Medicare Enrolled

Dr. Huachen Wei, MD

Dermatology · Elmhurst, NY
Practice pattern: Clinical Cardiology — Primarily office-based clinical cardiology
8516 QUEENS BLVD FL 1, Elmhurst, NY 11373
7184570002
Registered in NPPES since 2006
NPI: 1235167313 verify on NPPES ↗
Very High
DATA COVERAGE
Data in 4 of 4 federal sources
Measures public federal data availability — not provider quality
Informational, not a quality rating. This page presents federal public records about Dr. Wei from CMS (NPPES, Open Payments, Medicare Provider Utilization, PECOS). It is not medical advice, an endorsement, or a judgment of clinical quality. Always consult the provider directly and a licensed clinician for medical decisions. Read methodology →
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What this data tells you about Dr. Wei

Dr. Huachen Wei is a dermatology specialist in Elmhurst, NY, with 20 years of NPI registration. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Wei performed 1,107 Medicare services in 2023. These records do not provide a deduplicated patient total.

Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Wei received a total of $263,436 from 38 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 1317 payment records. A record can group multiple payments. These transfers are publicly reported through CMS Open Payments. Disclosure alone does not establish their effect on care. A reliable breakdown by payment category is not available in this snapshot. Patients may wish to discuss these relationships with their provider.

The Data Coverage level for Dr. Wei is Very High — reflecting how much public federal data is available about this provider. Patients are encouraged to use this data as one of several factors when choosing a healthcare provider.

✓ 20 years of NPI registration ▲ 1,107 Medicare services $263,436 industry payments

Medicare Practice Summary — 2023

Medicare Utilization ↗
1,107
Medicare services
Bottom 45% in NY for dermatology
Not available
Unique patients (not deduplicated)
$75
Avg. Medicare payment
Medicare patients only (65+ / disabled) · How to read this →

Top procedures by volume

Ranked by number of services performed for Medicare patients. Avg. submitted charge is what the provider billed; avg. Medicare payment is what CMS paid.

Procedure Volume Avg. paid Avg. submitted
Office visit, established patient (20-29 min)
An office visit for an existing patient lasting between 20 and 29 minutes. The visit involves medical evaluation and management of the patient's condition.
460 $75 $120
New patient office visit (30-44 min)
An initial office visit for a new patient lasting between 30 and 44 minutes. This code is used when the total time spent on the date of the encounter falls within this range.
138 $92 $170
Destruction of skin growths (warts/lesions), 1-14
This procedure involves the removal or destruction of one to fourteen skin growths. It is a minor surgical intervention performed on the skin surface.
77 $96 $180
Office visit, established patient (10-19 min)
An office visit for an existing patient lasting 10 to 19 minutes. The visit involves medical evaluation and management of the patient's condition.
75 $47 $70
Destruction of skin growth, 15 or more growths 67 $103 $200
Steroid injection (triamcinolone)
A 10 mg injection of triamcinolone acetonide, a corticosteroid medication. This code specifies the drug and dosage administered.
65 $1 $5
Skin biopsy, tangential
A procedure to remove a sample of the first identified skin growth for laboratory examination.
64 $91 $170
Additional skin growth biopsy
Removal of a sample of an additional skin growth for laboratory examination. This code is used for each extra lesion biopsied during the same session.
48 $45 $80
Injection into skin growths, more than 7
A procedure involving the injection of medication into more than seven skin growths.
38 $56 $140
Destruction of eyelid margin growth, 1.0 cm or less
This procedure involves the removal or destruction of a growth located on the margin of the eyelid that measures 1.0 centimeter or smaller.
35 $153 $320
Injection into skin growths, 1-7
A procedure involving the injection of medication into one to seven skin growths.
27 $49 $100
Simple drainage of skin abscess
A minor procedure to drain a localized collection of pus from the skin. The abscess is opened to allow the fluid to escape and promote healing.
13 $104 $200
How to read this data: This reflects Medicare patients only (typically 65+). Payment amounts are what Medicare paid the provider, not your out-of-pocket cost. These counts do not measure clinical quality or years of experience.

