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

Individual provider Surgery Physician · NPI 1871734194

John T Hower, DO practises General Surgery in Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania. Graduated from Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Erie in 2003, 23 years ago. Practices with Allegheny Clinic, a 2,300-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Pennsylvania.

Years since qualifying
23
Trained at
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Erie
Licensed in
PA
In the registry since
2009
What do these letters mean?
DO — Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
A fully licensed physician, trained like an MD with additional musculoskeletal training. Equivalent practice rights in all 50 states.

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Practice location Address checks out

1629 Union Ave Ste 4
Natrona Heights, PA 15065-2134
Phone: (724) 671-1161
Fax: (724) 671-1170
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Specialties & licences

Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 208600000X · Licence OS014077 (PA)

Record details

NPI number1871734194
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials DO
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedMarch 17, 2009
Last updated in NPPESOctober 2, 2020
Certification dateOctober 2, 2020

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyGENERAL SURGERY
Medical schoolLAKE ERIE COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE, ERIE
Graduated 2003 (23 years in practice)
Group practice Allegheny Clinic — 2300 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations7 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.

Colonoscopy 1–10 times
Hernia repair (minimally invasive) 1–10 times
Hernia repair - groin (open) 1–10 times
Removal of skin lesions 1–10 times
Removal of tissue 1–10 times
Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux 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 patients148
Services billed 277 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age72

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 $631 14 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. Those with a page here are linked.

  • Ahn Wexford Hospital Hospital · Wexford, PA · listed as West Penn Allegheny Health System, Inc
  • West Penn Hospital Hospital · Pittsburgh, PA · listed as West Penn Allegheny Health System Inc
  • Allegheny Valley Hospital Hospital · Natrona, PA

Colleagues at Allegheny Clinic

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 2300 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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