Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.
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Chris Donnell Hower, MD

Individual provider Surgery Physician · NPI 1750368767

Chris Donnell Hower, MD practises General Surgery in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Graduated from University of Minnesota Medical School in 1995, 31 years ago. Practices with Mayo Clinic Health System-Northwest Wisconsin Region Inc, a 799-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Wisconsin.

Years since qualifying
31
Trained at
University of Minnesota Medical School
Licensed in
WI
In the registry since
2005
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

1400 Bellinger St
Eau Claire, WI 54703-5222
Phone: (715) 838-5222
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Specialties & licences

Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 208600000X · Licence 38020 (WI)

Record details

NPI number1750368767
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedDecember 30, 2005
Last updated in NPPESSeptember 14, 2020
Certification dateSeptember 14, 2020

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyGENERAL SURGERY
Medical schoolUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL
Graduated 1995 (31 years in practice)
Group practice Mayo Clinic Health System-Northwest Wisconsin Region Inc — 799 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.

Hernia repair (minimally invasive) 13 times · 78th percentile
Mastectomy 12 times · 67th percentile
Hernia repair - groin (open) 1–10 times
Melanoma (skin cancer) excision 1–10 times
Removal of tissue 1–10 times
Removal or shaving of skin growth 1–10 times
Skin biopsy 1–10 times
Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux 1–10 times

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 patients146
Services billed 361 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age71

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.

Education $68 1 payment · educational material or training, 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. Those with a page here are linked.

  • Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Medical Center Inc Hospital · La Crosse, WI · listed as Mayo Clinic Health System-Southwest Wisconsin Region, Inc
  • Mayo Clinic Health System-Red Cedar Inc Hospital · Menomonie, WI · listed as Mayo Clinic Health System-Northwest Wisconsin Region, Inc
  • Mayo Clinic Health System Chippewa Valley Hospital · Bloomer, WI
  • Mayo Clinic Health System Eau Claire Hospital Hospital · Eau Claire, WI
  • Mayo Clinic Health System-Northland Hospital · Barron, WI

Colleagues at Mayo Clinic Health System-Northwest Wisconsin Region Inc

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 799 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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