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

Individual provider Surgery Physician · NPI 1497797625

John W Buckner, MD practises General Surgery in Springfield, Missouri. Graduated from University of Missouri, Kansas City, School of Medicine in 1985, 41 years ago. Practices with Lester E Cox Medical Centers, a 249-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Missouri.

Years since qualifying
41
Trained at
University of Missouri, Kansas City, School of Medicine
Licensed in
MO
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

1001 E Primrose St
Springfield, MO 65807-5155 Not confirmed with CMS for 14 years — call before visiting
Phone: (417) 875-3000
Fax: (417) 875-3245
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Specialties & licences

Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 208600000X · Licence 102937 (MO)

Record details

NPI number1497797625
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJune 12, 2006
Last updated in NPPESJuly 3, 2012

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyGENERAL SURGERY
Medical schoolUNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, KANSAS CITY, SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduated 1985 (41 years in practice)
Group practice Lester E Cox Medical Centers — 249 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.

Mastectomy 51 times · 95th percentile
Melanoma (skin cancer) excision 32 times · 81st percentile
Colonoscopy 1–10 times
Removal of tissue 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 patients212
Services billed 519 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 $183 7 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. Those with a page here are linked.

  • Cox Medical Centers Hospital · Springfield, MO · listed as Lester E. Cox Medical Centers
  • Cox Medical Center Branson Hospital · Branson, MO

Colleagues at Lester E Cox Medical Centers

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 249 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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