Michael Rucker , PA-C
Physician Assistant - Surgical โข Jacksonville, FL
1824 King St, Ste 200
Jacksonville, FL 32204
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Michael Rucker is listed in NPPES under Physician Assistant - Surgical.
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NPI assigned on June 14, 2018; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 85 Original Medicare Part B services in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2024. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part B service records, 2024:
- 99231 โ Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day: 46 service units.
- 33533 โ Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft: 24 service units.
- 33518 โ Coronary artery bypass using vein or artery graft, 2 grafts: 15 service units.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2024. Units differ by code; these are not visits or a measure of quality.
CPTยฎ only copyright 2023 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. Service names are shortened from CPT Consumer Friendly Descriptors (CMS data, 2024). CPT notice
See the full table ยท Guide: How to read Medicare Part B data
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Published CMS data list 428 Medicare Part D prescriptions, including refills, in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers โ by Provider and Drug, 2024. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part D records, 2024:
- Metoprolol Tartrate โ 61 prescription fills, including refills.
- Furosemide โ 55 prescription fills, including refills.
- Tramadol Hcl โ 54 prescription fills, including refills.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers โ by Provider and Drug, 2024. Drug names come from pharmacy claims. Listing a drug here is not an endorsement or a recommendation.
See all 10 records in the table ยท Guide: How to read Medicare Part D prescriber data
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Fewer Medicare Part B services than 75% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant - Surgical in Jacksonville, FL (2024, 29 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 148. Middle half: 85 to 372.
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 60% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant - Surgical in Florida (2024, 610 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 150. Middle half: 49 to 578.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2024. Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
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Medicare Part B services went from 119 in 2020 to 85 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2020โ2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
1824 King St
Ste 200
Jacksonville, FL 32204
Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.
CMS Doctors and Clinicians lists 1 group name: Cardiothoracic And Vascular Surgical Associates Pa. See the list
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File, release date unavailable.
Listings do not confirm current availability, employment or a shared ownership network.
Medicare Profile & Education
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File
2018
What Public CMS Data Show
Physician Assistant - Surgical: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
89 people with Original Medicare in 2024
It gives a sense of how many people with Medicare this clinician treated that year.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider, 2024.
Medicare-allowed amount
About $8,887 in 2024
The total amount Medicare approved for these services in 2024. It includes what Medicare paid and what patients or their other insurance owed, such as the deductible and coinsurance.
It shows the total cost of this clinician's Original Medicare services under Medicare's fee rules.
What this does not show: Medicare-allowed amount
This is not the clinician's income. Part of it can go to a clinic or group practice, staff, equipment or drugs. It is not the price you will pay.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2024.
Paid by Medicare
About $6,981 in 2024
The part of the Medicare-allowed amount that Medicare itself paid in 2024, after patients' deductibles and coinsurance.
The gap between the allowed amount and this number is roughly what patients and their other insurance paid.
What this does not show: Paid by Medicare
This is not the clinician's income and not a measure of quality.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2024.
30-day fills
475 standardized 30-day fills in 2024
CMS converts prescriptions to 30-day supplies so they can be compared. A 90-day prescription counts as about three 30-day fills.
What this does not show: 30-day fills
It is not a count of patients and not a measure of quality.
Part D drug cost
$1,567 in 2024
The total cost of these prescriptions in 2024, paid by Medicare drug plans, patients and other payers together.
It shows the total spending on drugs this clinician prescribed, not what any one patient paid.
What this does not show: Part D drug cost
A higher cost often reflects the type of medicines a specialty uses. It is not your out-of-pocket cost and not a measure of quality.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers โ by Provider and Drug, 2024.
Open Payments general payments, program year 2025
All general payments: $677.37 across 14 records.
By nature of payment
- Food and Beverage: $677.37 across 14 records.
Reporting-company totals (3 largest of 7)
- AtriCure, Inc.: $182.44 across 3 records.
- ABIOMED: $163.49 across 2 records.
- Getinge USA Sales, LLC: $128.03 across 2 records.
A reported payment does not necessarily mean the financial relationship is improper and is not a measure of care quality. Clinicians can review and dispute these records.
Source: Calculated by T-MedInfo from CMS Open Payments general-payment records for program year 2025 (published June 30, 2026).
Years since graduation
8 years (graduated 2018)
CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 2018 as the year this clinician finished professional school.
It tells you roughly how long ago the clinician finished school.
What this does not show: Years since graduation
It is not the number of years in practice, and more years does not mean better care.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File.
NPI first issued
2018
The year this clinician's National Provider Identifier (NPI) was issued. An NPI is a unique 10-digit ID that US health care providers use for billing.