Industry Payment Transparency

Open Payments through 2024 ↗
$263,436
Total received (2018-2024)
Avg $37,634/year across 7 years
Top 4% in NY for dermatology
A higher payment rank reflects disclosed industry relationships (consulting, research, speaking) common among subspecialists — not wrongdoing.
38
Companies
1,317
Payment records
Payments are publicly reported; disclosure does not establish legality · Not evidence of wrongdoing · How to interpret →

Payment categories are unavailable while the source breakdown is being rebuilt. Company and year totals do not identify how much belongs to each category.

Payment trend by year

Annual totals from pharmaceutical and medical device companies.

2024
$33,922
2023
$42,964
2022
$34,948
2021
$8,895
2020
$15,239
2019
$78,182
2018
$49,286

Payments by company (2024)

Janssen Biotech, Inc.
$15,665
ABBVIE INC.
$12,005
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.
$4,143
Dermavant Sciences, Inc.
$435
Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc.
$392
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
$217
GENZYME CORPORATION
$203
PFIZER INC.
$196
Lilly USA, LLC
$160
Galderma Laboratories, L.P.
$123
SUN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES INC.
$104
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.
$67
Helsinn Therapeutics (U.S.), Inc.
$66
Amgen Inc.
$51
LEO Pharma Inc.
$50
Incyte Corporation
$26
UCB, Inc.
$19
Top 3 companies account for 93.8% of 2024 payments
All-time payments by company (2018-2024) ›
Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC
$69,084
Janssen Biotech, Inc.
$44,643
AbbVie, Inc.
$42,948
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
$22,068
ABBVIE INC.
$20,663
Celgene Corporation
$17,266
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.
$13,855
Lilly USA, LLC
$13,781
AbbVie Inc.
$10,403
GENZYME CORPORATION
$1,436
PFIZER INC.
$1,032
Dermavant Sciences, Inc.
$771
Amgen Inc.
$530
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.
$495
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
$469
UCB, Inc.
$464
Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc.
$444
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc.
$417
LEO Pharma Inc.
$405
SUN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES INC.
$311
Merz North America, Inc.
$265
Helsinn Therapeutics (U.S.), Inc.
$208
Ortho Dermatologics, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC
$202
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC
$185
DERMIRA, INC.
$174
Incyte Corporation
$145
Novo Nordisk Inc
$125
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC.
$125
Galderma Laboratories, L.P.
$123
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
$111
PruGen, Inc. Pharmaceuticals
$82
Phadia US Inc.
$71
Taro Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.
$34
Mayne Pharma Inc.
$28
STRATA Skin Sciences, Inc.
$27
Allergan, Inc.
$18
Almirall LLC
$14
Journey Medical Corporation
$13
Top 3 companies account for 59.5% of all-time payments
Associated products mentioned in payments ›
0.25% · ABSORICA · ABSORICA LD · ADBRY · ANORO · BOTOX COSMETIC · Bimzelx · CIBINQO · COSENTYX · CYLTEZO · Cimzia · DERMATITIS - DISEASE · DORYX · DUOBRII · DUPIXENT · DUPIXENT DUPILUMAB INJECTION · EUCRISA · Enbrel · HUMIRA · Humira · ILUMYA · ILUMYA (tildrakizumab-asmn) injection · Ilumya · ImmunoCAP · LITFULO · OLUMIANT · OPZELURA · Otezla · Ozempic · QBREXZA · REMICADE · RINVOQ · SILIQ · SKYRIZI · SPEVIGO · Skyrizi · Sotyktu · TALTZ · TOPICORT (desoximetasone) Topical Spray · TREMFYA · Tremfya · VALCHLOR · VTAMA · Veltin · Vemlidy · Winlevi · XEOMIN · XTRAC · Zoryve
Should you be concerned? Industry payments are disclosed through CMS Open Payments. Disclosure alone does not establish their purpose, legality, or effect on care. What matters is whether a recommended drug or device appears in your doctor's payment records. If so, consider asking your doctor about it. How to interpret this data →
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Geographic Context

