Dermatology in California
1,875 providers, $53,108,715 in total reported payments from drug and device makers. Ranked below by lifetime general payments. The median provider in this group received $1,655.
Ranking high here usually means a consulting or royalty arrangement, not wrongdoing. Payments to device inventors and trial investigators are legal, disclosed, and concentrated in a small number of people — which is exactly why a list like this has a steep top and a long flat tail.
What Medicare pays dermatology clinicians in California
Across 1,359 dermatology clinicians in California who billed Original Medicare Part B in 2024, Medicare allowed $540,448,285 in total — an average of $397,681 each, of which $336,138 was for services and the rest for drugs administered in the office.
This is not a salary. The rest is what Medicare allowed for services these clinicians billed — Original Medicare fee-for-service only. It excludes Medicare Advantage, which now covers more than half of Medicare enrollees, along with Medicaid and every commercial insurer, so for most clinicians it is a fraction of their practice. It is also gross revenue: staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums all come out of it before anyone is paid. Anyone quoting a figure like this as physician pay is misreading it.
Ranked by reported payments
- 1Paul YamauchiSanta Monica$2,876,359
- 2Jennifer SoungSanta Ana$2,770,625
- 3Robert GreenbergLivermore$2,574,821
- 4Neal BhatiaSan Diego$2,486,105
- 5April ArmstrongLos Angeles$2,349,931
- 6Jeffrey CrowleyBakersfield$2,133,653
- 7Jashin WuCorona$2,019,088
- 8Raja SivamaniSacramento$1,880,749
- 9Tien NguyenFountain Valley$1,224,105
- 10Tina BhutaniSan Francisco$1,072,158
- 11Jenny MuraseMountain View$1,050,670
- 12Stacy SmithEncinitas$993,478
- 13Navid EzraThousand Oaks$805,682
- 14Emil TanghettiSacramento$799,898
- 15John BoswellFresno$777,376
- 16Sandra RebishUpland$746,364
- 17Jennifer HsiaoLos Angeles$746,006
- 18Michelle EhrlichManhattan Beach$734,624
- 19Christopher HoLos Angeles$730,511
- 20Craig KraffertRedding$664,713
- 21Sara DillSanta Barbara$643,992
- 22Melanie PalmSolana Beach$519,969
- 23Sarina ElmariahSan Francisco$510,182
- 24Serena MrazVallejo$508,668
- 25Jeffrey SugarmanSanta Rosa$494,251
- 26Hal WeitzbuchCalabasas$470,791
- 27Kevin BelascoNewport Beach$463,613
- 28Matthew LewisStanford$441,762
- 29Badri ModiDuarte$394,073
- 30Paul WallaceBeverly Hills$387,626
- 31Sara GaspardPasadena$364,188
- 32Howard SofenLos Angeles$344,647
- 33Jonathan BaronSanta Ana$340,186
- 34Amit PandyaMountain View$320,877
- 35Navid NamiNewport Beach$302,294
- 36Nancy AndersonLoma Linda$300,150
- 37Nada ElbulukLos Angeles$296,595
- 38Gennady RubinsteinStudio City$282,122
- 39Derek JonesLos Angeles$271,927
- 40Timothy BergerSan Francisco$269,709
- 41Arisa OrtizSan Diego$261,290
- 42Pearl GrimesLos Angeles$256,340
- 43Michael HeffernanSan Luis Obispo$245,827
- 44Annie ChiuRedondo Beach$244,038
- 45Justin KoStanford$237,037
- 46Christopher TomassianGlendora$208,157
- 47Ava ShambanSanta Monica$204,482
- 48William KirbyHermosa Beach$189,515
- 49Jamal SalehWhittier$187,467
- 50Syed AliWest Hills$182,655
- 51Samantha EllisDanville$169,625
- 52Marlys FassettSan Francisco$167,743
- 53David FiorentinoStanford$166,322
- 54Alvin Codala Jolla$158,932
- 55Renee SheininSherman Oaks$151,120
- 56Glynis AblonManhattan Beach$150,690
- 57Caren CampbellSan Francisco$149,237
- 58Kathleen WelshSan Francisco$148,968
- 59Michael BradshawSan Diego$142,971
- 60Jacquiline HabashyBeverly Hills$142,876