Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.
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Cody Charles Ness, MD

Individual provider Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program · NPI 1649899337

Cody Charles Ness, MD practises General Surgery in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Qualified in 2020, 6 years ago. Practices with Lifespan Physician Group Inc, a 1,125-clinician group, works from 2 locations and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Rhode Island and South Dakota.

Years since qualifying
6
Licensed in
RI, SD
In the registry since
2020
Specialties on file
3
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

Student / training record This NPI belongs to someone enrolled in a health care training programme. It carries no licence and no practice of its own, so no address or phone number is published for it.

Sioux Falls, SD

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Additional practice locations (1)

  • 195 Collyer St Ste 302, Providence, RI 02904-1869 — (401) 553-8353

Specialties & licences

Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 208600000X · Licence 18723 (SD)
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program Taxonomy 390200000X
Surgery Physician Taxonomy 208600000X · Licence MD20592 (RI)

Record details

NPI number1649899337
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedApril 13, 2020
Last updated in NPPESSeptember 1, 2026
Certification dateSeptember 1, 2026

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyGENERAL SURGERY
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 2020 (6 years in practice)
Group practice Lifespan Physician Group Inc — 1125 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations2 on file with Medicare

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.

Colonoscopy 1–10 times
Hernia repair (minimally invasive) 1–10 times
Hernia repair - groin (open) 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.

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 $1,068 2 payments · educational material or training, not a fee
Food and Beverage $132 2 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.

Colleagues at Lifespan Physician Group Inc

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 1125 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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