Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.
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Stephen Thomas Spates, MD

Individual provider Dermatology Physician · NPI 1740251495

Stephen Thomas Spates, MD practises Dermatology in Verona, New Jersey. Graduated from University of Iowa, Rj & L Carver College of Medicine in 1997, 29 years ago. Practices with Schweiger Dermatology PC, a 182-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in New Jersey.

Years since qualifying
29
Trained at
University of Iowa, Rj & L Carver College of Medicine
Licensed in
NJ
In the registry since
2006
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

60 Pompton Ave
Verona, NJ 07044 Not confirmed with CMS for 15 years — call before visiting
Phone: (973) 571-2121
Fax: (973) 571-2126
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Specialties & licences

Dermatology Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207N00000X · Licence MA07427500 (NJ)

Record details

NPI number1740251495
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJanuary 31, 2006
Last updated in NPPESJanuary 18, 2011

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyDERMATOLOGY
Medical schoolUNIVERSITY OF IOWA, RJ & L CARVER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
Graduated 1997 (29 years in practice)
Group practice Schweiger Dermatology Pc — 182 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Melanoma (skin cancer) excision 287 times · 98th percentile
Removal of skin cancer 1,185 times · 90th percentile
Removal or shaving of skin growth 99 times · 85th percentile
Removal of skin lesions 383 times · 84th percentile
Skin biopsy 27 times · 65th percentile

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients690
Services billed 3,672 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age80

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Food and Beverage $708 71 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

Each amount is the sum of what companies reported for that kind of payment in 2025, rounded to the dollar. Not all of it is income to the clinician: a meal is not a fee, a charitable contribution goes to a charity, and a royalty or an acquisition payment is not a salary.

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.

  • Chilton Medical Center Hospital · Pompton Plains, NJ

Colleagues at Schweiger Dermatology PC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 182 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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