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

David Coons, DO

Individual provider Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) Physician · NPI 1215956024

David Coons, DO practises Emergency Medicine in Tacoma, Washington. Graduated from Des Moines University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences in 1996, 30 years ago. Practices with Multicare Health System, a 2,302-clinician group, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in Texas and Washington.

Years since qualifying
30
Trained at
Des Moines University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences
Licensed in
TX, WA
In the registry since
2006
Specialties on file
2
What do these letters mean?
DO — Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
A fully licensed physician, trained like an MD with additional musculoskeletal training. Equivalent practice rights in all 50 states.

See every abbreviation used in this directory →

Claim this listing Report a problem Suggest an edit

Practice location Address checks out

3124 S 19th St
Tacoma, WA 98405-2433 Not confirmed with CMS for 14 years — call before visiting
Phone: (253) 459-7000
Show map & directions

Directions in Google Maps · Apple Maps · OpenStreetMap

Pin is approximate — placed at the ZIP-code centre, not the exact door.

Specialties & licences

Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207XX0005X · Licence OP00002026 (WA)
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician Taxonomy 207X00000X · Licence L0103 (TX)

Record details

NPI number1215956024
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials DO
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJuly 19, 2006
Last updated in NPPESDecember 21, 2011

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyEMERGENCY MEDICINE
Also practisesORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
Medical schoolDES MOINES UNIVERSITY OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES
Graduated 1996 (30 years in practice)
Group practice Multicare Health System — 2302 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
TelehealthOffers telehealth services
Practice locations5 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.

Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) 17 times · 90th percentile
Upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) 38 times · 80th percentile
Knee replacement 37 times · 70th percentile
Hip replacement 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 patients469
Services billed 4,796 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age75

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 $1,513 22 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee
Travel and Lodging $1,153 4 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference

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.

Check a report, or dispute one, at the source in CMS’s own tool, Open Payments. Corrections go through CMS’s dispute process. This site removes a home address on request and asks for no proof, because that is privacy; it will not remove an accurate payment report on request, because that is a statutory public disclosure.

Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician. Those with a page here are linked.

Colleagues at Multicare Health System

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 2302 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

Other providers in Tacoma