Treatment Tracker

The Doctors and Services in Medicare Part B

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Treatment Tracker » 10120
SKIN, HAIR AND NAILS

Removal of foreign body from tissue, accessed

Beneath the skin

Service Code: 10120, Service Type: Medical

Total Paid

$15,663.76

Total Times Performed (or Units)

5,081

Rank Among All Services

2,329

Includes both office and facility visits.

Services by State

Below are the states in which this service was billed. Click a state for top providers there.


Times Performed State
1,486 Pennsylvania
1,232 Florida
1,146 New York
329 Illinois
281 California
130 New Jersey
81 Michigan
78 Indiana
75 Maryland
59 Massachusetts
50 Connecticut
22 New Hampshire
20 New Mexico
18 Texas
17 Alabama
13 Rhode Island
11 Delaware
11 Oregon
11 Maine
11 South Carolina

Top Providers

Below are the top 30 providers who performed this service most often. A provider’s name may appear twice on this list if he/she performs this service in both an office setting and in a facility. Medicare reimburses differently based on place of service and breaks the data out accordingly. Sorting is limited to the top 30 overall providers.


Provider Name Times Performed (or Units) % of Patients Unique Visits Per Patient
COLIN FLANNERY

MEDIA, Pa. 19063

Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery

60%

of this provider's 404 patients got this service 		513

Performed in an office

60%

of this provider's 404 patients got this service		 1.8
NICHOLAS ROMANSKY

MEDIA, Pa. 19063

Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery

48%

of this provider's 447 patients got this service 		451

Performed in an office

48%

of this provider's 447 patients got this service		 2.1
DAVID ERFLE

MEDIA, Pa. 19063

Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery

42%

of this provider's 677 patients got this service 		351

Performed in an office

42%

of this provider's 677 patients got this service		 1.2
LAWRENCE COHN

MIAMI, Fla. 33173

Podiatrist

22%

of this provider's 795 patients got this service 		180

Performed in an office

22%

of this provider's 795 patients got this service		 1
RICARDO REYES

MIAMI, Fla. 33143

Podiatrist

21%

of this provider's 738 patients got this service 		164

Performed in an office

21%

of this provider's 738 patients got this service		 1.1
MARIE JEAN-BENOIT

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. 33067

Podiatrist

24%

of this provider's 479 patients got this service 		140

Performed in an office

24%

of this provider's 479 patients got this service		 1.2
LORNA WALTERS

CHICAGO, Ill. 60619

Podiatrist

17%

of this provider's 278 patients got this service 		118

Performed in an office

17%

of this provider's 278 patients got this service		 2.5
MEHRAN ALAGHEBAND

GLEN COVE, N.Y. 11542

Dermatology

38%

of this provider's 157 patients got this service 		117

Performed in an office

38%

of this provider's 157 patients got this service		 1.9
OLGA ARONOFF

CHICAGO, Ill. 60660

Podiatrist

18%

of this provider's 540 patients got this service 		108

Performed in an office

18%

of this provider's 540 patients got this service		 1.1
KIRK LEBENSFELD

NEW YORK, N.Y. 10022

Podiatrist, Foot Surgery

22%

of this provider's 392 patients got this service 		101

Performed in an office

22%

of this provider's 392 patients got this service		 1.2
BRUCE HOLTZMAN

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. 33484

Podiatrist

6%

of this provider's 1,386 patients got this service 		89

Performed in an office

6%

of this provider's 1,386 patients got this service		 1.1
JOSEPH FICCHI

BROOKLYN, N.Y. 11228

Podiatrist, Foot Surgery

44%

of this provider's 171 patients got this service 		86

Performed in an office

44%

of this provider's 171 patients got this service		 1.1
JACQUELINE NOBOA

BRONX, N.Y. 10463

Podiatrist

39%

of this provider's 151 patients got this service 		85

Performed in an office

39%

of this provider's 151 patients got this service		 1.4
DAVID SCHEINER

NORTH BALDWIN, N.Y. 11510

Podiatrist

17%

of this provider's 431 patients got this service 		78

Performed in an office

17%

of this provider's 431 patients got this service		 1.1
NANETTE DIAZ-RISPLER

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. 33417

Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery

13%

of this provider's 521 patients got this service 		74

Performed in an office

13%

of this provider's 521 patients got this service		 1.1
SAUL LIPSMAN

LAKE WORTH, Fla. 33467

Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery

17%

of this provider's 361 patients got this service 		68

Performed in an office

17%

of this provider's 361 patients got this service		 1.1
ANDREW BIRCH

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. 10314

Podiatrist

21%

of this provider's 275 patients got this service 		58

Performed in an office

21%

of this provider's 275 patients got this service		 1
MATTHEW MOSHIRFAR

SARASOTA, Fla. 34231

Podiatrist

44%

of this provider's 77 patients got this service 		52

Performed in an office

44%

of this provider's 77 patients got this service		 1.5
NATALYA ZIGELMAN

NORTH BERGEN, N.J. 07047

Podiatrist

5%

of this provider's 768 patients got this service 		51

Performed in an office

5%

of this provider's 768 patients got this service		 1.5
NEIL STEINBERG

AGOURA HILLS, Calif. 91301

Podiatrist

8%

of this provider's 588 patients got this service 		48

Performed in a facility

8%

of this provider's 588 patients got this service		 1
PAUL WEINER

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. 33446

Podiatrist

5%

of this provider's 767 patients got this service 		47

Performed in an office

5%

of this provider's 767 patients got this service		 1.1
FREDERICK MECCIA

VALPARAISO, Ind. 46385

Podiatrist

4%

of this provider's 1,015 patients got this service 		46

Performed in an office

4%

of this provider's 1,015 patients got this service		 1
STEVEN ALTMAN

TUSTIN, Calif. 92780

Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery

25%

of this provider's 122 patients got this service 		43

Performed in an office

25%

of this provider's 122 patients got this service		 1.4
ARIEL OSTAD

NEW YORK, N.Y. 10021

Procedural Dermatology

4%

of this provider's 996 patients got this service 		41

Performed in an office

4%

of this provider's 996 patients got this service		 1.1
MARK KOT

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. 11968

General Practice

2%

of this provider's 1,776 patients got this service 		40

Performed in an office

2%

of this provider's 1,776 patients got this service		 1
MICHAEL MCCORMICK

VENICE, Fla. 34293

Podiatrist

3%

of this provider's 950 patients got this service 		38

Performed in an office

3%

of this provider's 950 patients got this service		 1.1
JONDELLE JENKINS

CHICAGO, Ill. 60617

Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Surgery

4%

of this provider's 737 patients got this service 		37

Performed in an office

4%

of this provider's 737 patients got this service		 1.2
SANFORD KNIGHT

GLENCOE, Ill. 60022

Podiatrist

2%

of this provider's 1,932 patients got this service 		36

Performed in an office

2%

of this provider's 1,932 patients got this service		 1
MICHAEL SCANLON

NEW YORK, N.Y. 10003

Legal Medicine

6%

of this provider's 494 patients got this service 		33

Performed in an office

6%

of this provider's 494 patients got this service		 1.1
STUART COURTNEY

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. 33009

Podiatrist

4%

of this provider's 719 patients got this service 		32

Performed in an office

4%

of this provider's 719 patients got this service		 1.1

Sources: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, National Plan and Provider Enumeration System, American Medical Association

Services that begin with a letter come from CMS. All other codes and descriptions of the medical procedures are from the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code set, copyright 2015 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. Where practical, AMA’s consumer friendly translation of the CPT descriptor was used. ProPublica has received permission from the AMA to use these codes on this site.

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