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John Whitaker, MD

Individual provider Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician · NPI 1881126902

John Whitaker, MD practises Orthopedic Surgery in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Graduated from University of Kentucky College of Medicine in 2017, 9 years ago. Practices with Graves Gilbert Clinic PLLC, a 217-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Colorado and Kentucky.

Years since qualifying
9
Trained at
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Licensed in
CO, KY
In the registry since
2017
Specialties on file
3
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

165 Natchez Trace Ave
Bowling Green, KY 42103-7940
Phone: (270) 782-7800
Fax: (270) 843-0779
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Specialties & licences

Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207XS0117X · Licence 58023 (KY)
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician Taxonomy 207XS0117X · Licence DR.0068029 (CO)
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician Taxonomy 207X00000X · Licence R4608 (KY)

Record details

NPI number1881126902
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedMarch 29, 2017
Last updated in NPPESApril 5, 2024
Certification dateApril 5, 2024

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
Medical schoolUNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
Graduated 2017 (9 years in practice)
Group practice Graves Gilbert Clinic Pllc — 217 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.

Spinal fusion 134 times · 81st percentile
Laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones) 32 times · 63rd percentile

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 patients384
Services billed 3,507 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age75

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 $1,544 38 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee
Travel and Lodging $21 1 payment · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference

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.

Colleagues at Graves Gilbert Clinic PLLC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 217 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.