What this does not show: NPI first issued
NPIs have been issued only since 2005, so this year is not necessarily when the clinician started practicing.
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
Accepts Medicare assignment
CMS data list this clinician as accepting Medicare assignment. This means agreeing to take the Medicare-approved amount as full payment for covered services.
With Original Medicare, you usually pay only your deductible and coinsurance, and the office sends the claim to Medicare for you.
Medicare assignment applies to Original Medicare. It does not tell you whether the clinician is in a Medicare Advantage plan's network, accepts other insurance, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians; Medicare.gov, โDoes your provider accept Medicare as full payment?โ
No telehealth indicator
CMS shows this indicator only when recent Medicare claims include telehealth services. The clinician may still offer telehealth; ask the office.
Source: CMS, Telehealth Indicator on Medicare Care Compare (fact sheet, January 2023); CMS Doctors and Clinicians.
Enrolled in Medicare (PECOS)
Michael Rucker has a Medicare enrollment record in PECOS, the CMS system clinicians use to enroll so they can bill Medicare or order services for people with Medicare.
It does not show whether the clinician accepts assignment, is in your plan's network, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.
Can order Medicare-covered services
CMS lists Michael Rucker as eligible to order or refer Medicare Part B clinical laboratory and imaging services, durable medical equipment (DME) and home health services for people with Medicare.
Medicare pays for these items and services only when they are ordered by an eligible clinician.
What this does not show: Can order Medicare-covered services
It does not mean the clinician offers these services directly.
Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.
Compared with the same specialty in Jacksonville and Florida
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 75% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant - Surgical in Jacksonville, FL (2024, 29 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 148. Middle half: 85 to 372.
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 60% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant - Surgical in Florida (2024, 610 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 150. Middle half: 49 to 578.
Medicare-allowed amount
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 75% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant - Surgical in Jacksonville, FL (2024, 29 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $13,993. Middle half: $8,887 to $23,053.
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 60% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant - Surgical in Florida (2024, 610 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $13,727. Middle half: $4,275 to $36,144.
Paid by Medicare
A lower Medicare payment amount than 75% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant - Surgical in Jacksonville, FL (2024, 29 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $10,449. Middle half: $6,981 to $18,117.
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Physician Assistant - Surgical in Florida (2024, 610 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $10,351. Middle half: $3,295 to $28,428.
Medicare Part D prescriptions
More Part D prescriptions than 75% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant - Surgical in Jacksonville, FL (2024, 28 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 114. Middle half: 35 to 412.
More Part D prescriptions than 75% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant - Surgical in Florida (2024, 569 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 150. Middle half: 53 to 362.
Part D drug cost
A higher Part D drug cost than 65% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant - Surgical in Jacksonville, FL (2024, 28 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $619. Middle half: $239 to $4,330.
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Physician Assistant - Surgical in Florida (2024, 569 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $1,257. Middle half: $385 to $4,073.
55 active clinicians are listed under Physician Assistant - Surgical with a practice address in Jacksonville, FL (1,444 in Florida).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Jacksonville
9.1% of these 55 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
58.2% of these 55 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.
CMS data by year
Changes may reflect reporting, coverage or privacy limits, not changes in care quality.
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Medicare Part B services
Medicare Part B services decreased 29% from 119 in 2020 to 85 in 2024.
- 2020: 119
- 2021: 176
- 2022: 245
- 2023: 153
- 2024: 85
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount decreased 16% from $10,576 in 2020 to $8,887 in 2024.
- 2020: $10,576
- 2021: $17,177
- 2022: $20,982
- 2023: $18,388
- 2024: $8,887
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare decreased 18% from $8,473 in 2020 to $6,981 in 2024.
- 2020: $8,473
- 2021: $13,651
- 2022: $16,582
- 2023: $14,547
- 2024: $6,981
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Medicare Part D prescriptions
Medicare Part D prescriptions increased 272% from 115 in 2020 to 428 in 2024.
- 2020: 115
- 2021: 271
- 2022: 301
- 2023: 569
- 2024: 428
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30-day fills
30-day fills increased 313% from 115 in 2020 to 475 in 2024.
- 2020: 115
- 2021: 277
- 2022: 319
- 2023: 592
- 2024: 475
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Part D drug cost
Part D drug cost went from $880 in 2020 to $1,567 in 2024.
- 2020: $880
- 2021: $1,842
- 2022: $1,969
- 2023: $3,533
- 2024: $1,567
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Industry payments (Open Payments)
Industry payments (Open Payments) went from $340.74 in 2021 to $677.37 in 2025.
