Active NPI 1588991913 Individual Practitioner Female Practitioner

Catherine Heather Kitchens , PA-C

Physician Assistant • Augusta, GA

✓ Accepts Medicare Assignment

Professional Overview & Biography Verified Profile Summary

Catherine Kitchens, PA-C is a certified Physician Assistant practicing in Augusta, GA. With approximately 30 years of clinical experience since graduating from Emory University School Of Medicine in 1996, Catherine Kitchens delivers high-quality medical care to the local community at 820 SAINT SEBASTIAN WAY STE 6C.

Catherine Kitchens is affiliated with Skin Surgery Center Pa and accepts Medicare assignment.

Frequently performed procedures and clinical services include established patient outpatient office visit, destruction of precancer skin growth, 2-14 growths, tangential biopsy of single skin lesion. Full Medicare procedure pricing transparency rates and service volume details are listed on this profile.

Practice Location & Contact Primary Location

Practice Address

820 Saint Sebastian Way Ste 6c

Augusta, GA 309012640

Telephone 7067224280

Fax 7067224298

Associated Practice Facility / Clinic

🏢 Augusta Dermatology Associates Pc Facility NPI 1649349978

Medicare Profile & Education

Medical School

Emory University School Of Medicine

Graduation Year

1996

Medicare Assignment

✓ Accepts Assignment

Telehealth Flag

In-Person Only

Specialty Benchmarks & Practice Insights

Comparative analytics for Physician Assistant in Augusta, GA

Senior Veteran Specialist (>20 Yrs)

Practitioner Clinical Experience

30 Yrs +19.7 yrs vs City Avg

City Avg: 10.3 Yrs

State Avg: 12.9 Yrs

Regional Practice Density

234 Specialists

Practicing in Augusta, GA (4726 Statewide)

Telehealth Adoption Rate

4.7% Regional Adoption

In-Person Office Visits Only

Medicare Pricing Discount

73.4% Avg Savings

Under CMS Medicare Fee Schedule vs Standard Submitted Charges

Clinical Seniority & Experience Comparison

Dr. Kitchens (30 Years) 30 Yrs

Augusta Specialty Average (10.3 Years) 10.3 Yrs

Performed Procedures & Service Volume

Top Medicare Part B procedures performed by this practitioner

CMS Official Data (2024)

Reporting Year:

HCPCS Code & Description	Services	Patients	Submitted Charge	Medicare Allowed
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes	743	450	$258.52	$72.06
17003 Destruction of precancer skin growth, 2-14 growths	507	103	$18.69	$5.19
11102 Tangential biopsy of single skin lesion	382	277	$281.50	$72.63
17000 Destruction of skin growth	253	177	$190.78	$40.11
11103 Biopsy of related skin growth, each additional growth	227	130	$140.78	$39.34
17110 Destruction of up to 14 skin growths	174	131	$319.35	$88.73
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	152	120	$365.07	$102.12
99212 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with straightforward medical decision making, if using time, 10 minutes or more	68	61	$159.99	$44.73
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit with low level of medical decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	67	67	$316.35	$87.80
J3301 Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg	49	19	$2.99	$0.98
11900 Injection into skin growth, 1-7 growths	39	17	$161.65	$40.54
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, 45 minutes or more	28	28	$476.07	$129.62
69100 Biopsy of ear	19	16	$267.66	$55.05
17262 Destruction of cancer skin growth of trunk, arms, or legs, 1.1-2.0 cm	17	16	$504.62	$136.68
11104 Punch biopsy, first skin growth	15	14	$348.92	$97.40

HCPCS Code & Description	Services	Patients	Submitted Charge	Medicare Allowed
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes	608	348	$257.19	$72.53
17003 Destruction of precancer skin growth, 2-14 growths	525	108	$18.75	$5.33
11102 Tangential biopsy of single skin lesion	312	226	$286.33	$73.59
17000 Destruction of skin growth	252	175	$190.23	$39.33
17110 Destruction of up to 14 skin growths	186	126	$321.86	$88.90
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	171	128	$361.51	$102.19
11103 Biopsy of related skin growth, each additional growth	165	97	$142.03	$40.29
99212 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with straightforward medical decision making, if using time, 10 minutes or more	75	66	$160.90	$45.06
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit with low level of medical decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	55	55	$318.35	$90.11
J3301 Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg	51	16	$3.17	$1.05
11900 Injection into skin growth, 1-7 growths	35	14	$162.14	$42.50
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, 45 minutes or more	32	32	$477.70	$130.87
11104 Punch biopsy, first skin growth	26	25	$357.92	$97.84
17262 Destruction of cancer skin growth of trunk, arms, or legs, 1.1-2.0 cm	19	15	$513.84	$131.95
69100 Biopsy of ear	13	12	$273.45	$56.55
99202 New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 20 minutes	11	11	$204.87	$58.24

