What is Ruth Decker's specialty?

Ruth Decker (NPI 1538145552) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is General Surgery in Chesterfield, MO.

Where does Ruth Decker practice?

Ruth Decker practices in Chesterfield, MO, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1538145552.

How much does Medicare pay Ruth Decker?

Ruth Decker (NPI 1538145552) received approximately $17K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 53 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1538145552

Ruth DeckerMD

General SurgeryChesterfield, MOI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$13K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 446 General Surgery providers in MO — bottom quintile (cohort median 268).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$212

Distinct drugs

Brand share

23.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Levothyroxine Sodium40 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen12 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$25

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$25

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$25

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Ruth Decker'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 · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
ST. LUKES EPISCOPAL-PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL	51	424
Anthony Friedrich Anesthesiology · Chesterfield, MO	20	74
KANTERMAN, ROBERT	11	28

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

No outbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

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.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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