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

Individual provider Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician · NPI 1487725891

Dr. Lear Von Koch, MD practises Cardiac Surgery in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Graduated from Baylor College of Medicine in 1972, 54 years ago. Practices with Geisinger Clinic, a 3,413-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Pennsylvania.

Years since qualifying
54
Trained at
Baylor College of Medicine
Licensed in
PA
In the registry since
2006
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

720 Madison Ave
Scranton, PA 18510-1609 Not confirmed with CMS for 19 years — call before visiting
Phone: (570) 343-1115
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Specialties & licences

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician (primary) Taxonomy 208G00000X · Licence MD022688E (PA)

Record details

NPI number1487725891
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedNovember 10, 2006
Last updated in NPPESJuly 8, 2007

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyCARDIAC SURGERY
Also practisesTHORACIC SURGERY, VASCULAR SURGERY
Medical schoolBAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
Graduated 1972 (54 years in practice)
Group practice Geisinger Clinic — 3413 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.

Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) 34 times · 87th 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 patients218
Services billed 436 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age76

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.

Colleagues at Geisinger Clinic

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 3413 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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