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John Vender, MD

Individual provider Neurological Surgery Physician · NPI 1174634174

John Vender, MD practises Neurosurgery in Augusta, Georgia. Graduated from Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University in 1990, 36 years ago. Practices with Wellstar Medical Group LLC, a 3,072-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Georgia.

Years since qualifying
36
Trained at
Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University
Licensed in
GA
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

1120 15th St
Augusta, GA 30912-0004 Not confirmed with CMS for 11 years — call before visiting
Phone: (706) 721-3071
Fax: (706) 721-8084
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Specialties & licences

Neurological Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207T00000X · Licence 042475 (GA)

Record details

NPI number1174634174
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedAugust 31, 2006
Last updated in NPPESNovember 25, 2014

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyNEUROSURGERY
Medical schoolALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE OF YESHIVA UNIVERSITY
Graduated 1990 (36 years in practice)
Group practice Wellstar Medical Group Llc — 3072 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.

Laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones) 1–10 times
Melanoma (skin cancer) excision 1–10 times
Spinal fusion 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 patients178
Services billed 302 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age69

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 $221 5 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.

  • Wellstar McG Health, Affiliated With Med Col Hospital · Augusta, GA

Colleagues at Wellstar Medical Group LLC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 3072 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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