What is Cord Sturgeon's specialty?

Cord Sturgeon (NPI 1427025139) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is General Surgery in Chicago, IL.

Where does Cord Sturgeon practice?

Cord Sturgeon practices in Chicago, IL, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1427025139.

How much does Medicare pay Cord Sturgeon?

Cord Sturgeon (NPI 1427025139) received approximately $75K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 135 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1427025139

Cord SturgeonMD

General SurgeryChicago, ILI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

249

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

258

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$53K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 756 General Surgery providers in IL — below median (cohort median 318).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$273

Distinct drugs

Brand share

0.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Levothyroxine Sodium23 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

95.2

Quality

83.0

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.85%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$133

Payment records

By payment type

Travel and Lodging$133

Top paying entities

Travel and Lodging$133

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Cord Sturgeon's patients come from & go

Directional shared-patient flow from Medicare claims — who sends patients to this provider (inbound) and where this provider's patients go next (outbound). 3 inbound referrers · 5 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	76	270
Danielle Lam Nurse Practitioner · Chicago, IL	20	38
ENDEAVOR HEALTH CLINICAL OPERATIONS	13	31

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	111	606
Danielle Lam Nurse Practitioner · Chicago, IL	12	19
Ritu Nayar Pathology · Chicago, IL	11	53
William Laskin Pathology · Chicago, IL	11	45
Ajit Paintal Pathology · Evanston, IL	11	33

Source: CMS Physician Shared Patient Patterns (30-day window, Medicare FFS). Direction = a beneficiary seen by the first provider, then the second, within 30 days; a proxy for referral, not a documented referral. Pairs with fewer than 11 shared beneficiaries are suppressed.

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