Dr. Douglas Gunderson , DC
Chiropractor • Ames, IA
3515 Lincoln Way Ste 103
Ames, IA 500148428
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Dr. Douglas Gunderson is listed in NPPES under Chiropractor.
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NPI assigned on November 1, 2010; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 234 Original Medicare Part B services in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part B service records, 2024:
- 98941 — Chiropractic manipulative treatment, 3-4 spinal regions: 234 service units.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Units differ by code; these are not visits or a measure of quality.
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See the full table · Guide: How to read Medicare Part B data
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Fewer Medicare Part B services than 75% of clinicians listed under Chiropractor in Ames, IA (2024, 17 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 550. Middle half: 234 to 679.
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 75% of clinicians listed under Chiropractor in Iowa (2024, 949 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 515. Middle half: 249 to 876.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
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Medicare Part B services went from 208 in 2020 to 234 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2020–2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
3515 Lincoln Way Ste 103
Ames, IA 500148428
Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.
NPPES lists 1 additional practice-address record in Ames, IA. 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.
Medicare Profile & Education
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File
2010
What Public CMS Data Show
Chiropractor: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
19 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 – by Provider, 2024.
Medicare-allowed amount
About $8,681 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 – by Provider and Service, 2024.
Paid by Medicare
About $6,152 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 – by Provider and Service, 2024.
Industry payments (Open Payments)
No Open Payments records are listed for this clinician for 2019–2025.
Years since graduation
16 years (graduated 2010)
CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 2010 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
2010
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, “Does your provider accept Medicare as full payment?”
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)
Dr. Gunderson 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.
Compared with the same specialty in Ames and Iowa
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 75% of clinicians listed under Chiropractor in Ames, IA (2024, 17 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 550. Middle half: 234 to 679.
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 75% of clinicians listed under Chiropractor in Iowa (2024, 949 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 515. Middle half: 249 to 876.
Medicare-allowed amount
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 65% of clinicians listed under Chiropractor in Ames, IA (2024, 17 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $17,010. Middle half: $8,035 to $21,861.
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 75% of clinicians listed under Chiropractor in Iowa (2024, 949 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $17,323. Middle half: $8,688 to $30,724.
Paid by Medicare
A lower Medicare payment amount than 75% of clinicians listed under Chiropractor in Ames, IA (2024, 17 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $11,610. Middle half: $6,152 to $15,479.
A lower Medicare payment amount than 70% of clinicians listed under Chiropractor in Iowa (2024, 949 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $11,981. Middle half: $5,944 to $21,056.
39 active clinicians are listed under Chiropractor with a practice address in Ames, IA (2,021 in Iowa).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Ames
0% of these 39 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
38.5% of these 39 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 increased 13% from 208 in 2020 to 234 in 2024.
- 2020: 208
- 2021: 175
- 2022: 212
- 2023: 203
- 2024: 234
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount stayed about the same: $8,272 in 2020 and $8,681 in 2024.
- 2020: $8,272
- 2021: $6,799
- 2022: $8,079
- 2023: $7,688
- 2024: $8,681
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare stayed about the same: $5,880 in 2020 and $6,152 in 2024.
- 2020: $5,880
- 2021: $4,517
- 2022: $5,573
- 2023: $5,166
- 2024: $6,152
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
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Performed Procedures & Service Volume
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| HCPCS Code | Services | Patients | Submitted Charge | Medicare Allowed |
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98941
Chiropractic manipulative treatment, 3-4 spinal regions
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234 | 17 | $64.53 | $37.10 |
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.
Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 111N00000X
A provider qualified by a Doctor of Chiropractic (D.C.), licensed by the State and who practices chiropractic medicine -that discipline within the healing arts which deals with the nervous system and its relationship to the spinal column and its interrelationship with other body systems.
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - CHIROPRACTIC
I20110303000262
IA
2668653346
Sources: CMS Provider Enrollment and Order and Referring. Medicare enrollment is a billing status, not an accreditation or quality rating.
Secondary Practice Locations
809 Wheeler St, Suite 109
Ames, IA 500104367
Phone: 5152332515
Career & Practice History Timeline
Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status
Recorded as DOUGLAS GUNDERSON, DC
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 3515 LINCOLN WAY STE 103, AMES, IA 500148428 (Tel: (515) 233-2515)
Registered at 3515 LINCOLN WAY STE 103, AMES, IA 500148428 (Tel: (515) 233-2515)
Recorded as DOUG GUNDERSON, DC
Chiropractor (license number reported to NPPES: IA 007361)
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 809 WHEELER ST, SUITE 109, AMES, IA 500104367 (Tel: 5152332515)
Registered at 809 WHEELER ST, SUITE 109, AMES, IA 500104367 (Tel: 5152332515)
Recorded as DOUG GUNDERSON, DC
Chiropractor (license number reported to NPPES: IA 007361)
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Chiropractors in Ames
- Dr. Christopher Feil, DC
- Dr. Jessi Janorschke, DC
- Dr. Kurt Ver Helst, DC
- Dr. Richard Elbert, DC
- Dr. Benjamin Heun, DC
- Dr. Michael Jorgensen, DC
Mailing Address
3515 Lincoln Way Ste 103
Ames, IA 500148428
Phone: 5152332515