Dr. Stephen E. Kessler II, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 9,312
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 1,469
- Part D claims, 2024
- 1,153
- MIPS score, 2024
- 75
- Industry payments
- $2,125
- Practice address
- 130 S 63rd St, Mesa, AZ 85206
- Practice phone
- Call (480) 981-2888
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
Alta Dermatology Group Ltd
Mesa, Arizona
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Dr. Stephen E. Kessler II is a dermatologist in Mesa, Arizona
Dr. Kessler practices at Alta Dermatology Group Ltd in Mesa, Arizona.
Dr. Kessler's NPI, 1336671312, was assigned on March 30, 2017. Dr. Kessler graduated from University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine in 2017. Dr. Kessler holds Arizona license 62632.
- NPI
- 1336671312NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 7012317217
- NPI enumeration date
- March 30, 2017
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (480) 981-2888
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 35
- Medical school graduation
- 2017
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Stephen E. Kessler II practices at Alta Dermatology Group Ltd in Mesa, Arizona
Dr. Kessler's primary practice is Alta Dermatology Group Ltd, at 130 S 63rd St, Mesa, AZ 85206 in Maricopa County. The practice phone is (480) 981-2888.
- Alta Dermatology Group Ltd130 S 63rd St, Mesa, AZ 85206 · Maricopa CountyPhone(480) 981-2888
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. Stephen E. Kessler II is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Kessler's primary practice is Alta Dermatology Group Ltd in Mesa, Arizona. The medical group on file is Alta Dermatology. Dmand AI also links Dr. Kessler to 1 more group practice or clinic, named with a free account.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Stephen E. Kessler II's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Kessler practices. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Alta Dermatology Group Ltd | Available with a free account |
| +1 more affiliated site | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Stephen E. Kessler II is one of 269 dermatologists in Arizona
Dermatology is Dr. Kessler's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207N00000X. Dr. Kessler is licensed in Arizona.
Specialties and state licenses
- Dermatology, ArizonaPrimary
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Stephen E. Kessler II billed Medicare for 9,312 services in 2024
CMS data shows 9,312 Medicare services from Dr. Kessler across 25 procedure codes in 2024, for 1,469 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $380,574 for them. Every service was in an office.
Dr. Kessler's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Surgery
- 2023: 6,5392024: 6,6922%
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 2,7052024: 2,4938%
- Drugs given in the office
- 2023: 682024: 691%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 622024: 586%
Dr. Kessler compared with the Arizona median for dermatologists, 2024
- Dr. Kessler
- Arizona median
- Medicare services
- 9,312vs 3,5662.6 times
- Medicare patients
- 1,469vs 6982.1 times
- Part D claims
- 1,050vs 4702.2 times
Medians across 254 dermatologists in Arizona with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Kessler's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024
CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.
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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Stephen E. Kessler II treated 1,469 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 78
CMS counts 1,469 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kessler in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 729 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 73% have high blood pressure. Their average risk score is 1.15, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Kessler's median patient age at 78, with 43% women.
Dr. Kessler's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Kessler's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women61442%
- Men85558%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Kessler's Medicare patients, 2024
- High cholesterol75%
- High blood pressure73%
- Arthritis47%
- Ischemic heart disease32%
- Chronic kidney disease30%
- Diabetes23%
- Atrial fibrillation21%
- Cancer19%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Kessler's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 78
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women43%
- Men56%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Stephen E. Kessler II wrote 1,153 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Kessler wrote 1,153 Medicare Part D claims for 604 patients. 95% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,050 of them, across 14 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $27,934 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,031 claims across 15 drugs.
Dr. Kessler's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic1,091 claims95%
- Brand-name62 claims5%
Dr. Kessler's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024
CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.
Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Kessler's Part D claims, 2024
- Antibiotics10%113 of 1,153 claims
Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.
Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2023: 1,0312024: 1,0502%
Drugs named by CMS: 14 in 2024, 15 in 2023.
Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Stephen E. Kessler II scored 75 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 75 out of 100 for Dr. Kessler for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Kessler accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 2,845 procedures of removal of skin lesions by Dr. Kessler, more than 99% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- MIPS final score, 2024
- 75 of 100
Where Dr. Kessler ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Removal of skin lesions
- 99th percentile2,845 procedures
- Skin biopsy
- 97th percentile643 procedures
- Removal of skin cancer
- 26th percentile135 procedures
- Melanoma (skin cancer) excision
- 80th percentile30 procedures
CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.
Removal or shaving of skin growth: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)
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Dr. Stephen E. Kessler II received $2,125 in industry payments from 2022 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 98 general payments to Dr. Kessler from 23 drug and device companies from 2022 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $296.
General payments to Dr. Kessler by program year, 2022 to 2025
Companies that paid Dr. Kessler the most, 2022 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Stephen E. Kessler II graduated from University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine
Dr. Kessler graduated from University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine in 2017.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Stephen E. Kessler II's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentiles | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Stephen E. Kessler II's NPI number?
Dr. Stephen E. Kessler II's NPI number is 1336671312. It was assigned on March 30, 2017, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Stephen E. Kessler II?
Dr. Stephen E. Kessler II is a dermatologist in Mesa, Arizona. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Dermatology Physician (taxonomy code 207N00000X).
Where does Dr. Stephen E. Kessler II practice?
Dr. Kessler practices at 130 S 63rd St, Mesa, AZ 85206. Dr. Kessler's primary practice is Alta Dermatology Group Ltd in Mesa, Arizona. Dmand AI also links Dr. Kessler to 1 group practice or clinic.
What is Dr. Stephen E. Kessler II's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Kessler is (480) 981-2888.
What is Dr. Stephen E. Kessler II's medical license number?
Dr. Kessler holds Arizona license 62632.
What medical group is Dr. Stephen E. Kessler II part of?
Dr. Kessler is linked to Alta Dermatology.
Does Dr. Stephen E. Kessler II accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Kessler billed Medicare for 9,312 services in 2024, and Dr. Kessler accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. Stephen E. Kessler II's MIPS score?
Dr. Kessler's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 75 out of 100, reported as part of a group.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Stephen E. Kessler II see?
CMS counts 1,469 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kessler in 2024, with an average age of 78.
What services does Dr. Stephen E. Kessler II bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Kessler's most billed Medicare services were surgery: skin and soft tissue (17003), office visit, established patient (99213) and surgery: skin and soft tissue (17000).
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Where did Dr. Stephen E. Kessler II go to medical school?
Dr. Kessler graduated from University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine in 2017.
What drugs does Dr. Stephen E. Kessler II prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Kessler's most prescribed drugs by claims were Triamcinolone Acetonide, Clobetasol Propionate and Ketoconazole.
Has Dr. Stephen E. Kessler II received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $2,125 in general payments to Dr. Kessler from 23 companies from 2022 to 2025. The largest total came from Abbvie Inc.
How long has Dr. Stephen E. Kessler II been practicing?
Dr. Kessler graduated from medical school in 2017, 9 years ago.
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