Dermatologists in nearby ZIP areas
975
County median income
$84,961
Nearest hospital to ZIP centroid (approximate)
ELMHURST HOSPITAL CENTER
0.0 mi

Data Sources

Provider Registry NPPES NPPES snapshot; verify current record
Medicare Enrollment PECOS PECOS snapshot
Practice Data Medicare Util. Annual (CY lag)
Industry Payments Open Payments CY 2024
Disciplinary History — Not included N/A

This provider has data in 4 of 4 available federal datasets, with a Data Coverage level of Very High. This reflects how much public data is available about a provider. How we calculate this →

Summary

Dr. Wei is a clinical cardiology specialist, with moderate Medicare volume, with 20 years of NPI registration.

This summary is auto-generated from federal data, describing data availability and patterns. Read our methodology →

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Dr. Wei experienced with office visit, established patient (20-29 min)?
Based on Medicare claims data, Dr. Wei performed 460 office visit, established patient (20-29 min) services. These records cover Medicare fee-for-service activity, including eligible younger beneficiaries; they do not measure total practice volume or clinical quality.
Does Dr. Wei receive payments from pharmaceutical companies?
Yes. Dr. Wei received a total of $263,436 from 38 companies across 1,317 payment records. A record can group multiple payments. These transfers are publicly disclosed through CMS Open Payments. Disclosure alone does not establish their legality or effect on care. Patients may wish to ask their doctor about these relationships, especially if a recommended drug or device appears in the payment records.
How do Dr. Wei's costs compare to other dermatologists in Elmhurst?
Dr. Wei's average Medicare payment per service is $75. Note that these figures represent what Medicare pays, not your out-of-pocket cost, which depends on your specific insurance plan and deductible. Procedure-level data above shows both what was submitted and what Medicare paid for each service type.
What does Data Coverage mean?
Data Coverage (currently Very High for Dr. Wei) measures how much public federal data is available about a provider. It is not a quality rating. A "Very High" or "High" level means the provider has data across multiple federal sources (NPPES, PECOS, Medicare Utilization, Open Payments), indicating the presence of registry, enrollment, activity or payment records, not verified experience or clinical quality. A "Low" or "Moderate" level may simply mean the provider is newer, does not see Medicare patients, or has not received any industry payments — none of which are inherently negative. Read our full methodology →
Is this data up to date?
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About this page

This page combines public CMS records with calculated summaries and explanatory procedure labels. These transformations are not verbatim federal records. Sources: NPPES ↗, Open Payments ↗, Medicare Provider Utilization ↗, and PECOS. Publication is mandated by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (§6002 ACA, 42 U.S.C. §1320a-7h) and the Freedom of Information Act.

This page is not medical advice, an endorsement, a recommendation, or a quality rating. Data Coverage reflects data completeness — how much federal information exists for this provider — not clinical performance, patient outcomes, or quality of care. Always verify information directly with the provider and consult a licensed clinician before making medical decisions.

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Data Disclaimer — Data sourced from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), Open Payments program, Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data, and Provider Enrollment & Certification data (PECOS). Published under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). This website is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or authorized by CMS, HHS, or the U.S. Government. Data may contain errors as reported to CMS by providers and reporting entities. Industry payment disclosure alone establishes neither wrongdoing nor legality. Medicare data reflects only patients aged 65+ or those with qualifying disabilities. For corrections, contact CMS directly. This information does not constitute medical advice and should not be used as the sole basis for choosing a healthcare provider. Procedure descriptions use plain language and do not reference CPT® codes, which are copyrighted by the American Medical Association. Full methodology → · Report a data error → · Privacy policy →