Medicare spending analysis for Dermatology providers
Dermatology accounts for $24.7B in Medicare payments across 116.2K providers.
The specialty's average markup of 2.8x is below the overall Medicare average of 3.77x.
AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.
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| Year | Payments | Services | Providers | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $2.3B | 43.9M | 11.0K | — |
| 2015 | $2.3B | 44.3M | 11.1K | +1.2% |
| 2016 | $2.4B | 45.6M | 11.3K | +3.3% |
| 2017 | $2.4B | 45.4M | 11.5K | +0.7% |
| 2018 | $2.5B | 48.8M | 11.7K | +2.7% |
| 2019 | $2.6B | 50.7M | 11.9K | +6.2% |
| 2020 | $2.3B | 43.0M | 11.9K | -12.5% |
| 2021 | $2.5B | 45.6M | 11.8K | +10.5% |
| 2022 | $2.6B | 46.0M | 11.9K | +1.1% |
| 2023 | $2.7B | 47.8M | 12.2K | +6.0% |
| # | Provider | State | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neil Sandhu | FL | $18.3M | 40.2K | $455.23 |
| 2 | David Casper | FL | $13.4M | 47.5K | $281.52 |
| 3 | Catherine Lee | CA | $12.6M | 53.4K | $235.62 |
| 4 | Joseph Blackmon | KY | $6.9M | 15.0K | $462.98 |
| 5 | Mark Tran | CA | $6.5M | 49.0K | $131.52 |
| 6 | Jamison Feramisco | CA | $6.1M | 47.4K | $128.52 |
| 7 | Artur Henke | CA | $5.5M | 162.6K | $33.82 |
| 8 | Kenneth Wallace | FL | $5.3M | 34.7K | $153.00 |
| 9 | James Keane | AR | $4.9M | 15.9K | $306.00 |
| 10 | Sumeet Thareja | FL | $4.0M | 6.0K | $669.97 |
| 11 | Michael Stickler | FL | $3.9M | 9.0K | $428.48 |
| 12 | Brandon Coakley | SC | $3.5M | 25.4K | $139.99 |
| 13 | Daniel Shrager | PA | $3.4M | 35.9K | $93.38 |
| 14 | Daniel Taheri | CA | $3.3M | 22.0K | $150.47 |
| 15 | Liqiao Ma | TX | $3.1M | 29.5K | $105.10 |
| 16 | Walter Nahm | CA | $3.1M | 27.0K | $114.95 |
| 17 | Monika Srivastava | FL | $3.0M | 22.5K | $133.72 |
| 18 | Coyle Connolly | NJ | $3.0M | 25.3K | $118.42 |
| 19 | Suleman Bangash | IL | $3.0M | 46.0K | $65.16 |
| 20 | Ashraf Hassanein | FL | $2.9M | 35.3K | $83.45 |
| 21 | Scott Warren | FL | $2.9M | 23.8K | $122.40 |
| 22 | Scott Freeman | AL | $2.9M | 10.0K | $289.82 |
| 23 | Daniel Shurman | PA | $2.9M | 11.7K | $244.37 |
| 24 | Laertes Manuelidis | FL | $2.8M | 29.0K | $97.20 |
| 25 | Darrin Rotman | FL | $2.7M | 20.7K | $132.54 |
| Code | Description | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | $363.9M | 5.9M | $61.82 |
| 17311 | Removal and microscopic exam of growth of head, neck, hands, feet, or genitals, 1-5 tissue blocks | $324.4M | 721.2K | $449.84 |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | $185.8M | 2.1M | $89.22 |
| 17000 | Destruction of precancer skin growth, 1 growth | $149.8M | 4.0M | $37.89 |
| 11102 | Biopsy of related skin growth, first growth | $145.7M | 2.2M | $65.97 |
| 17110 | Destruction of skin growth, 1-14 growths | $140.6M | 1.8M | $79.18 |
| 17312 | Removal and microscopic exam of growth of head, neck, hands, feet, or genitals, each additional stage, 1-5 tissue blocks | $128.0M | 398.7K | $321.03 |
| 88305 | Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity | $102.0M | 2.4M | $41.95 |
| 17004 | Destruction of precancer skin growth, 15 or more growths | $71.1M | 559.4K | $127.09 |
| 17313 | Removal and microscopic exam of growth of trunk, arms, or legs, 1-5 tissue blocks | $67.9M | 150.1K | $452.60 |
| 17003 | Destruction of precancer skin growth, 2-14 growths | $63.5M | 12.8M | $4.96 |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes | $58.9M | 808.2K | $72.83 |
| 77280 | Obtaining data needed to develop the optimal radiation treatment, 1 treatment area | $53.9M | 256.3K | $210.41 |
| 12032 | Intermediate repair of wound of scalp, underarms, trunk, arms, or legs, 2.6-7.5 cm | $45.4M | 224.1K | $202.38 |
| 13132 | Complicated repair of wound of forehead, cheeks, chin, mouth, neck, underarms, genitals, hands, or feet, 2.6-7.5 cm | $40.2M | 190.9K | $210.71 |
| 99212 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 10-19 minutes | $38.2M | 966.8K | $39.53 |
| 11103 | Biopsy of related skin growth, each additional growth | $36.3M | 921.7K | $39.35 |
| J3245 | Injection, tildrakizumab, 1 mg | $34.1M | 311.0K | $109.64 |
| 13121 | Complicated repair of wound of scalp, arms, or legs, 2.6-7.5 cm | $31.9M | 134.4K | $237.64 |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | $30.6M | 273.8K | $111.95 |
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.