Dr. Caroline Schwickerath , DO
Surgery โข Decorah, IA
901 Montgomery St
Decorah, IA 521012325
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NPI assigned on June 20, 2011; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 35 Original Medicare Part B services in 2023.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2023. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part B service records, 2023:
- 99232 โ Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making: 20 service units.
- 99231 โ Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day: 15 service units.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2023. Units differ by code; these are not visits or a measure of quality.
CPTยฎ only copyright 2022 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. Service names are shortened from CPT Consumer Friendly Descriptors (CMS data, 2023). CPT notice
See the full table ยท Guide: How to read Medicare Part B data
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Published CMS data list 702 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:
- Pantoprazole Sodium โ 342 prescription fills, including refills.
- Famotidine โ 132 prescription fills, including refills.
- Peg-3350 And Electrolytes (Peg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl) โ 77 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 12 records in the table ยท Guide: How to read Medicare Part D prescriber data
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More Part D prescriptions than 95% of clinicians listed under Surgery in Iowa (2024, 221 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 61. Middle half: 23 to 126.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers โ by Provider and Drug, 2024. Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
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Medicare Part B services went from 11 in 2017 to 35 in 2023.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2017โ2023.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
901 Montgomery St
Decorah, IA 521012325
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 Wyoming, MI. See the list
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry, practice location records; release date unavailable.
CMS Doctors and Clinicians lists 1 group name: Winneshiek Medical Center. 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
2011
What Public CMS Data Show
Surgery: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare-allowed amount
About $2,209 in 2023
The total amount Medicare approved for these services in 2023. 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, 2023.
Paid by Medicare
About $1,768 in 2023
The part of the Medicare-allowed amount that Medicare itself paid in 2023, 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, 2023.
30-day fills
1,095 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
$9,783 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: $5,892.43 across 14 records.
By nature of payment (3 largest of 4)
- Education: $4,000.00 across 2 records.
- Travel and Lodging: $1,180.98 across 6 records.
- Long term medical supply or device loan: $629.74 across 3 records.
Reporting-company totals
- INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.: $5,246.80 across 10 records.
- Integra LifeSciences Corporation: $629.74 across 3 records.
- LifeNet Health: $15.89 across 1 record.
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
15 years (graduated 2011)
CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 2011 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
2011
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)
Dr. Schwickerath 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 Dr. Schwickerath 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 Decorah and Iowa
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part D prescriptions
More Part D prescriptions than 95% of clinicians listed under Surgery in Iowa (2024, 221 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 61. Middle half: 23 to 126.
Too few clinicians listed under Surgery in Decorah have Medicare Part D data for 2024 to compare.
Part D drug cost
A higher Part D drug cost than 90% of clinicians listed under Surgery in Iowa (2024, 221 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $320. Middle half: $87 to $2,116.
Too few clinicians listed under Surgery in Decorah have Medicare Part D data for 2024 to compare.
Medicare Part B
Comparisons use 2024 data. The latest CMS data for Dr. Schwickerath are from 2023.
8 active clinicians are listed under Surgery with a practice address in Decorah, IA (437 in Iowa).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
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 went from 11 in 2017 to 35 in 2023.
- 2017: 11
- 2022: 16
- 2023: 35
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount increased 100% from $1,103 in 2017 to $2,209 in 2023.
- 2017: $1,103
- 2022: $1,082
- 2023: $2,209
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare went from $572 in 2017 to $1,768 in 2023.
- 2017: $572
- 2022: $867
- 2023: $1,768
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Medicare Part D prescriptions
Medicare Part D prescriptions increased 195% from 238 in 2020 to 702 in 2024.
- 2020: 238
- 2021: 374
- 2022: 429
- 2023: 455
- 2024: 702
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30-day fills
30-day fills increased 235% from 327 in 2020 to 1,095 in 2024.
- 2020: 327
- 2021: 518
- 2022: 637
- 2023: 689
- 2024: 1,095
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Part D drug cost
Part D drug cost increased 449% from $1,783 in 2020 to $9,783 in 2024.
- 2020: $1,783
- 2021: $7,406
- 2022: $6,085
- 2023: $6,785
- 2024: $9,783
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Industry payments (Open Payments)
Industry payments (Open Payments) went from $100.72 in 2023 to $5,892.43 in 2025.