- 2021: $340.74
- 2022: $506.59
- 2023: $1,025.18
- 2024: $1,118.09
- 2025: $677.37
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers (2024), CMS Open Payments (2025), CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
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Pharma & Medical Device Financial Disclosures
Payments and other transfers of value that drug and medical device companies reported to CMS Open Payments
Program year 2025 (payments made January 1 โ December 31, 2025): 14 records totaling $677.37.
| Manufacturer | Payment Nature | Product | Type | Amount ($) |
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| ABIOMED |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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โ | General | $122.51 |
| AtriCure, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM | General | $102.12 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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VASOVIEW HEMOPRO 2 | General | $82.79 |
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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VENAPAX | General | $55.39 |
| AtriCure, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM | General | $53.75 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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VASOVIEW HEMOPRO 2 | General | $45.24 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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KONECT RESILIA | General | $42.49 |
| ABIOMED |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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โ | General | $40.98 |
| AtriCure, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM | General | $26.57 |
| Bolton Medical Inc |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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TREO ABDOMINAL STENT-GRAFT SYSTEM | General | $23.60 |
| AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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IMFINZI | General | $23.14 |
| AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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IMFINZI | General | $22.83 |
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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VENAPAX | General | $18.46 |
| AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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IMFINZI | General | $17.50 |
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2025, released June 30, 2026.
Performed Procedures & Service Volume
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| HCPCS Code | Services | Patients | Submitted Charge | Medicare Allowed |
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99231
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 25 minutes
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46 | 36 | $152.00 | $41.09 |
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33533
Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft
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24 | 24 | $832.00 | $256.40 |
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33518
Coronary artery bypass using vein or artery graft, 2 grafts
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15 | 15 | $185.00 | $56.22 |
Source: CMS Part B by Provider and Service, 2024; services under 11 beneficiaries omitted by CMS. Privacy limits
Submitted charges are billed amounts, not a price quote for your visit.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Profile & Medications
Medicare Part D prescriptions filled, including refills, in 2024.
| Brand Name | Generic Name | Prescriptions | Day Supply | Total Cost | Patients |
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| Metoprolol Tartrate | Metoprolol Tartrate | 61 | 2,190 | $128.26 | 40 |
| Furosemide | Furosemide | 55 | 392 | $54.14 | 54 |
| Tramadol Hcl | Tramadol Hcl | 54 | 163 | $83.01 | 51 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | Amiodarone Hcl | 53 | 1,695 | $502.50 | 51 |
| Potassium Chloride | Potassium Chloride | 52 | 456 | $175.38 | 49 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | Atorvastatin Calcium | 51 | 2,070 | $188.19 | 35 |
| Oxycodone-Acetaminophen | Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 45 | 135 | $191.15 | 42 |
| Carvedilol | Carvedilol | 28 | 1,080 | $93.37 | 19 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | Rosuvastatin Calcium | 17 | 495 | $119.31 | โ |
| Amlodipine Besylate | Amlodipine Besylate | 12 | 360 | $31.89 | โ |
Source: CMS Part D by Provider and Drug, 2024; rows below 11 claims omitted by CMS; volume isn’t quality. Privacy limits
Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
Self-certified to NPPES: 2025-03-31NUCC Taxonomy Code: 363AS0400X
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
I20181206001899
FL
9032453709
Sources: CMS Provider Enrollment and Order and Referring. Medicare enrollment is a billing status, not an accreditation or quality rating.
Medicare Group Practice Enrollments
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File
Cardiothoracic And Vascular Surgical Associates Pa
1824 King St, Jacksonville, FL 322044736
Phone: 9043843343
Cardiothoracic And Vascular Surgical Associates Pa
836 Prudential Dr, Jacksonville, FL 322078345
Phone: 9043983888
Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone
Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.
Physician Assistant - Surgical
Physician Assistant (Certified)
Physician Assistant - Surgical
Physician Assistant (Certified)
Surgery - Vascular Surgery
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Nurse Practitioner
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Physician Assistant
Physician Assistant (Certified)
Career & Practice History Timeline
Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status
Registered at 1824 KING ST, STE 200, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32204 (Tel: 9043843343)
Registered at 1893 KINGSLEY AVE, STE A, ORANGE PARK, FL 32073 (Tel: 9045924940)
Registered at 1824 KING ST, STE 200, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32204 (Tel: 9043843343)
Recorded as MICHAEL RUCKER, PA-C
Physician Assistant (license number reported to NPPES: FL PA9111567)
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 1291 HARBOR TOWN CIR, MELBOURNE, FL 329401912 (Tel: 3212980628)
Registered at 1291 HARBOR TOWN CIR, MELBOURNE, FL 329401912
Recorded as MICHAEL RUCKER
Physician Assistant
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
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Mailing Address
1824 King St, Ste 200
Jacksonville, FL 32204
Phone: 9043843343