Physician

Ekama Carlson, MD, PHD

According to 2025 Medicare claims, Ekama Carlson, MD, PHD (NPI: 1245532159) practices micrographic dermatologic surgery in the San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA market, with the plurality of this provider's patient population coming from San Francisco, CA. This provider's primary affiliated billing organization is CARLSON SURGICAL DERMATOLOGY CORP (NPI: 1912649096; TIN: 881283895) and primary practice location at 94115-2381.

Carlson's data goes back to 2015 and runs through 2024. For example, in 2024, this provider had 153 traditional Medicare patients, billed 793 HCPCS/CPT codes, and received $155,283 in Medicare payments. The top billing code was 17311 (Removal and microscopic exam of growth of head, neck, hands, feet, or genitals, 1-5 tissue blocks). Part D data shows 166 prescription claims across 100 beneficiaries totaling $4,239 in drug costs, led by Clobetasol Propionate (Clobetasol Propionate). Open Payments data shows 27 records totaling $756. You can download detailed data with all billing codes (2015-2024). For more recent data, please contact us.

Over the past 10 years, this provider has fewer than 5 years of reported Medicare Part B carrier billing data, so a reliable trend cannot be assigned. Concurrently, Part D prescription costs started with an early spike, then settled into a lower baseline, moving from $8,100 to $4,239. For DME billing, this provider has fewer than 5 years of reported data, so a reliable trend cannot be assigned.

Part B Carrier Billing Trend

Medicare payment trend, with N of patients and claim lines in the table.

Year	Patients	Clm Lines	Payment
2015	N/R	N/R	N/R
2016	N/R	N/R	N/R
2017	N/R	N/R	N/R
2018	N/R	N/R	N/R
2019	N/R	N/R	N/R
2020	N/R	N/R	N/R
2021	N/R	N/R	N/R
2022	44	124	$31,254
2023	125	738	$148,172
2024	153	793	$155,283

Part D Events Trend

Drug cost trend, with N of patients and prescription claims in the table.

Year	Patients	Claims	Drug Cost
2015	N/R	N/R	N/R
2016	N/R	N/R	N/R
2017	92	116	$8,100
2018	211	381	$32,566
2019	160	202	$5,679
2020	189	241	$4,790
2021	83	98	$1,569
2022	70	80	$1,254
2023	64	103	$3,208
2024	100	166	$4,239

DME Billing Trend

Medicare payment trend, with N of patients and DME claim records in the table.

No connected DME records

* / # = suppressed by CMS; 0 = reported zero; N/R = not reported or blank.

Top 5 Part B carrier billing codes in 2024

By total payments.

Code	Description	Patients	Clm Lines	Total Payment
17311	Removal and microscopic exam of growth of head, neck, hands, feet, or genitals, 1-5 tissue blocks	42	53	$492
99203	New patient office or other outpatient visit with low level of medical decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	39	39	$86
99213	Established patient office or other outpatient visit with low level od decision making, if using time, 20 minutes or more	43	61	$81
99212	Established patient office or other outpatient visit with straightforward medical decision making, if using time, 10 minutes or more	62	112	$53
17000	Destruction of precancer skin growth, 1 growth	30	37	$49

Top 5 Part D drugs in 2024

By total drug costs.

Drug	Generic	Claims	Total Day Supply	Total Drug Cost
Clobetasol Propionate	Clobetasol Propionate	22	550	$615
Cefadroxil	Cefadroxil	51	464	$411
Doxycycline Hyclate	Doxycycline Hyclate	14	182	$218
Triamcinolone Acetonide	Triamcinolone Acetonide	14	364	$141

Top 5 DME services in 2024

No connected or detailed DME service-level records for 2024.

Open Payments Summary in 2024

Category	Definition	Records	Total Reported Amount	Top Related Entity
General Payments	Reported payment or transfer-of-value amount.	27	$756	ABBVIE INC.
Research Payments	Reported research-related payment or transfer-of-value amount.	0	$0	N/R
Ownership / Investment Interests	Reported value of ownership or investment interests.	0	$0	N/R

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FAQ

What Medicare data is available for Ekama Carlson, MD, PHD?

Tedicare shows public-source Medicare data for Ekama Carlson, MD, PHD (NPI 1245532159), including provider identity, specialty, market context, Medicare Part B activity, Part D prescribing, DME records, Open Payments where available, billing organization details, and ACO affiliation signals where available. Profile data covers 2015-2024, with current attribution based on 2025 claims where available.

Does Ekama Carlson, MD, PHD have ACO affiliation data?

No ACO affiliation record is shown in the available Tedicare data for this profile.

What billing organization is linked to Ekama Carlson, MD, PHD?

Ekama Carlson, MD, PHD is linked to CARLSON SURGICAL DERMATOLOGY CORP (billing NPI 1912649096) in the available physician profile data.

Does Ekama Carlson, MD, PHD have Open Payments data?

Ekama Carlson, MD, PHD has 27 connected Open Payments records in the available 2024 summary data.

Can I download physician-level Medicare data from Tedicare?

Yes. Tedicare provides sample physician export data and paid custom physician data exports for research, planning, outreach, and market analysis. Exports can include physician profile fields, market and specialty context, billing organization details, ACO affiliation signals where available, and Medicare utilization data.