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

Individual provider Surgery Physician · NPI 1629085998

Kent Van Sickle, MD practises General Surgery in San Antonio, Texas. Graduated from University of Tennessee, Hsc, College of Medicine in 1994, 32 years ago. Practices with University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, a 1,295-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Texas.

Years since qualifying
32
Trained at
University of Tennessee, Hsc, College of Medicine
Licensed in
TX
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

7703 Floyd Curl Dr Mc 7977
San Antonio, TX 78229-3901 Not confirmed with CMS for 17 years — call before visiting
Phone: (210) 257-1400
Fax: (210) 257-1428
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Specialties & licences

Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 208600000X · Licence 40800 (TX)

Record details

NPI number1629085998
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedAugust 1, 2006
Last updated in NPPESMay 6, 2009

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyGENERAL SURGERY
Medical schoolUNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, HSC, COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
Graduated 1994 (32 years in practice)
Group practice University Of Texas Health Science Center At San Antonio — 1295 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount

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
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 patients78
Services billed 155 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.

Compensation for services other than consulting , including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $12,500 3 payments
Consulting Fee $6,500 1 payment
Travel and Lodging $2,944 13 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference
Food and Beverage $1,643 34 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.

  • University Health System Hospital · San Antonio, TX
  • Ut Health San Antonio Multispecialty & Research Ho Hospital · San Antonio, TX

Colleagues at University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 1295 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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