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Medicare paid this office $110,654 for 321 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
Largest Original Medicare bills
Short return visit (20+ min)
238
$27,855
$77
Destruction of skin growth, 1-14 growths
143
$20,007
$110
Destruction of precancer skin growth, 1 growth
161
$12,646
$53
Destruction of precancer skin growth, 15 or more growths
57
$12,429
$164
Destruction of precancer skin growth, 2-14 growths
123
$6,912
$7
See all 13 services
Every Original Medicare service billed
Short return visit (20+ min)
238
$27,855
$77
Destruction of skin growth, 1-14 growths
143
$20,007
$110
Destruction of precancer skin growth, 1 growth
161
$12,646
$53
Destruction of precancer skin growth, 15 or more growths
57
$12,429
$164
Destruction of precancer skin growth, 2-14 growths
123
$6,912
$7
Biopsy of related skin growth, first growth
46
$4,089
$74
Return visit (30+ min)
34
$3,616
$106
Short return visit
55
$2,986
$46
Destruction of cancer skin growth of trunk, arms, or legs, 1.1-2.0 cm
13
$2,349
$168
New patient visit (30+ min)
19
$1,839
$97
Destruction of skin growth, 15 or more growths
11
$1,683
$140
Biopsy of related skin growth, each additional growth
11
$940
$52
Injection into skin growth, 1-7 growths
12
$472
$36
Procedures Medicare counted
Procedure volume Medicare published
Removal of skin lesions
662
More than 89% of doctors who do this
Removal or shaving of skin growth
1-10
—None
Skin biopsy
62
More than 71% of doctors who do this
Who their Medicare patients are
321 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 75 · Women 50% · Health risk score 0.80. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical dermatology clinician is at 1.01.
Destruction of precancer skin growth, 2-14 growths
168
$4,079
$5
Biopsy of single growth of skin and/or tissue
43
$4,032
$86
Continuing radiation therapy consultation per week
22
$3,534
$79
Design and construction of complex radiation treatment device
13
$2,956
$148
Destruction of cancer skin growth of trunk, arms, or legs, 1.1-2.0 cm
16
$2,691
$128
Design and construction of simple radiation treatment device
14
$1,917
$80
New patient visit (15+ min)
29
$1,901
$66
Injection into skin growth, 1-7 growths
16
$873
$42
Biopsy of each additional growth of skin and/or tissue
11
$657
$29
Office for the evaluation and management of established patient that may not require presence of healthcare professional
18
$368
$19
2014: 14 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2014
Short return visit (20+ min)
356
$43,011
$58
Destruction of precancer skin growth, 15 or more growths
184
$40,895
$135
Destruction of skin growth, 1-14 growths
164
$19,431
$92
Biopsy of single growth of skin and/or tissue
84
$8,195
$79
New patient visit (30+ min)
80
$6,647
$83
Destruction of precancer skin growth, 1 growth
101
$5,918
$51
Return visit (30+ min)
53
$4,763
$90
Destruction of skin growth, 15 or more growths
25
$3,796
$108
Destruction of cancer skin growth of trunk, arms, or legs, 1.1-2.0 cm
24
$3,772
$126
Destruction of cancer skin growth of face, ears, eyelids, nose, lips, or mouth, 1.1-2.0 cm
14
$3,240
$147
Established patient custodial care facility, group care, or assisted living visit, typically 40 minutes
12
$2,477
$113
Biopsy of each additional growth of skin and/or tissue
21
$963
$28
Injection into skin growth, 1-7 growths
16
$698
$37
Destruction of precancer skin growth, 2-14 growths
49
$671
$7
2013: 15 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2013
Destruction of precancer skin growth, 15 or more growths
177
$49,119
$159
Short return visit (20+ min)
342
$38,834
$57
Destruction of skin growth, 1-14 growths
188
$23,604
$91
Destruction of precancer skin growth, 1 growth
128
$7,564
$51
New patient visit (30+ min)
94
$7,518
$80
Biopsy of single growth of skin and/or tissue
61
$5,984
$82
Destruction of cancer skin growth of trunk, arms, or legs, 1.1-2.0 cm
21
$3,570
$123
Return visit (30+ min)
44
$3,071
$70
Destruction of cancer skin growth of face, ears, eyelids, nose, lips, or mouth, 1.1-2.0 cm
14
$2,821
$157
Established patient custodial care facility, group care, or assisted living visit, typically 40 minutes
11
$1,763
$118
New patient custodial care facility, group care, or assisted living visit, typically 45 minutes
14
$1,693
$121
Destruction of skin growth, 15 or more growths
14
$1,636
$109
Destruction of precancer skin growth, 2-14 growths
77
$1,047
$6
Injection into skin growth, 1-7 growths
20
$968
$39
Biopsy of each additional growth of skin and/or tissue
18
$566
$28
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$10,612
Pharmacies billed $10,612 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
Opioids were 0% of their Part D prescriptions (0 of 158) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical dermatology clinician is at 0%.
