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Eric O Klineberg, MD

Individual provider Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician · NPI 1528163003

Eric O Klineberg, MD practises Orthopedic Surgery in Houston, Texas. Graduated from University of Maryland School of Medicine in 2001, 25 years ago. Practices with UT Physicians, a 1,732-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in California and Texas.

Years since qualifying
25
Trained at
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Licensed in
CA, TX
In the registry since
2006
Specialties on file
2
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MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

6400 Fannin St Ste 1700
Houston, TX 77030-1526
Phone: (713) 486-6553
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Specialties & licences

Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207XS0117X · Licence U5439 (TX)
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician Taxonomy 207XS0117X · Licence A100293 (CA)

Record details

NPI number1528163003
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedSeptember 13, 2006
Last updated in NPPESSeptember 4, 2026
Certification dateSeptember 4, 2026

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
Medical schoolUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduated 2001 (25 years in practice)
Group practice Ut Physicians — 1732 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount

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 105 times · 75th percentile
Laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones) 28 times · 58th 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 patients113
Services billed 402 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age74

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.

Consulting Fee $138,574 13 payments
Royalty or License $127,871 7 payments · paid for the use of something the clinician owns or invented, such as a patent; not a fee for care or for time
Travel and Lodging $10,647 34 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference
Food and Beverage $5,291 66 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee
Compensation for services other than consulting , including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $4,625 2 payments

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.

Colleagues at UT Physicians

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 1732 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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