssistantNV$504.8K718$703.02
11Kelsey ReslerNurse PractitionerAZ$490.8K870$564.15
12Hadon MonaghanNurse PractitionerNV$479.9K638$752.22
13Myles Angelo FerrerNurse PractitionerNV$391.0K546$716.17
14Radu PurtucPodiatryFL$253.3K696$363.87
15Jonathan JohnsonGeneral SurgeryDC$226.6K592$382.74
16Jason RedwineNurse PractitionerTX$137.4K380$361.71
17Ty ShettronNurse PractitionerCO$93.7K284$329.76
18Kevin HoPodiatryCA$79.0K220$359.21
19Nicole LeeNurse PractitionerTX$63.5K162$392.11

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
TX$13.0M38.5K3$4.3M
AZ$5.9M11.2K5$1.2M
NV$3.7M5.0K5$732.5K
CA$939.8K2.5K2$469.9K
TN$577.8K9601$577.8K
FL$253.3K6961$253.3K
DC$226.6K5921$226.6K
CO$93.7K2841$93.7K

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  • • 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.