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

Dr. Joe A Cates, MD

Individual provider Surgery Physician · NPI 1316942972

Dr. Joe A Cates, MD practises Vascular Surgery in Overland Park, Kansas. Graduated from University of Missouri, Kansas City, School of Medicine in 1987, 39 years ago. Practices with Kansas City Vascular and General Surgery Group LLC, a 22-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Kansas and Missouri.

Years since qualifying
39
Trained at
University of Missouri, Kansas City, School of Medicine
Licensed in
KS, MO
In the registry since
2005
Specialties on file
4
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

10730 Nall Ave Ste 101
Overland Park, KS 66211-1366
Phone: (913) 754-2800
Fax: (913) 754-2899
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Pin is approximate — placed at the ZIP-code centre, not the exact door.

Specialties & licences

Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 208600000X · Licence 0425089 (KS)
Surgery Physician Taxonomy 208600000X · Licence 107858 (MO)
Vascular Surgery Physician Taxonomy 2086S0129X · Licence 107858 (MO)
Vascular Surgery Physician Taxonomy 2086S0129X · Licence 0425089 (KS)

Record details

NPI number1316942972
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJune 20, 2005
Last updated in NPPESFebruary 1, 2022

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyVASCULAR SURGERY
Also practisesGENERAL SURGERY
Medical schoolUNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, KANSAS CITY, SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduated 1987 (39 years in practice)
Group practice Kansas City Vascular And General Surgery Group Llc — 22 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations4 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.

Leg revascularization (restoring blood flow) 23 times · 77th percentile
Hernia repair (minimally invasive) 1–10 times
Melanoma (skin cancer) excision 1–10 times
Removal of tissue 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 patients823
Services billed 2,397 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 $2,746 22 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee
Travel and Lodging $843 3 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference

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Practises at

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

Colleagues at Kansas City Vascular and General Surgery Group LLC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 22 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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