Who bills the most Removal and microscopic exam of growth of head, neck, hands, feet, or genitals, 1-5 tissue blocks (17311) to Medicare in Virginia?
Medicare Part B FFS · CY2024 · as published by CMS30 physician groups billed Removal and microscopic exam of growth of head, neck, hands, feet, or genitals, 1-5 tissue blocks (17311) to Medicare fee-for-service in Virginia in 2024; the top five named groups hold 34% of that volume, and independent (non-hospital-affiliated) groups deliver 16%.
17311 — Removal and microscopic exam of growth of head, neck, hands, feet, or genitals, 1-5 tissue blocks · Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners PUF (Part B), CY2024 release. Medicare fee-for-service only.
Snapshot covers the whole Virginia market — the table below shows the top 100 groups (free tier).
Medicare fee-for-service covers 61% of Medicare in Virginia; Medicare Advantage penetration 25% → 39% since 2020.
| # | Physician group | City | St | Specialty | Providers | 17311 svcs | Share* | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DERMATOLOGY ASSOCIATES OF RICHMOND PC | RICHMOND | VA | DERMATOLOGY | 20 | 2,222 | 7.4% | (804) 549-4040 |
| 2 | PENINSULA DERMATOLOGY SKIN CANCER SURGERY CENTER, INC | NEWPORT NEWS | VA | DERMATOLOGY | 10 | 1,459 | 4.8% | (757) 873-0161 |
| 3 | VALLEY SKIN SPECIALISTS | BLACKSBURG | VA | DERMATOLOGY | 18 | 1,356 | 4.5% | (540) 951-3376 |
| 4 | PARISER DERMATOLOGY SPECIALISTS LTD | NEWPORT NEWS | VA | DERMATOLOGY | 34 | 1,154 | 3.8% | (757) 595-8816 |
| 5 | CHANG SKIN SURGERY CENTER LLC | VIRGINIA BEACH | VA | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 3 | 1,072 | 3.6% | (757) 689-8183 |
| 6 | DERMATOLOGIC SURGERY OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA PLC | CHARLOTTESVILLE | VA | MICROGRAPHIC DERMATOLOGIC SURGERY (MDS) | 2 | 1,058 | 3.5% | (434) 979-7700 |
| 7 | ADVANCED DERMATOLOGY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE PLC | CHARLOTTESVILLE | VA | DERMATOLOGY | 4 | 954 | 3.2% | (434) 977-0027 |
| 8 | ABSOLUTE DERMATOLOGY PC | GLEN ALLEN | VA | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 9 | 951 | 3.2% | (804) 326-4448 |
| 9 | PINNACLE DERMATOLOGY SC | JOLIET | VA | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 144 | 919 | 3.1% | (815) 744-8554 |
| 10 | CHRISTINE S RAUSCH MD PC | RICHMOND | VA | DERMATOLOGY | 9 | 876 | 2.9% | (804) 282-4940 |
| 11 | FOREFRONT DERMATOLOGY SC | PENSACOLA | VA | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 639 | 844 | 2.8% | (800) 243-7546 |
| 12 | RICHMOND DERMATOLOGY SPECIALISTS | RICHMOND | VA | DERMATOLOGY | 12 | 833 | 2.8% | (804) 286-4927 |
| 13 | ATLANTIC DERMATOLOGY ASSOCIATES PC | VIRGINIA BEACH | VA | DERMATOLOGY | 8 | 758 | 2.5% | (757) 481-1666 |
| 14 | UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PHYSICIANS GROUP | CHARLOTTESVILLE | VA | NURSE PRACTITIONER | 1704 | 751 | 2.5% | (434) 924-5959 |
| 15 | RENEWAL DERMATOLOGY AND MEDSPA PC | GAINESVILLE | VA | DERMATOLOGY | 18 | 743 | 2.5% | (703) 753-9860 |
| 16 | METRO MOHS SURGERY CENTER, LLC | SPRINGFIELD | VA | MICROGRAPHIC DERMATOLOGIC SURGERY (MDS) | 5 | 741 | 2.5% | (703) 705-7505 |
| 17 | THE CLINICAL SKIN CENTER OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA PLLC | FAIRFAX | VA | DERMATOLOGY | 6 | 734 | 2.4% | (703) 620-8900 |
| 18 | COMPLEXIONS DERMATOLOGY, PC | DANVILLE | VA | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 9 | 533 | 1.8% | (434) 792-0423 |
| 19 | SKIN AND LASER SURGERY CENTER | WOODBRIDGE | VA | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 8 | 517 | 1.7% | (703) 492-4140 |
| 20 | DERMATOLOGY CENTER PC | FREDERICKSBURG | VA | DERMATOLOGY | 6 | 513 | 1.7% | (540) 371-7118 |
| 21 | COMMONWEALTH DERMATOLOGY PC | RICHMOND | VA | DERMATOLOGY | 14 | 470 | 1.6% | (804) 282-0831 |
| 22 | K AND C COBB MDS LLC | LYNCHBURG | VA | DERMATOLOGY | 5 | 464 | 1.5% | (434) 947-5321 |
| 23 | NEW RIVER DERMATOLOGY PLC | BLACKSBURG | VA | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 9 | 405 | 1.3% | (540) 953-2210 |
| 24 | PREMIER DERMATOLOGY PC | ASHBURN | VA | DERMATOLOGY | 7 | 334 | 1.1% | (703) 726-0070 |
| 25 | DISTRICT DERMATOLOGY PLLC | MC LEAN | VA | DERMATOLOGY | 7 | 313 | 1.0% | (703) 992-9211 |
| 26 | ALEXANDRIA ASSOCIATES IN DERMATOLOGY, PC | ARLINGTON | VA | DERMATOLOGY | 4 | 278 | 0.9% | (703) 212-7546 |
| 27 | INTEGRATED DERMATOLOGY OF TIDEWATER LLC | NORFOLK | VA | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 8 | 120 | 0.4% | (757) 461-1033 |
| 28 | SIMONE A MCKITTY MD INC | TORRANCE | VA | GENERAL PRACTICE | 2 | 70 | 0.2% | — |
| 29 | WASHINGTON DERMATOLOGY CONSULTANTS, PLC | ARLINGTON | VA | DERMATOLOGY | 2 | 44 | 0.1% | (571) 431-6175 |
| 30 | KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN OF THE MID ATLANTIC STATES, INC | LARGO | VA | INTERNAL MEDICINE | 1965 | 22 | 0.1% | (301) 618-5700 |
*Share of Virginia's disclosed Medicare-FFS services for 17311, counted once per clinician. Volume is placed in the state it was billed from, so this page ranks the groups actually billing 17311 in Virginia — including groups registered elsewhere ("City" is each group's registered location). Group figures sum clinicians affiliated with exactly one group; clinicians in several groups are listed in each group's drill-down but not volume-attributed to any single group.
How to read this. Figures are Medicare fee-for-service only — not all-payer — from the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners Public Use File (Part B), CY2024 release. CMS suppresses any provider×code row under 11 beneficiaries, so a missing group means "suppressed," never zero. "Charges" are provider-submitted amounts, not payments. Groups are ranked by measured service volume attributed to clinicians in exactly one group — clinicians affiliated with several groups are listed in rosters but never volume-attributed to a single group — a direct read of the public record, not a rating or quality score. Full method: Methods & Sources.
Comparing against an all-payer estimate?
These are exact counts from Medicare fee-for-service claims — roughly a third to half of most procedure markets, depending on payer mix. Modeled all-payer databases project the remainder statistically; we publish the audited floor and label it as such. Same market, different denominator. How the numbers reconcile →