- 2023: $100.72
- 2025: $5,892.43
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2023), 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 $5,892.43.
| Manufacturer | Payment Nature | Product | Type | Amount ($) |
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| INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. |
Education
In-kind items and services
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DAVINCI XI | General | $2,500.00 |
| INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. |
Education
In-kind items and services
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DAVINCI XI | General | $1,500.00 |
| INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. |
Travel and Lodging
In-kind items and services
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Da Vinci Surgical System | General | $524.00 |
| INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. |
Travel and Lodging
In-kind items and services
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Da Vinci Surgical System | General | $347.50 |
| Integra LifeSciences Corporation |
Long term medical supply or device loan
In-kind items and services
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MicroMatrix | General | $255.11 |
| Integra LifeSciences Corporation |
Long term medical supply or device loan
In-kind items and services
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Cytal | General | $215.17 |
| Integra LifeSciences Corporation |
Long term medical supply or device loan
In-kind items and services
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Cytal | General | $159.46 |
| INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. |
Travel and Lodging
In-kind items and services
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Da Vinci Surgical System | General | $145.15 |
| INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. |
Travel and Lodging
In-kind items and services
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Da Vinci Surgical System | General | $139.33 |
| INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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Da Vinci Surgical System | General | $42.10 |
| INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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Da Vinci Surgical System | General | $23.72 |
| INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. |
Travel and Lodging
In-kind items and services
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Da Vinci Surgical System | General | $19.00 |
| LifeNet Health |
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
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TheraGenesis Wound Matrix | General | $15.89 |
| INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. |
Travel and Lodging
In-kind items and services
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Da Vinci Surgical System | General | $6.00 |
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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99232
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes
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20 | 14 | $311.15 | $75.28 |
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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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15 | 11 | $233.60 | $46.90 |
Source: CMS Part B by Provider and Service, 2023; 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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| Pantoprazole Sodium | Pantoprazole Sodium | 342 | 16,915 | $2,796.08 | 109 |
| Famotidine | Famotidine | 132 | 8,099 | $890.11 | 51 |
| Peg-3350 And Electrolytes | Peg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 77 | 119 | $1,147.10 | 74 |
| Gavilyte-G | Peg3350/Sod Sulf,bicarb,cl/Kcl | 28 | 39 | $479.73 | 26 |
| Dutasteride | Dutasteride | 26 | 364 | $201.56 | โ |
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag Sulf | Sodium, Potassium,mag Sulfates | 20 | 33 | $1,378.45 | 20 |
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 17 | 86 | $120.57 | 17 |
| Mesalamine | Mesalamine | 13 | 390 | $2,316.51 | โ |
| Sertraline Hcl | Sertraline Hcl | 12 | 168 | $59.04 | โ |
| Amlodipine Besylate | Amlodipine Besylate | 12 | 168 | $51.24 | โ |
| Omeprazole | Omeprazole | 12 | 962 | $183.37 | โ |
| Lansoprazole | Lansoprazole | 11 | 527 | $159.25 | 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: 2021-02-15NUCC Taxonomy Code: 208600000X
A general surgeon has expertise related to the diagnosis - preoperative, operative and postoperative management - and management of complications of surgical conditions in the following areas: alimentary tract; abdomen; breast, skin and soft tissue; endocrine system; head and neck surgery; pediatric surgery; surgical critical care; surgical oncology; trauma and burns; and vascular surgery. General surgeons increasingly provide care through the use of minimally invasive and endoscopic techniques. Many general surgeons also possess expertise in transplantation surgery, plastic surgery and cardiothoracic surgery.
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - GENERAL SURGERY
I20160803001583
IA
4789827718
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
Winneshiek Medical Center
901 Montgomery St, Decorah, IA 521012325
Phone: 5633822911
Winneshiek Medical Center
901 Montgomery St, Decorah, IA 521012325
Phone: 5633873000
Winneshiek Medical Center
112 Jefferson St, West Union, IA 521751022
Phone: 5634223811
Secondary Practice Locations
5900 Byron Center Ave Sw
Wyoming, MI 495199606
Phone: 6162527200
Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone
Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered
Physical Therapist
Physical Therapist, Doctor of Physical Therapy, SCS
Nurse Practitioner
Family Nurse Practitioner
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Physician Assistant - Surgical
Physician Assistant (Certified)
Emergency Medicine
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Career & Practice History Timeline
Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status
Registered at 901 MONTGOMERY ST, DECORAH, IA 521012325 (Tel: 5633822911)
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 5900 BYRON CENTER AVE SW, WYOMING, MI 495199606 (Tel: 6162527200)
Registered at 5900 BYRON CENTER AVE SW, WYOMING, MI 495199606 (Tel: 6162527200)
Recorded as CAROLINE SCHWICKERATH, D.O.
Surgery (license number reported to NPPES: MI 5101019389)
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Surgery Specialists in Decorah
Mailing Address
5900 Byron Center Ave Sw
Wyoming, MI 495199606
Phone: 6162527200