154 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $10,612 in drug cost · 19 antibiotic prescriptions.
Part D prescriptions only. The opioid rate is opioid prescriptions as a share of all this clinician's Part D prescriptions; surgeons and pain specialists run higher than others, so it is shown against the same specialty.
Largest Part D drug costs
Metronidazole
12
$1,428
$119
Doxycycline Hyclate
42
$1,148
$27
Valacyclovir
15
$314
$21
Spironolactone
16
$98
$6
Year by year
Part D prescribing by year
2024
158
49
0% (0)
—None
$10,612
2023
130
48
0% (0)
—None
$9,818
2022
139
39
0% (0)
9%
$16,497
2021
132
38
0% (0)
—None
$15,993
2020
137
53
0% (0)
10%
$20,082
2019
106
43
0% (0)
11%
$8,015
2018
125
50
0% (0)
12%
$8,695
2017
170
54
—None
12%
$14,881
2016
206
70
—None
—None
$18,981
2015
270
86
—None
16%
$36,387
2014
275
92
—None
—None
$30,983
2013
299
108
4% (12)
8%
$35,047
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
See the drugs prescribed each year
2023: 2 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Doxycycline Hyclate
33
$1,112
$34
Valacyclovir
23
$601
$26
2022: 4 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Doxycycline Hyclate
32
$869
$27
Spironolactone
11
$492
$45
Minocycline
13
$479
$37
Valacyclovir
14
$393
$28
2021: 4 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
Minocycline
14
$470
$34
Spironolactone
14
$453
$32
Doxycycline Hyclate
23
$383
$17
Ketoconazole
11
$241
$22
2020: 4 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2020
Imiquimod
13
$762
$59
Clobetasol Propionate
12
$629
$52
Doxycycline Hyclate
12
$394
$33
Lidocaine-Prilocaine
13
$192
$15
2019: 4 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2019
Metronidazole
11
$1,521
$138
Imiquimod
13
$801
$62
Doxycycline Hyclate
13
$604
$46
Valacyclovir
12
$194
$16
2018: 3 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
Clobetasol Propionate
12
$1,114
$93
Doxycycline Hyclate
20
$464
$23
Minocycline
18
$366
$20
2017: 5 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2017
Metronidazole
16
$2,839
$177
Clobetasol Propionate
29
$2,340
$81
Valacyclovir
31
$914
$29
Doxycycline Hyclate
18
$742
$41
Minocycline
16
$484
$30
2016: 6 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2016
Metronidazole
37
$5,909
$160
Clobetasol Propionate
38
$4,863
$128
Imiquimod
21
$1,823
$87
Doxycycline Hyclate
21
$1,199
$57
Valacyclovir
23
$816
$35
Minocycline
12
$357
$30
2015: 7 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2015
Clobetasol Propionate
59
$10,615
$180
Metronidazole
37
$6,908
$187
Doxycycline Hyclate
45
$2,741
$61
Lidocaine-Prilocaine
23
$2,622
$114
Imiquimod
13
$1,626
$125
Valacyclovir
27
$642
$24
Doxycycline Monohydrate
11
$316
$29
2014: 6 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2014
Imiquimod
27
$5,992
$222
Metronidazole
30
$5,656
$189
Doxycycline Hyclate
51
$4,459
$87
Clobetasol Propionate
52
$3,659
$70
Valacyclovir
33
$1,943
$59
Doxycycline Monohydrate
21
$1,838
$88
2013: 6 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2013
Imiquimod
29
$12,115
$418
Metronidazole
37
$6,432
$174
Doxycycline Hyclate
58
$3,968
$68
Doxycycline Monohydrate
30
$2,254
$75
Clobetasol Propionate
56
$1,363
$24
Valacyclovir
14
$587
$42
Money from drug and device companies
$29 in 2025
Industry payments by year
2025
1
2
—None
$29
2024
1
11
—None
$173
2023
3
3
—None
$62
2022
1
1
—None
$20
2021
3
3
—None
$49
2020
5
6
—None
$118
2019
4
9
—None
$249
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
