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Q4194

Novachor, per square centimeter

$41.3M in total Medicare payments across 2 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure Q4194 (Novachor, per square centimeter) received $41.3M in total Medicare payments.

Across 51.0K services, the average Medicare payment was $809.98 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
2022$8.4M10.2K—
2023$32.9M40.8K+289.6%

Top Providers for Q4194

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1David DortonDermatologyFL$2.1M2.6K$807.52
2Scott FreemanDermatologyAL$1.9M2.3K$804.76
3Raj PatelDermatologyAL$1.4M1.7K$805.75
4Angela BookoutDermatologyAL$1.3M1.6K$806.69
5Christopher GreenPodiatryOK$1.3M1.6K$807.47
6Jesus HidalgoGeneral SurgeryTX$1.3M1.6K$807.52
7Todd MolletDermatologyOK$1.1M1.3K$807.36
8Anand HaryaniMicrographic Dermatologic SurgeryFL$1.0M1.3K$807.48
9Vernon ForresterDermatologyOH$895.3K1.1K$795.85
10Carrie FramePodiatryWV$727.4K901$807.34
11Manjulatha BadamUndersea and Hyperbaric MedicineTX$726.7K900$807.43
12Olympia JeffriesNurse PractitionerTX$719.5K891$807.51
13Janet LiDermatologyTX$694.4K860$807.43
14Ashley AmairehNurse PractitionerOK$686.3K850$807.42
15Matthew BabichPodiatryTX$679.1K841$807.46
16Bradley HoffmanPodiatryWV$650.8K806$807.41
17Jessica GravesPhysician AssistantOK$642.0K795$807.52
18Kevin BachmanPodiatryNC$624.4K783$797.43
19Tyler WoodsNurse PractitionerOK$594.3K736$807.52
20Joseph WolcottUndersea and Hyperbaric MedicineTX$561.2K695$807.52
21Nicholas CasselPhysician AssistantSC$555.8K691$804.37
22Scott SameraPodiatryFL$554.8K687$807.52
23Ryan PereiraPodiatryFL$540.1K669$807.40
24Thomas RojyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryNC$510.4K632$807.52
25John TorregrosaPodiatryFL$491.8K609$807.59

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
FL$7.8M9.7K20$390.6K
OK$5.7M7.1K9$637.6K
AL$5.4M6.7K7$767.7K
TX$4.9M6.1K7$702.2K
GA$2.0M2.4K8$245.2K
WV$1.6M2.0K3$531.5K
SC$1.3M1.6K4$328.5K
NC$1.1M1.4K2$567.4K
OH$895.3K1.1K1$895.3K
MD$665.7K8442$332.9K
MS$435.8K5472$217.9K
LA$327.0K4051$327.0K
PA$282.5K3501$282.5K
NE$204.2K2241$204.2K
AR$199.5K2471$199.5K

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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.