Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.
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Dr. Darrell Scott Hanson, MD

Individual provider Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · NPI 1487689147

Dr. Darrell Scott Hanson, MD practises Orthopedic Surgery in Houston, Texas. Graduated from Baylor College of Medicine in 1995, 31 years ago. Practices with Houston Methodist Specialty Physicians, a 1,492-clinician group, works from 2 locations, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in Texas.

Years since qualifying
31
Trained at
Baylor College of Medicine
Licensed in
TX
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

6445 Main St Ste 2500
Houston, TX 77030
Phone: (713) 441-9499
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Additional practice locations (1)

  • 6620 Main St, Houston, TX 77030-2348 — (713) 986-7561

Specialties & licences

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207X00000X · Licence K2710 (TX)
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician Taxonomy 207XS0117X · Licence K2710 (TX)

Record details

NPI number1487689147
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJuly 11, 2006
Last updated in NPPESOctober 4, 2018

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
Medical schoolBAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
Graduated 1995 (31 years in practice)
Group practice Houston Methodist Specialty Physicians — 1492 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.

Spinal fusion 55 times · 58th percentile
Laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones) 19 times · 47th percentile

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 patients160
Services billed 389 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age72

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 $1,518 15 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. Those with a page here are linked.

  • Houston Methodist Clear Lake Hospital Hospital · Nassau Bay, TX · listed as Houston Methodist St John Hospital
  • Houston Methodist Hospital Hospital · Houston, TX · listed as The Methodist Hospital, Houston
  • Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital Hospital · Baytown, TX
  • Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital Hospital · Cypress, TX
  • Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital Hospital · The Woodlands, TX

Colleagues at Houston Methodist Specialty Physicians

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 1492 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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