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

Individual provider Surgery Physician · NPI 1497843098

Donald E Schepps, MD practises General Surgery in Santa Cruz, California. Graduated from Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in 1974, 52 years ago. Practices with Dignity Health Medical Foundation, a 1,204-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in California.

Years since qualifying
52
Trained at
Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University
Licensed in
CA
In the registry since
2006
Specialties on file
2
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

2911 Chanticleer Ave
Santa Cruz, CA 95065-1815 Not confirmed with CMS for 10 years — call before visiting
Phone: (831) 477-2350
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Specialties & licences

Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 208600000X · Licence G33280 (CA)
Vascular Surgery Physician Taxonomy 2086S0129X · Licence G33280 (CA)

Record details

NPI number1497843098
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedOctober 10, 2006
Last updated in NPPESJanuary 6, 2016

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyGENERAL SURGERY
Medical schoolJEFFERSON MEDICAL COLLEGE OF THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY
Graduated 1974 (52 years in practice)
Group practice Dignity Health Medical Foundation — 1204 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
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.

Colonoscopy 1–10 times
Hernia repair (minimally invasive) 1–10 times
Hernia repair - groin (open) 1–10 times
Leg revascularization (restoring blood flow) 1–10 times
Melanoma (skin cancer) excision 1–10 times
Removal of tissue 1–10 times
Skin biopsy 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 282 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age73

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.

Practises at

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

  • Dominican Hospital Hospital · Santa Cruz, CA · listed as Dominican Hospital Foundation
  • St Elizabeth Community Hospital Hospital · Red Bluff, CA · listed as Dignity Health St Elizabeth Community Hospital
  • Mercy Medical Center Redding Hospital · Redding, CA

Colleagues at Dignity Health Medical Foundation

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 1204 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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