See earlier years (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019)
2024: $173
Payments by company in 2024
Abbvie
Botox
$173
11 payments
Meals for Botox · 2024-08-14 · $22
Meals for Botox · 2024-08-14 · $18
Meals for Botox · 2024-07-09 · $2
Meals for Botox · 2024-07-09 · $2
Meals for Botox · 2024-06-22 · $26
Meals for Botox · 2024-05-25 · $24
Meals for Botox · 2024-05-14 · $11
Meals for Botox · 2024-04-13 · $18
Meals for Rinvoq · 2024-04-04 · $28
Meals for Botox · 2024-03-16 · $6
Meals for Botox · 2024-02-27 · $17
2023: $62
Payments by company in 2023
Merz North America
Xeomin
$25
1 payment
Meals for Xeomin · 2023-10-19 · $25
AbbVie
Botox
$19
1 payment
Meals for Botox · 2023-11-27 · $19
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries
Winlevi
$18
1 payment
Meals for Winlevi · 2023-05-04 · $18
2022: $20
Payments by company in 2022
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries
Winlevi
$20
1 payment
Meals for Winlevi · 2022-08-29 · $20
2021: $49
Payments by company in 2021
Allergan
Botox
$19
1 payment
Meals for Botox · 2021-12-01 · $19
Galderma Laboratories L.P.
—None
$17
1 payment
Meals · 2021-03-02 · $17
EPI Health
Cloderm
$13
1 payment
Meals for Cloderm · 2021-03-26 · $13
2020: $118
Payments by company in 2020
Galderma Laboratories L.P.
Soolantra
$32
2 payments
Meals for Oracea · 2020-11-09 · $15
Meals for Soolantra · 2020-02-21 · $17
Dermira
Qbrexza
$24
1 payment
Meals for Qbrexza · 2020-02-04 · $24
VYNE Pharmaceuticals
Amzeeq
$24
1 payment
Meals for Amzeeq · 2020-08-11 · $24
Allergan
Botox Cosmetic
$19
1 payment
Meals for Botox Cosmetic · 2020-01-21 · $19
EPI Health
Sitavig
$18
1 payment
Meals for Sitavig · 2020-10-09 · $18
2019: $249
Payments by company in 2019
Dermira
Qbrexza
$154
3 payments
Meals · 2019-09-10 · $20
Meals · 2019-08-22 · $9
Meals for Qbrexza · 2019-07-11 · $125
Galderma Laboratories L.P.
Epiduo Forte
$42
3 payments
Meals for Epiduo Forte · 2019-11-18 · $16
Meals for Tri-Luma · 2019-06-20 · $15
Meals for Epiduo Forte · 2019-03-21 · $12
Biofrontera
Ameluz
$40
2 payments
Meals for Ameluz · 2019-12-09 · $19
Meals for Ameluz · 2019-08-05 · $21
Mayne Pharma
Doryx
$13
1 payment
Meals for Doryx · 2019-05-02 · $13
Checkups this office reported
5 measures · 2023
Medicare asked this office to report how often certain checkups happened in 2023. This is not a grade for the doctor. A specialist’s patients may not need every screening.
Medicare’s overall office score
84.3 / 100
Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.
Checkup rates this office reported to Medicare
Asked about alcoholPatients screened for unhealthy alcohol use, with counseling if needed
77%That's most of the people this applied to.
584
Asked about smokingPatients asked about tobacco, with help to quit if they smoke
100%That's most of the people this applied to.
584
Closing the Referral Loop: Receipt of Specialist ReportAs Medicare defines this measure
56%
39
Medications listed in the chartVisits where the current medication list was documented
100%That's most of the people this applied to.
1,839
Melanoma: Continuity of Care - Recall SystemAs Medicare defines this measure
100%
34
What the office says it does
Boxes the office ticked on its Medicare worksheet for 2023. Nobody checks these.
Implementation of improvements that contribute to more timely communication of test results
Implementation of Use of Specialist Reports Back to Referring Clinician or Group to Close Referral Loop