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

Individual provider Family Medicine Physician · NPI 1316994692

Gary Ostahowski, MD is registered under Family Practice in Hardin, Montana. Graduated from University of Michigan Medical School in 1977, 49 years ago. Practices with Scl Health Medical Group - Billings LLC, a 292-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Montana.

Years since qualifying
49
Trained at
University of Michigan Medical School
Licensed in
MT
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

16 N Miles Ave
Hardin, MT 59034-2356 Not confirmed with CMS for 19 years — call before visiting
Phone: (406) 665-2205
Fax: (406) 665-1159
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Specialties & licences

Family Medicine Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207Q00000X · Licence 4466 (MT)

Record details

NPI number1316994692
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedMay 30, 2006
Last updated in NPPESJuly 8, 2007

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyFAMILY PRACTICE
Medical schoolUNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL
Graduated 1977 (49 years in practice)
Group practice Scl Health Medical Group - Billings Llc — 292 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations3 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.

Removal of tissue 470 times · 96th percentile
Removal of nail tissue 1–10 times
Removal of skin lesions 1–10 times
Removal or shaving of skin growth 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 patients86
Services billed 643 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.

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 $148 3 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.

  • Intermountain Health St Vincent Regional Hospital Hospital · Billings, MT

Colleagues at Scl Health Medical Group - Billings LLC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 292 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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