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

John Abram Powelson, MD

Individual provider Transplant Surgery Physician · NPI 1407806029

John Abram Powelson, MD practises General Surgery in Indianapolis, Indiana. Graduated from Boston University School of Medicine in 1986, 40 years ago. Practices with Iu Health Medical Group, LLC, a 4,351-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Indiana.

Years since qualifying
40
Trained at
Boston University School of Medicine
Licensed in
IN
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

550 University Blvd
Indianapolis, IN 46202-5149
Phone: (317) 274-4370
Fax: (317) 278-3268
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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 01060100A (IN)
Transplant Surgery Physician Taxonomy 204F00000X · Licence 01060100A (IN)

Record details

NPI number1407806029
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedMay 12, 2006
Last updated in NPPESDecember 28, 2020
Certification dateDecember 28, 2020

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyGENERAL SURGERY
Medical schoolBOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduated 1986 (40 years in practice)
Group practice Iu Health Medical Group, Llc — 4351 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.

Hernia repair (minimally invasive) 1–10 times
Hernia repair - groin (open) 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 patients56
Services billed 189 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age59

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.

Colleagues at Iu Health Medical Group, LLC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 4351 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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