$41.3M in total Medicare payments across 2 years
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.
| Year | Payments | Services | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $8.4M | 10.2K | — |
| 2023 | $32.9M | 40.8K | +289.6% |
| # | Provider | Specialty | State | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Dorton | Dermatology | FL | $2.1M | 2.6K | $807.52 |
| 2 | Scott Freeman | Dermatology | AL | $1.9M | 2.3K | $804.76 |
| 3 | Raj Patel | Dermatology | AL | $1.4M | 1.7K | $805.75 |
| 4 | Angela Bookout | Dermatology | AL | $1.3M | 1.6K | $806.69 |
| 5 | Christopher Green | Podiatry | OK | $1.3M | 1.6K | $807.47 |
| 6 | Jesus Hidalgo | General Surgery | TX | $1.3M | 1.6K | $807.52 |
| 7 | Todd Mollet | Dermatology | OK | $1.1M | 1.3K | $807.36 |
| 8 | Anand Haryani | Micrographic Dermatologic Surgery | FL | $1.0M | 1.3K | $807.48 |
| 9 | Vernon Forrester | Dermatology | OH | $895.3K | 1.1K | $795.85 |
| 10 | Carrie Frame | Podiatry | WV | $727.4K | 901 | $807.34 |
| 11 | Manjulatha Badam | Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine | TX | $726.7K | 900 | $807.43 |
| 12 | Olympia Jeffries | Nurse Practitioner | TX | $719.5K | 891 | $807.51 |
| 13 | Janet Li | Dermatology | TX | $694.4K | 860 | $807.43 |
| 14 | Ashley Amaireh | Nurse Practitioner | OK | $686.3K | 850 | $807.42 |
| 15 | Matthew Babich | Podiatry | TX | $679.1K | 841 | $807.46 |
| 16 | Bradley Hoffman | Podiatry | WV | $650.8K | 806 | $807.41 |
| 17 | Jessica Graves | Physician Assistant | OK | $642.0K | 795 | $807.52 |
| 18 | Kevin Bachman | Podiatry | NC | $624.4K | 783 | $797.43 |
| 19 | Tyler Woods | Nurse Practitioner | OK | $594.3K | 736 | $807.52 |
| 20 | Joseph Wolcott | Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine | TX | $561.2K | 695 | $807.52 |
| 21 | Nicholas Cassel | Physician Assistant | SC | $555.8K | 691 | $804.37 |
| 22 | Scott Samera | Podiatry | FL | $554.8K | 687 | $807.52 |
| 23 | Ryan Pereira | Podiatry | FL | $540.1K | 669 | $807.40 |
| 24 | Thomas Rojy | Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | NC | $510.4K | 632 | $807.52 |
| 25 | John Torregrosa | Podiatry | FL | $491.8K | 609 | $807.59 |
| State | Payments | Services | Providers | Avg/Provider |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FL | $7.8M | 9.7K | 20 | $390.6K |
| OK | $5.7M | 7.1K | 9 | $637.6K |
| AL | $5.4M | 6.7K | 7 | $767.7K |
| TX | $4.9M | 6.1K | 7 | $702.2K |
| GA | $2.0M | 2.4K | 8 | $245.2K |
| WV | $1.6M | 2.0K | 3 | $531.5K |
| SC | $1.3M | 1.6K | 4 | $328.5K |
| NC | $1.1M | 1.4K | 2 | $567.4K |
| OH | $895.3K | 1.1K | 1 | $895.3K |
| MD | $665.7K | 844 | 2 | $332.9K |
| MS | $435.8K | 547 | 2 | $217.9K |
| LA | $327.0K | 405 | 1 | $327.0K |
| PA | $282.5K | 350 | 1 | $282.5K |
| NE | $204.2K | 224 | 1 | $204.2K |
| AR | $199.5K | 247 | 1 | $199.5K |
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.