Dr. John I. Waldrop , MD
Orthopaedic Surgery โข Columbus, GA
6262 Veterans Pkwy
Columbus, GA 319093540
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Dr. John Waldrop is listed in NPPES under Orthopaedic Surgery.
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NPI assigned on June 14, 2006; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 6,654 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:
- J1010 โ Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 1 mg: 4,527 service units.
- J7325 โ Hyaluronan or derivative, synvisc or synvisc-one, for intra-articular injection, 1 mg: 1,136 service units.
- 99214 โ Established patient outpatient office visit: 351 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 all 13 records in the table ยท Guide: How to read Medicare Part B data
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Published CMS data list 2,235 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:
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen (Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen) โ 708 prescription fills, including refills.
- Prednisone โ 252 prescription fills, including refills.
- Cefadroxil โ 222 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 19 records in the table ยท Guide: How to read Medicare Part D prescriber data
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More Medicare Part B services than 60% of clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Columbus, GA (2024, 18 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 4,248. Middle half: 1,788 to 12,886.
More Medicare Part B services than 75% of clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Georgia (2024, 466 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 2,112. Middle half: 682 to 5,937.
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 7,257 in 2020 to 6,654 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2020โ2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
6262 Veterans Pkwy
Columbus, GA 319093540
Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.
NPPES lists 3 distinct additional practice-address records in Dothan, AL; Leesburg, GA; Macon, GA. See the list
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry, practice location records; release date unavailable.
Listings do not confirm current availability, employment or a shared ownership network.
What Public CMS Data Show
Orthopaedic Surgery: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
281 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 $130,884 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 $95,373 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
2,262 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
$92,752 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.
Industry payments (Open Payments)
Fewer than 11 payment records totaling $167.49 in 2024
Drug and medical device companies must report certain payments to doctors and some other clinicians to CMS, such as meals, travel, speaking fees or research funding.
It shows reported financial ties between this clinician and companies. You can ask your clinician about them.
These records are submitted by drug and medical device companies, and a reported payment does not necessarily mean the financial relationship is improper.
General: payments not tied to research, such as meals, travel, consulting or speaking fees.
A reported payment does not necessarily mean the financial relationship is improper. Research payments can go to a hospital or university for a study the clinician leads, not to the clinician personally. Clinicians can dispute records with the company that reported them.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024.
NPI first issued
2006
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.
Medicare assignment not listed
CMS data do not show whether this clinician accepts Medicare assignment. This does not mean they do not accept Medicare. Ask the office.
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.
Compared with the same specialty in Columbus and Georgia
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
More Medicare Part B services than 60% of clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Columbus, GA (2024, 18 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 4,248. Middle half: 1,788 to 12,886.
More Medicare Part B services than 75% of clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Georgia (2024, 466 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 2,112. Middle half: 682 to 5,937.
Medicare-allowed amount
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Columbus, GA (2024, 18 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $159,096. Middle half: $86,203 to $283,336.
A higher Medicare-allowed amount than 60% of clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Georgia (2024, 466 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $96,431. Middle half: $41,948 to $181,444.
Paid by Medicare
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Columbus, GA (2024, 18 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $116,696. Middle half: $66,306 to $209,140.
A higher Medicare payment amount than 60% of clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Georgia (2024, 466 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $71,995. Middle half: $31,204 to $136,115.
Medicare Part D prescriptions
More Part D prescriptions than 90% of clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Columbus, GA (2024, 21 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 969. Middle half: 273 to 1,404.
More Part D prescriptions than 95% of clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Georgia (2024, 487 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 491. Middle half: 182 to 889.
Part D drug cost
A higher Part D drug cost than 95% of clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Columbus, GA (2024, 21 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $6,306. Middle half: $1,885 to $20,877.
A higher Part D drug cost than 95% of clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Georgia (2024, 487 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $3,700. Middle half: $1,125 to $8,077.
32 active clinicians are listed under Orthopaedic Surgery with a practice address in Columbus, GA (753 in Georgia).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Columbus
6.2% of these 32 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
59.4% of these 32 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 varied from year to year: 7,257 in 2020 and 6,654 in 2024.
- 2020: 7,257
- 2021: 4,046
- 2022: 4,115
- 2023: 3,909
- 2024: 6,654
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount decreased 83% from $780,696 in 2020 to $130,884 in 2024.
- 2020: $780,696
- 2021: $238,171
- 2022: $221,302
- 2023: $263,351
- 2024: $130,884
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare decreased 84% from $597,819 in 2020 to $95,373 in 2024.
- 2020: $597,819
- 2021: $171,550
- 2022: $163,976
- 2023: $201,812
- 2024: $95,373
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Medicare Part D prescriptions
Medicare Part D prescriptions decreased 31% from 3,233 in 2020 to 2,235 in 2024.
- 2020: 3,233
- 2021: 1,268
- 2022: 1,148
- 2023: 2,013
- 2024: 2,235
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30-day fills
30-day fills decreased 32% from 3,341 in 2020 to 2,262 in 2024.
- 2020: 3,341
- 2021: 1,316
- 2022: 1,164
- 2023: 2,024
- 2024: 2,262
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Part D drug cost
Part D drug cost decreased 34% from $140,561 in 2020 to $92,752 in 2024.
