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Dermatology

Medicare spending analysis for Dermatology providers

🔎 Data Analysis

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.

⚠️

1 AI-Flagged Dermatology Provider

Providers in this specialty flagged by the ML v2 fraud detection model

Oliver DrabkinIL
86.8%
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Total Payments (10yr)
$24.7B
Top Providers
50
States with Providers
55

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesProvidersYoY Change
2014$2.3B43.9M11.0K—
2015$2.3B44.3M11.1K+1.2%
2016$2.4B45.6M11.3K+3.3%
2017$2.4B45.4M11.5K+0.7%
2018$2.5B48.8M11.7K+2.7%
2019$2.6B50.7M11.9K+6.2%
2020$2.3B43.0M11.9K-12.5%
2021$2.5B45.6M11.8K+10.5%
2022$2.6B46.0M11.9K+1.1%
2023$2.7B47.8M12.2K+6.0%

Top Dermatology Providers

#ProviderStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Neil SandhuFL$18.3M40.2K$455.23
2David CasperFL$13.4M47.5K$281.52
3Catherine LeeCA$12.6M53.4K$235.62
4Joseph BlackmonKY$6.9M15.0K$462.98
5Mark TranCA$6.5M49.0K$131.52
6Jamison FeramiscoCA$6.1M47.4K$128.52
7Artur HenkeCA$5.5M162.6K$33.82
8Kenneth WallaceFL$5.3M34.7K$153.00
9James KeaneAR$4.9M15.9K$306.00
10Sumeet TharejaFL$4.0M6.0K$669.97
11Michael SticklerFL$3.9M9.0K$428.48
12Brandon CoakleySC$3.5M25.4K$139.99
13Daniel ShragerPA$3.4M35.9K$93.38
14Daniel TaheriCA$3.3M22.0K$150.47
15Liqiao MaTX$3.1M29.5K$105.10
16Walter NahmCA$3.1M27.0K$114.95
17Monika SrivastavaFL$3.0M22.5K$133.72
18Coyle ConnollyNJ$3.0M25.3K$118.42
19Suleman BangashIL$3.0M46.0K$65.16
20Ashraf HassaneinFL$2.9M35.3K$83.45
21Scott WarrenFL$2.9M23.8K$122.40
22Scott FreemanAL$2.9M10.0K$289.82
23Daniel ShurmanPA$2.9M11.7K$244.37
24Laertes ManuelidisFL$2.8M29.0K$97.20
25Darrin RotmanFL$2.7M20.7K$132.54

Top Procedures

CodeDescriptionPaymentsServicesAvg/Service
99213Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes$363.9M5.9M$61.82
17311Removal and microscopic exam of growth of head, neck, hands, feet, or genitals, 1-5 tissue blocks$324.4M721.2K$449.84
99214Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes$185.8M2.1M$89.22
17000Destruction of precancer skin growth, 1 growth$149.8M4.0M$37.89
11102Biopsy of related skin growth, first growth$145.7M2.2M$65.97
17110Destruction of skin growth, 1-14 growths$140.6M1.8M$79.18
17312Removal and microscopic exam of growth of head, neck, hands, feet, or genitals, each additional stage, 1-5 tissue blocks$128.0M398.7K$321.03
88305Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity$102.0M2.4M$41.95
17004Destruction of precancer skin growth, 15 or more growths$71.1M559.4K$127.09
17313Removal and microscopic exam of growth of trunk, arms, or legs, 1-5 tissue blocks$67.9M150.1K$452.60
17003Destruction of precancer skin growth, 2-14 growths$63.5M12.8M$4.96
99203New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes$58.9M808.2K$72.83
77280Obtaining data needed to develop the optimal radiation treatment, 1 treatment area$53.9M256.3K$210.41
12032Intermediate repair of wound of scalp, underarms, trunk, arms, or legs, 2.6-7.5 cm$45.4M224.1K$202.38
13132Complicated repair of wound of forehead, cheeks, chin, mouth, neck, underarms, genitals, hands, or feet, 2.6-7.5 cm$40.2M190.9K$210.71
99212Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 10-19 minutes$38.2M966.8K$39.53
11103Biopsy of related skin growth, each additional growth$36.3M921.7K$39.35
J3245Injection, tildrakizumab, 1 mg$34.1M311.0K$109.64
13121Complicated repair of wound of scalp, arms, or legs, 2.6-7.5 cm$31.9M134.4K$237.64
99204New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes$30.6M273.8K$111.95

Geographic Distribution

CA
$402.6M
1.4K providers
FL
$386.4M
1.0K providers
TX
$195.6M
923 providers
NY
$157.9M
929 providers
PA
$96.4M
518 providers
IL
$93.8M
454 providers
AZ
$83.0M
261 providers
MA
$81.1M
473 providers
VA
$79.8M
337 providers
NJ
$79.2M
350 providers
NC
$76.6M
391 providers
GA
$73.5M
290 providers
OH
$68.4M
432 providers
MD
$56.1M
263 providers
SC
$51.5M
141 providers
WA
$48.4M
273 providers
MI
$46.6M
340 providers
MO
$45.0M
201 providers
TN
$42.9M
198 providers
IN
$42.7M
167 providers
AL
$41.6M
153 providers
KY
$39.8M
129 providers
CO
$39.0M
238 providers
AR
$29.6M
74 providers
LA
$26.4M
185 providers
OK
$25.9M
92 providers
WI
$25.7M
217 providers
MN
$25.6M
241 providers
CT
$24.6M
183 providers
OR
$24.2M
149 providers

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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.