HCPCS Code & Description	Services	Patients	Submitted Charge	Medicare Allowed
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes	504	321	$192.24	$74.28
17003 Destruction of precancer skin growth, 2-14 growths	498	102	$14.33	$5.48
11102 Tangential biopsy of single skin lesion	222	174	$241.77	$74.70
17000 Destruction of skin growth	214	145	$161.06	$40.78
17110 Destruction of up to 14 skin growths	142	114	$205.03	$89.41
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	131	106	$276.24	$103.76
11103 Biopsy of related skin growth, each additional growth	95	63	$126.37	$41.39
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit with low level of medical decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	50	50	$263.99	$90.39
J3301 Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg	50	15	$2.93	$1.12
99212 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with straightforward medical decision making, if using time, 10 minutes or more	48	43	$110.33	$46.22
11900 Injection into skin growth, 1-7 growths	34	13	$134.50	$44.38
11104 Punch biopsy, first skin growth	30	28	$300.12	$104.12
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, 45 minutes or more	21	21	$401.78	$131.87
17262 Destruction of cancer skin growth of trunk, arms, or legs, 1.1-2.0 cm	17	13	$422.48	$124.50

HCPCS Code & Description	Services	Patients	Submitted Charge	Medicare Allowed
17003 Destruction of precancer skin growth, 2-14 growths	468	103	$13.00	$5.31
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes	423	296	$176.00	$74.76
17000 Destruction of skin growth	263	172	$160.00	$42.60
11102 Tangential biopsy of single skin lesion	235	177	$238.00	$78.53
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	185	147	$260.00	$105.57
17110 Destruction of up to 14 skin growths	134	88	$175.00	$90.88
11103 Biopsy of related skin growth, each additional growth	82	62	$128.00	$41.37
99212 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with straightforward medical decision making, if using time, 10 minutes or more	79	71	$105.00	$46.20
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit with low level of medical decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	27	27	$261.00	$92.66
11104 Punch biopsy, first skin growth	22	22	$298.00	$106.62
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, 45 minutes or more	21	21	$399.00	$134.38

HCPCS Code & Description	Services	Patients	Submitted Charge	Medicare Allowed
17003 Destruction of precancer skin growth, 2-14 growths	496	96	$23.48	$4.92
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes	471	339	$124.52	$61.71
11102 Tangential biopsy of single skin lesion	236	171	$185.65	$77.08
17000 Destruction of skin growth	213	148	$110.93	$41.53
99212 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with straightforward medical decision making, if using time, 10 minutes or more	174	135	$75.65	$37.18
11103 Biopsy of related skin growth, each additional growth	111	67	$97.68	$43.44
17110 Destruction of up to 14 skin growths	89	74	$172.35	$89.71
99202 New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 20 minutes	27	27	$122.04	$62.39
17261 Destruction of cancer skin growth of trunk, arms, or legs, 0.6-1.0 cm	22	20	$231.50	$116.79
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	18	17	$235.56	$89.94
11104 Punch biopsy, first skin growth	17	17	$233.59	$103.16
11200 Removal of skin tag, 1-15 skin tags	13	13	$138.69	$63.15

HCPCS Code & Description	Services	Patients	Submitted Charge	Medicare Allowed
17003 Destruction of precancer skin growth, 2-14 growths	716	122	$25.00	$4.50
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes	685	463	$93.00	$60.36
11102 Tangential biopsy of single skin lesion	299	226	$179.77	$74.55
17000 Destruction of skin growth	292	184	$100.00	$40.65
99212 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with straightforward medical decision making, if using time, 10 minutes or more	218	163	$68.00	$36.46
11103 Biopsy of related skin growth, each additional growth	130	83	$95.00	$42.83
17110 Destruction of up to 14 skin growths	104	82	$152.00	$86.68
99202 New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 20 minutes	38	38	$115.00	$60.96
17261 Destruction of cancer skin growth of trunk, arms, or legs, 0.6-1.0 cm	16	13	$189.00	$105.73
11104 Punch biopsy, first skin growth	16	16	$225.00	$99.93
17004 Destruction of precancer skin growth, 15 or more growths	13	11	$350.00	$122.45

