Mohs surgery clinicians
CMS lists 3,464 clinicians with a primary specialty of dermatology, micrographic dermatologic surgery, plastic and reconstructive surgery, otolaryngology, ophthalmology, general surgery, hand surgery, or surgical oncology who have billed Medicare for at least one removal of skin cancer procedure (details below).
States and territories
# of clinicians performing Mohs surgery
- Alabama 58
- Alaska 5
- Arizona 150
- Arkansas 38
- California 524
- Colorado 88
- Connecticut 36
- Delaware 20
- District of Columbia 8
- Florida 415
- Georgia 106
- Hawaii 18
- Idaho 35
- Illinois 114
- Indiana 55
- Iowa 48
- Kansas 40
- Kentucky 37
- Louisiana 30
- Maine 12
- Maryland 60
- Massachusetts 84
- Michigan 91
- Minnesota 85
- Mississippi 24
- Missouri 78
- Montana 19
- Nebraska 29
- Nevada 47
- New Hampshire 21
- New Jersey 107
- New Mexico 14
- New York 204
- North Carolina 113
- North Dakota 12
- Ohio 100
- Oklahoma 26
- Oregon 55
- Pennsylvania 149
- Puerto Rico 7
- Rhode Island 17
- South Carolina 58
- South Dakota 22
- Tennessee 82
- Texas 252
- Utah 54
- Vermont 6
- Virginia 85
- Washington 76
- West Virginia 15
- Wisconsin 59
- Wyoming 14
A clinician who practices in more than one state is counted in each state.
Understanding CMS Data
CMS's "Removal of skin cancer" category combines specific billing codes for Mohs micrographic surgery to calculate the number of times each clinician billed Medicare for "Removal of skin cancer." In Mohs surgery, the clinician removes a skin cancer in stages and examines each stage under a microscope during the same visit. CMS counts each billing code separately, so a single skin cancer that takes more than one stage can contribute more than once to this total. CMS reports removal of a skin cancer by standard excision, without microscopic examination during the visit, in a different category, so this total does not include it. CMS reports only procedures that clinicians billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage. Therefore, CMS's procedure volume data does not include procedures that clinicians may have performed on patients who have other health care coverage (e.g., commercial insurance, self-pay, or the VA). Billing variation and coding errors can also affect CMS's data. Therefore, the number of procedures that CMS reports for a clinician may be higher or lower than the actual number of removal of skin cancer procedures a clinician performed during the reporting period. Lastly, only clinicians with a primary specialty of dermatology, micrographic dermatologic surgery, plastic and reconstructive surgery, otolaryngology, ophthalmology, general surgery, hand surgery, or surgical oncology (as reported to Medicare) are presented.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (August 18, 2026 release).