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Medicare Virginia · CY2024

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 CMS
30
Billing groups
21,508
Named-group FFS services
$27,586,264
Named-group submitted charges
$1,283
Avg charge / service
$586
Avg allowed / service
34%
Top-5 concentration
16%
Independent share

30 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).

Payer-mix context

Medicare fee-for-service covers 61% of Medicare in Virginia; Medicare Advantage penetration 25% → 39% since 2020.

Market structure — concentration, independent share, and the consolidation trend for this market — is part of the market analytics platform — built, not launched yet. Notify me at launch →
#Physician groupCityStSpecialty Providers 17311 svcs Share*Phone
1 DERMATOLOGY ASSOCIATES OF RICHMOND PC RICHMONDVADERMATOLOGY 20 2,222 7.4% (804) 549-4040
2 PENINSULA DERMATOLOGY SKIN CANCER SURGERY CENTER, INC NEWPORT NEWSVADERMATOLOGY 10 1,459 4.8% (757) 873-0161
3 VALLEY SKIN SPECIALISTS BLACKSBURGVADERMATOLOGY 18 1,356 4.5% (540) 951-3376
4 PARISER DERMATOLOGY SPECIALISTS LTD NEWPORT NEWSVADERMATOLOGY 34 1,154 3.8% (757) 595-8816
5 CHANG SKIN SURGERY CENTER LLC VIRGINIA BEACHVAPHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 3 1,072 3.6% (757) 689-8183
6 DERMATOLOGIC SURGERY OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA PLC CHARLOTTESVILLEVAMICROGRAPHIC DERMATOLOGIC SURGERY (MDS) 2 1,058 3.5% (434) 979-7700
7 ADVANCED DERMATOLOGY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE PLC CHARLOTTESVILLEVADERMATOLOGY 4 954 3.2% (434) 977-0027
8 ABSOLUTE DERMATOLOGY PC GLEN ALLENVAPHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 9 951 3.2% (804) 326-4448
9 PINNACLE DERMATOLOGY SC JOLIETVAPHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 144 919 3.1% (815) 744-8554
10 CHRISTINE S RAUSCH MD PC RICHMONDVADERMATOLOGY 9 876 2.9% (804) 282-4940
11 FOREFRONT DERMATOLOGY SC PENSACOLAVAPHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 639 844 2.8% (800) 243-7546
12 RICHMOND DERMATOLOGY SPECIALISTS RICHMONDVADERMATOLOGY 12 833 2.8% (804) 286-4927
13 ATLANTIC DERMATOLOGY ASSOCIATES PC VIRGINIA BEACHVADERMATOLOGY 8 758 2.5% (757) 481-1666
14 UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PHYSICIANS GROUP CHARLOTTESVILLEVANURSE PRACTITIONER 1704 751 2.5% (434) 924-5959
15 RENEWAL DERMATOLOGY AND MEDSPA PC GAINESVILLEVADERMATOLOGY 18 743 2.5% (703) 753-9860
16 METRO MOHS SURGERY CENTER, LLC SPRINGFIELDVAMICROGRAPHIC DERMATOLOGIC SURGERY (MDS) 5 741 2.5% (703) 705-7505
17 THE CLINICAL SKIN CENTER OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA PLLC FAIRFAXVADERMATOLOGY 6 734 2.4% (703) 620-8900
18 COMPLEXIONS DERMATOLOGY, PC DANVILLEVAPHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 9 533 1.8% (434) 792-0423
19 SKIN AND LASER SURGERY CENTER WOODBRIDGEVAPHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 8 517 1.7% (703) 492-4140
20 DERMATOLOGY CENTER PC FREDERICKSBURGVADERMATOLOGY 6 513 1.7% (540) 371-7118
21 COMMONWEALTH DERMATOLOGY PC RICHMONDVADERMATOLOGY 14 470 1.6% (804) 282-0831
22 K AND C COBB MDS LLC LYNCHBURGVADERMATOLOGY 5 464 1.5% (434) 947-5321
23 NEW RIVER DERMATOLOGY PLC BLACKSBURGVAPHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 9 405 1.3% (540) 953-2210
24 PREMIER DERMATOLOGY PC ASHBURNVADERMATOLOGY 7 334 1.1% (703) 726-0070
25 DISTRICT DERMATOLOGY PLLC MC LEANVADERMATOLOGY 7 313 1.0% (703) 992-9211
26 ALEXANDRIA ASSOCIATES IN DERMATOLOGY, PC ARLINGTONVADERMATOLOGY 4 278 0.9% (703) 212-7546
27 INTEGRATED DERMATOLOGY OF TIDEWATER LLC NORFOLKVAPHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 8 120 0.4% (757) 461-1033
28 SIMONE A MCKITTY MD INC TORRANCEVAGENERAL PRACTICE 2 70 0.2%
29 WASHINGTON DERMATOLOGY CONSULTANTS, PLC ARLINGTONVADERMATOLOGY 2 44 0.1% (571) 431-6175
30 KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN OF THE MID ATLANTIC STATES, INC LARGOVAINTERNAL 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 →