HCPCS Code & Description	Services	Patients	Submitted Charge	Medicare Allowed
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes	530	491	$98.40	$58.65
17003 Destruction of precancer skin growth, 2-14 growths	525	112	$21.66	$4.17
11100 Biopsy of single growth of skin and/or tissue	273	244	$152.87	$78.95
99212 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with straightforward medical decision making, if using time, 10 minutes or more	232	199	$67.41	$35.07
17000 Destruction of skin growth	205	180	$116.08	$43.53
17110 Destruction of up to 14 skin growths	123	102	$165.89	$87.69
11101 Biopsy of each additional growth of skin and/or tissue	92	65	$77.34	$26.29
99202 New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 20 minutes	47	47	$124.04	$60.08
11602 Removal of cancer skin growth of body, arms, or legs, 1.1-2.0 cm	14	13	$356.45	$104.83
12032 Intermediate repair of wound of scalp, underarms, trunk, arms, or legs, 2.6-7.5 cm	13	13	$495.54	$237.82
17261 Destruction of cancer skin growth of trunk, arms, or legs, 0.6-1.0 cm	13	13	$202.37	$111.12

HCPCS Code & Description	Services	Patients	Submitted Charge	Medicare Allowed
17003 Destruction of precancer skin growth, 2-14 growths	988	164	$17.47	$4.47
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes	386	275	$104.67	$58.86
11100 Biopsy of single growth of skin and/or tissue	317	221	$160.41	$75.40
17000 Destruction of skin growth	302	201	$132.97	$41.30
99212 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with straightforward medical decision making, if using time, 10 minutes or more	234	177	$64.10	$34.87
11101 Biopsy of each additional growth of skin and/or tissue	146	85	$77.13	$26.55
17110 Destruction of up to 14 skin growths	129	95	$171.41	$86.65
99202 New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 20 minutes	56	56	$127.29	$60.26
12032 Intermediate repair of wound of scalp, underarms, trunk, arms, or legs, 2.6-7.5 cm	18	18	$504.12	$241.34
17004 Destruction of precancer skin growth, 15 or more growths	17	16	$316.95	$119.73
11602 Removal of cancer skin growth of body, arms, or legs, 1.1-2.0 cm	11	11	$359.30	$99.03
11200 Removal of skin tag, 1-15 skin tags	11	11	$128.21	$61.16

Medical Specialties & State Licenses

Physician Assistant Primary Specialty

NUCC Taxonomy Code: 363A00000X

A physician assistant is a person who has successfully completed an accredited education program for physician assistant, is licensed by the state and is practicing within the scope of that license. Physician assistants are formally trained to perform many of the routine, time-consuming tasks a physician can do. In some states, they may prescribe medications. They take medical histories, perform physical exams, order lab tests and x-rays, and give inoculations. Most states require that they work under the supervision of a physician.

Hospital & Practice Group Affiliations

Skin Surgery Center Pa

120 Braemar Rd, Pinehurst, NC 283747207

Phone: 33672424349998

Skin Surgery Center Pa

1450 Professional Park Dr, Winston Salem, NC 271031300

Phone: 3367242434

Skin Surgery Center Pa

5 Regional Cir, Pinehurst, NC 283749863

Phone: 8283227546

Skin Surgery Center Pa

1450 Professional Park Dr, Winston Salem, NC 271031307

Phone: 3367242434

Practice Associates & Co-Workers

Healthcare professionals and specialists practicing at this location or sharing practice phone/fax

3 Associated Practitioners

Dr. Avis Yount , MD

Dermatology

NPI 1003831868

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

Dr. Karen Parviainen , MD

Dermatology - Procedural Dermatology

NPI 1023042124

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

Dr. Peter Yount , MD

Dermatology - Procedural Dermatology

NPI 1376568147

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

Career & Practice History Timeline

Chronological log of verified NPI updates, location relocations, credentials, and registry changes

6 Historical Events

✅

NPI Profile Active November 05, 2009

NPI status registered as active in NPPES database

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Updated Practice Location November 05, 2009

Registered at 820 SAINT SEBASTIAN WAY STE 6C, AUGUSTA, GA 309012640 (Tel: 7067224280)

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Updated Business Mailing Address November 05, 2009

Registered at 820 SAINT SEBASTIAN WAY STE 6C, AUGUSTA, GA 309012640 (Tel: 7067224280)

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Provider Name / Credentials Updated November 05, 2009

Recorded as CATHERINE KITCHENS, PA-C

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Medical Taxonomy / Specialty Registered (Primary Specialty) November 05, 2009

Physician Assistant

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Initial NPI Registration & Enumeration November 05, 2009

First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.

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NPI Administrative Meta

NPI Number: 1588991913

Entity Type:

Individual Provider Physician, Nurse Practitioner, or Solo Healthcare Professional (Type 1 NPI)

Enumeration Date: November 05, 2009

Last Update: November 05, 2009

Sole Proprietor: No

Update or Correct Profile

Mailing Address

820 Saint Sebastian Way Ste 6c

Augusta, GA 309012640

Phone: 7067224280

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