What is Walter Eskildsen's specialty?

Walter Eskildsen (NPI 1598731069) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is General Surgery in Mccook, NE.

Where does Walter Eskildsen practice?

Walter Eskildsen practices in Mccook, NE, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1598731069.

How much does Medicare pay Walter Eskildsen?

Walter Eskildsen (NPI 1598731069) received approximately $61K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 273 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1598731069

Walter EskildsenMD

General SurgeryMccook, NEI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

500

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

584

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$34K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 121 General Surgery providers in NE — top quintile (cohort median 305).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

223

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$4K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

18.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Pantoprazole Sodium126 claims

Omeprazole43 claims

Sodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates27 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen15 claims

Metoclopramide Hcl12 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

No data available for this provider in 2025.

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (2)

CCN 171352

Hospital

CCN 281363

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Walter Eskildsen'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). 17 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Clark Diffendaffer Diagnostic Radiology · Lincoln, NE	42	208
Ladd Lake Diagnostic Radiology · North Platte, NE	40	153
PHILLIPS-WARD, CORINNE	40	391
David Hatch Diagnostic Radiology · North Platte, NE	39	127
Byron Barksdale Pathology · North Platte, NE	35	62
DECATUR HEALTH SYSTEMS INC	34	205
HOOPER, ALLEN	33	305
KLUG, RICHARD	33	221
Douglas Lake Diagnostic Radiology · Ames, IA	28	105
Brett Lindau Family Practice · Broken Bow, NE	20	109
Labone Llc Clinical Laboratory · Hays, KS	18	45
Oluyomi Asojo Pathology · Cincinnati, OH	18	45

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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