Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.
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Richard Jackson Bransford

Individual provider Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · NPI 1457431421

Richard Jackson Bransford practises Orthopedic Surgery in Seattle, Washington. Graduated from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 1996, 30 years ago. Practices with The Association of University Physicians, a 3,459-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Washington.

Years since qualifying
30
Trained at
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Licensed in
WA
In the registry since
2006
Specialties on file
2
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Practice location Partly verified

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Harborview Medical Center 325 9th Ave
Seattle, WA 98104 Not confirmed with CMS for 15 years — call before visiting
Phone: (206) 731-3462
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Specialties & licences

Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207XS0117X · Licence MD00040012 (WA)
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician Taxonomy 207X00000X · Licence MD00040012 (WA)

Record details

NPI number1457431421
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedOctober 16, 2006
Last updated in NPPESSeptember 26, 2011

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
Medical schoolVANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduated 1996 (30 years in practice)
Group practice The Association Of University Physicians — 3459 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.

Spinal fusion 143 times · 83rd percentile
Laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones) 43 times · 72nd 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 patients81
Services billed 357 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age72

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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.

Consulting Fee $95,694 14 payments
Travel and Lodging $10,446 34 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference
Food and Beverage $1,129 21 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee
Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program $750 1 payment

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.

Colleagues at The Association of University Physicians

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 3459 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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