Melanie Zahner, MD
MOHS-Micrographic Surgery · Hinsdale, ILNPI 1487655684
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 1,316 payments — averaging $17.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- AbbVie$5K
- Novartis$3K
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.$3K
- Johnson & Johnson$2K
- Lilly USA, LLC$2K
- Galderma Laboratories, L.p.$2K
- plus $8K from 29 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$22,90398%
- Education$5672%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 286 | $4,602 |
| Novartis | 121 | $2,862 |
| Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. | 136 | $2,714 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 100 | $1,755 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 121 | $1,565 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 73 | $1,524 |
| Ortho Dermatologics, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 87 | $1,290 |
| Pfizer | 68 | $998 |
| UCB, Inc. | 20 | $773 |
| Incyte Corporation | 48 | $670 |
| Almirall LLC | 30 | $516 |
| Mayne Pharma Commercial LLC | 30 | $478 |
| Dermavant Sciences, Inc. | 40 | $477 |
| Sanofi | 20 | $459 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 24 | $444 |
| LEO Pharma Inc. | 21 | $374 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 12 | $356 |
| Amgen | 14 | $333 |
| EPI Health, LLC | 15 | $251 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 3 | $209 |
| Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. | 9 | $177 |
| VYNE Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 7 | $168 |
| Organon | 11 | $104 |
| Encore Dermatology Inc. | 4 | $67 |
| Journey Medical Corporation | 3 | $51 |
| Dermira, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Medimetriks Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Botanix SB Inc | 1 | $33 |
| Sandoz | 2 | $29 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $27 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $24 |
| Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Sebela Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $11 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
How this compares
$23,469 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 40 mohs-micrographic surgery providers in Illinois.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Clobetasol Propionate | 141 | $6,095 |
| Fluorouracil | 60 | $4,252 |
| Metronidazole | 65 | $2,869 |
| Azelaic Acid | 25 | $2,522 |
| Betamethasone Dipropionate | 65 | $2,488 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 165 | $1,465 |
| Ciclopirox | 22 | $1,298 |
| Minocycline Hcl | 54 | $830 |
| Spironolactone | 52 | $747 |
| Ketoconazole | 54 | $617 |
| Mometasone Furoate | 26 | $534 |
| Minoxidil | 119 | $507 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 29 | $460 |
| ValacyclovirValacyclovir Hcl | 19 | $421 |
| MethotrexateMethotrexate Sodium | 15 | $413 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other mohs-micrographic surgery in Hinsdale
- Scott ZahnerHinsdale$55K
- Steven GoulderHinsdale$64
- Kelly ParkNorthbrook$11K
- Owen KramerElmhurst$10K
- Todd JohnsonChicago$10K
- Simon YooChicago$10K
- Jeffrey McKennaCharleston$10K
- Daniel SchlessingerChicago$8K
- Aleksandar KrunicChicago$8K
- Ross PearlmanChicago$8K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.