Spinal cord stimulator · Texas
Spinal cord stimulator in Texas: the highest-volume physicians
128 physicians in Texas billed Medicare for 6,971 spinal cord stimulator procedures in 2024. The top 26, with the year before beside it.
Top 26
| Rank | Physician | 2024 | 2023 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Donald P. Atkins, MDNeurosurgery · San Antonio | 296 | 331 | −11% |
| 1 | Ankur Khosla, MDAnesthesiology · Shenandoah | 296 | 351 | −16% |
| 3 | Ellen W. Lin, MDInterventional Pain Management · San Antonio | 170 | 132 | +29% |
| 4 | Chad J. Mcneil, MDPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation · Tyler | 146 | 82 | +78% |
| 5 | Brian K. Rich, MDInterventional Pain Management · Decatur | 112 | 61 | +84% |
| 6 | Victor M. Taylor, MDInterventional Pain Management · Amarillo | 111 | 122 | −9% |
| 7 | Mark Workman, MDPain Management · Wichita Falls | 110 | 91 | +21% |
| 8 | David M. Bowen, MDAnesthesiology · Tyler | 108 | 88 | +23% |
| 9 | Kristian Delgado, MDPain Management · Killeen | 102 | 78 | +31% |
| 10 | Bradley A. Wisler, MDAnesthesiology · Cedar Park | 92 | 78 | +18% |
| 11 | Jeffrey N. Higginbotham, MDInterventional Pain Management · Austin | 91 | 73 | +25% |
| 12 | Kenneth S. Choi, MDPain Management · Denison | 89 | 91 | −2% |
| 13 | Thomas E. Merriman, MDAnesthesiology · Amarillo | 87 | 91 | −4% |
| 14 | Clayton W. Adams, MDInterventional Pain Management · Austin | 86 | 58 | +48% |
| 15 | William A. Tisdall, MDInterventional Pain Management · San Antonio | 84 | 102 | −18% |
| 16 | Raj G. Patel, MDAnesthesiology · Austin | 82 | 52 | +58% |
| 17 | Bradley V. Culling, DOInterventional Pain Management · Killeen | 80 | 48 | +67% |
| 18 | Pankaj Mehta, MDPain Management · Killeen | 78 | 108 | −28% |
| 19 | Ioannis M. Skaribas, MDPain Management · Houston | 74 | 96 | −23% |
| 20 | Melissa Z. Murphy, MDPain Management · Grapevine | 73 | 77 | −5% |
| 21 | Israel Pena, MDPain Management · Fort Worth | 72 | 44 | +64% |
| 22 | Timothy A. Bednar, MDInterventional Pain Management · Kyle | 71 | 60 | +18% |
| 23 | Jack A. Chapman, MDPain Management · New Braunfels | 69 | 57 | +21% |
| 24 | Taylor Lewis, MDPain Management · Houston | 68 | — | |
| 24 | Aaron Calodney, MDInterventional Pain Management · Tyler | 68 | 66 | +3% |
| 24 | Zaid B. Malik, MDInterventional Pain Management · The Woodlands | 68 | 22 | +209% |
A rank counts procedures billed under the physician's own NPI (CPT 63650), in 2024, Medicare fee-for-service only. A surgeon who mostly treats younger or Medicare Advantage patients will rank lower than their total volume. Method and limits.