Who bills the most Removal and microscopic exam of growth of head, neck, hands, feet, or genitals, each additional stage, 1-5 tissue blocks (17312) to Medicare in Virginia?
Medicare Part B FFS · CY2024 · as published by CMS29 physician groups billed Removal and microscopic exam of growth of head, neck, hands, feet, or genitals, each additional stage, 1-5 tissue blocks (17312) to Medicare fee-for-service in Virginia in 2024; the top five named groups hold 36% of that volume, and independent (non-hospital-affiliated) groups deliver 19%.
17312 — Removal and microscopic exam of growth of head, neck, hands, feet, or genitals, each additional stage, 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 | 17312 svcs | Share* | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DERMATOLOGY ASSOCIATES OF RICHMOND PC | RICHMOND | VA | DERMATOLOGY | 20 | 1,257 | 8.6% | (804) 549-4040 |
| 2 | VALLEY SKIN SPECIALISTS | BLACKSBURG | VA | DERMATOLOGY | 18 | 817 | 5.6% | (540) 951-3376 |
| 3 | PENINSULA DERMATOLOGY SKIN CANCER SURGERY CENTER, INC | NEWPORT NEWS | VA | DERMATOLOGY | 10 | 693 | 4.7% | (757) 873-0161 |
| 4 | CHANG SKIN SURGERY CENTER LLC | VIRGINIA BEACH | VA | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 3 | 583 | 4.0% | (757) 689-8183 |
| 5 | ABSOLUTE DERMATOLOGY PC | GLEN ALLEN | VA | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 9 | 571 | 3.9% | (804) 326-4448 |
| 6 | PARISER DERMATOLOGY SPECIALISTS LTD | NEWPORT NEWS | VA | DERMATOLOGY | 34 | 570 | 3.9% | (757) 595-8816 |
| 7 | FOREFRONT DERMATOLOGY SC | PENSACOLA | VA | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 639 | 481 | 3.3% | (800) 243-7546 |
| 8 | DERMATOLOGIC SURGERY OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA PLC | CHARLOTTESVILLE | VA | MICROGRAPHIC DERMATOLOGIC SURGERY (MDS) | 2 | 478 | 3.3% | (434) 979-7700 |
| 9 | THE CLINICAL SKIN CENTER OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA PLLC | FAIRFAX | VA | DERMATOLOGY | 6 | 476 | 3.3% | (703) 620-8900 |
| 10 | PINNACLE DERMATOLOGY SC | JOLIET | VA | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 144 | 411 | 2.8% | (815) 744-8554 |
| 11 | SKIN AND LASER SURGERY CENTER | WOODBRIDGE | VA | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 8 | 409 | 2.8% | (703) 492-4140 |
| 12 | RENEWAL DERMATOLOGY AND MEDSPA PC | GAINESVILLE | VA | DERMATOLOGY | 18 | 397 | 2.7% | (703) 753-9860 |
| 13 | ADVANCED DERMATOLOGY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE PLC | CHARLOTTESVILLE | VA | DERMATOLOGY | 4 | 389 | 2.7% | (434) 977-0027 |
| 14 | ATLANTIC DERMATOLOGY ASSOCIATES PC | VIRGINIA BEACH | VA | DERMATOLOGY | 8 | 380 | 2.6% | (757) 481-1666 |
| 15 | RICHMOND DERMATOLOGY SPECIALISTS | RICHMOND | VA | DERMATOLOGY | 12 | 371 | 2.5% | (804) 286-4927 |
| 16 | CHRISTINE S RAUSCH MD PC | RICHMOND | VA | DERMATOLOGY | 9 | 363 | 2.5% | (804) 282-4940 |
| 17 | UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PHYSICIANS GROUP | CHARLOTTESVILLE | VA | NURSE PRACTITIONER | 1704 | 352 | 2.4% | (434) 924-5959 |
| 18 | METRO MOHS SURGERY CENTER, LLC | SPRINGFIELD | VA | MICROGRAPHIC DERMATOLOGIC SURGERY (MDS) | 5 | 352 | 2.4% | (703) 705-7505 |
| 19 | DERMATOLOGY CENTER PC | FREDERICKSBURG | VA | DERMATOLOGY | 6 | 230 | 1.6% | (540) 371-7118 |
| 20 | COMMONWEALTH DERMATOLOGY PC | RICHMOND | VA | DERMATOLOGY | 14 | 230 | 1.6% | (804) 282-0831 |
| 21 | K AND C COBB MDS LLC | LYNCHBURG | VA | DERMATOLOGY | 5 | 201 | 1.4% | (434) 947-5321 |
| 22 | PREMIER DERMATOLOGY PC | ASHBURN | VA | DERMATOLOGY | 7 | 176 | 1.2% | (703) 726-0070 |
| 23 | COMPLEXIONS DERMATOLOGY, PC | DANVILLE | VA | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 9 | 169 | 1.2% | (434) 792-0423 |
| 24 | DISTRICT DERMATOLOGY PLLC | MC LEAN | VA | DERMATOLOGY | 7 | 145 | 1.0% | (703) 992-9211 |
| 25 | INTEGRATED DERMATOLOGY OF TIDEWATER LLC | NORFOLK | VA | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 8 | 100 | 0.7% | (757) 461-1033 |
| 26 | NEW RIVER DERMATOLOGY PLC | BLACKSBURG | VA | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT | 9 | 96 | 0.7% | (540) 953-2210 |
| 27 | SIMONE A MCKITTY MD INC | TORRANCE | VA | GENERAL PRACTICE | 2 | 95 | 0.6% | — |
| 28 | ALEXANDRIA ASSOCIATES IN DERMATOLOGY, PC | ARLINGTON | VA | DERMATOLOGY | 4 | 93 | 0.6% | (703) 212-7546 |
| 29 | WASHINGTON DERMATOLOGY CONSULTANTS, PLC | ARLINGTON | VA | DERMATOLOGY | 2 | 18 | 0.1% | (571) 431-6175 |
*Share of Virginia's disclosed Medicare-FFS services for 17312, counted once per clinician. Volume is placed in the state it was billed from, so this page ranks the groups actually billing 17312 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 →