- 2020: $140,561
- 2021: $150,157
- 2022: $45,960
- 2023: $91,487
- 2024: $92,752
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Industry payments (Open Payments)
Industry payments (Open Payments) went from $252.61 in 2020 to $167.49 in 2024.
- 2020: $252.61
- 2021: $85.48
- 2022: $48.96
- 2023: $15.92
- 2024: $167.49
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers (2024), CMS Open Payments (2024), 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 2024 (payments made January 1 โ December 31, 2024): fewer than 11 records totaling $167.49.
| Manufacturer | Payment Nature | Product | Type | Amount ($) |
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| Stryker Corporation |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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AEQUALIS PERFORM REVERSED | General | $167.49 |
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024, released June 30, 2026.
Performed Procedures & Service Volume
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| HCPCS Code | Services | Patients | Submitted Charge | Medicare Allowed |
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J1010
Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 1 mg
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4,527 | 72 | $1.00 | $0.13 |
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J7325
Hyaluronan or derivative, synvisc or synvisc-one, for intra-articular injection, 1 mg
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1,136 | 15 | $35.00 | $8.80 |
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99214
Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more
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351 | 222 | $313.00 | $115.74 |
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20610
Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint
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176 | 117 | $229.09 | $63.63 |
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73562
X-ray of knee, 3 views
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97 | 85 | $169.00 | $34.58 |
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J1030
Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg
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80 | 57 | $30.00 | $6.33 |
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73502
X-ray of hip, 2-3 views
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77 | 67 | $195.00 | $41.18 |
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73564
X-ray of knee, 4 or more views
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67 | 64 | $194.00 | $40.29 |
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99204
New patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, 45 minutes or more
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56 | 56 | $408.00 | $149.36 |
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27447
Replacement of knee joint, both sides of knee
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28 | 28 | $9819.00 | $1150.21 |
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73030
X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views
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26 | 23 | $161.00 | $29.83 |
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73522
X-ray of both hips, 3-4 views
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19 | 18 | $223.00 | $47.18 |
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27130
Replacement of thigh bone and hip joint with prosthesis
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14 | 14 | $9734.00 | $1178.71 |
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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| Oxycodone-Acetaminophen | Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 708 | 5,054 | $10,238.68 | 234 |
| Prednisone | Prednisone | 252 | 3,075 | $2,394.58 | 189 |
| Cefadroxil | Cefadroxil | 222 | 1,565 | $1,289.35 | 196 |
| Eliquis | Apixaban | 206 | 3,759 | $71,894.25 | 175 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | Ondansetron Hcl | 198 | 586 | $438.89 | 170 |
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 106 | 755 | $1,410.01 | 53 |
| Tramadol Hcl | Tramadol Hcl | 105 | 770 | $452.19 | 55 |
| Acetaminophen-Codeine | Acetaminophen With Codeine | 62 | 466 | $524.88 | 43 |
| Cephalexin | Cephalexin | 56 | 247 | $241.50 | 47 |
| Celecoxib | Celecoxib | 49 | 1,770 | $682.16 | 18 |
| Levofloxacin | Levofloxacin | 45 | 739 | $784.15 | 29 |
| Meloxicam | Meloxicam | 45 | 1,350 | $136.96 | 15 |
| Carisoprodol | Carisoprodol | 39 | 1,170 | $380.55 | 25 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 36 | 1,080 | $540.71 | 25 |
| Zolpidem Tartrate | Zolpidem Tartrate | 35 | 1,050 | $197.47 | 11 |
| Enoxaparin Sodium | Enoxaparin Sodium | 24 | 150 | $932.21 | 18 |
| Furosemide | Furosemide | 22 | 799 | $38.01 | 17 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim | Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 13 | 307 | $81.64 | โ |
| Methocarbamol | Methocarbamol | 12 | 264 | $93.85 | 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: 2020-11-20NUCC Taxonomy Code: 207X00000X
An orthopaedic surgeon is trained in the preservation, investigation and restoration of the form and function of the extremities, spine and associated structures by medical, surgical and physical means. An orthopaedic surgeon is involved with the care of patients whose musculoskeletal problems include congenital deformities, trauma, infections, tumors, metabolic disturbances of the musculoskeletal system, deformities, injuries and degenerative diseases of the spine, hands, feet, knee, hip, shoulder and elbow in children and adults. An orthopaedic surgeon is also concerned with primary and secondary muscular problems and the effects of central or peripheral nervous system lesions of the musculoskeletal system.
Secondary Practice Locations
512 N Shady Ln
Dothan, AL 363032991
Phone: 3346995747
117 Oakland Pkwy
Leesburg, GA 317637201
Phone: 2294201839
100 N Macon St
Macon, GA 312106563
Phone: 4782006970
Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone
Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.
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Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.)
Physician Assistant - Surgical
Physician Assistant
Orthopaedic Surgery
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.)
Career & Practice History Timeline
Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status
Registered at PO BOX 370, FORTSON, GA 318080370
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 6262 VETERANS PKWY, COLUMBUS, GA 319093540 (Tel: 7063246661)
Registered at 6262 VETERANS PKWY, COLUMBUS, GA 319093540 (Tel: 7063246661)
Recorded as JOHN WALDROP, M.D.
Orthopaedic Surgery (license number reported to NPPES: GA 020493)
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
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Mailing Address
Po Box 370
Fortson, GA 318080370