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

Individual provider Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · NPI 1568628865

Tessa Balach practises Orthopedic Surgery in Chicago, Illinois. Graduated from New York Medical College in 2005, 21 years ago. Practices with The University of Chicago Medical Center, a 909-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Illinois.

Years since qualifying
21
Trained at
New York Medical College
Licensed in
IL
In the registry since
2008
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Practice location Address checks out

5841 S Maryland Ave
Chicago, IL 60637-1443
Phone: (888) 824-0200
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Specialties & licences

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207X00000X · Licence 036140739 (IL)

Record details

NPI number1568628865
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderFemale
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedAugust 6, 2008
Last updated in NPPESOctober 24, 2022

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
Medical schoolNEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE
Graduated 2005 (21 years in practice)
Group practice The University Of Chicago Medical Center — 909 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.

Hip replacement 1–10 times
Knee replacement 1–10 times
Removal of tissue 1–10 times
Skin biopsy 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 178 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age74

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.

Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.

Colleagues at The University of Chicago Medical Center

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 909 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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