Dr. Ward P Buster , DO
Neurological Surgery โข Columbus, OH
931 Chatham Ln
Columbus, OH 432212417
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Dr. Ward Buster is listed in NPPES under Neurological Surgery.
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NPI assigned on September 1, 2005; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 669 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:
- 99214 โ Established patient outpatient office visit: 99 service units.
- 99231 โ Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day: 76 service units.
- 99222 โ Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making: 69 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.
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See all 16 records in the table ยท Guide: How to read Medicare Part B data
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Published CMS data list 81 Medicare Part D prescriptions, including refills, in 2022.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers โ by Provider and Drug, 2022. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part D records, 2022:
- Celecoxib โ 23 prescription fills, including refills.
- Gabapentin โ 19 prescription fills, including refills.
- Cyclobenzaprine Hcl โ 15 prescription fills, including refills.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers โ by Provider and Drug, 2022. Drug names come from pharmacy claims. Listing a drug here is not an endorsement or a recommendation.
See all 5 records in the table ยท Guide: How to read Medicare Part D prescriber data
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More Medicare Part B services than 85% of clinicians listed under Neurological Surgery in Columbus, OH (2024, 39 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 244. Middle half: 155 to 430.
More Medicare Part B services than 85% of clinicians listed under Neurological Surgery in Ohio (2024, 195 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 225. Middle half: 115 to 420.
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 640 in 2020 to 669 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2020โ2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
931 Chatham Ln
Columbus, OH 432212417
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: Ohiohealth Corporation. 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
1997
What Public CMS Data Show
Neurological Surgery: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
284 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 $144,610 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 $113,567 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
87 standardized 30-day fills in 2022
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
$2,090 in 2022
The total cost of these prescriptions in 2022, 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, 2022.
Open Payments general payments, program year 2025
All general payments: $278.98 across 2 records.
By nature of payment
- Food and Beverage: $278.98 across 2 records.
Reporting-company totals
- Medtronic, Inc.: $139.54 across 1 record.
- Intrinsic Therapeutics: $139.44 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
29 years (graduated 1997)
CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 1997 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
2005
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. Buster 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. Buster 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 Columbus and Ohio
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
More Medicare Part B services than 85% of clinicians listed under Neurological Surgery in Columbus, OH (2024, 39 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 244. Middle half: 155 to 430.
More Medicare Part B services than 85% of clinicians listed under Neurological Surgery in Ohio (2024, 195 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 225. Middle half: 115 to 420.
Medicare-allowed amount
A higher Medicare-allowed amount than 75% of clinicians listed under Neurological Surgery in Columbus, OH (2024, 39 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $48,074. Middle half: $20,969 to $124,801.
A higher Medicare-allowed amount than 85% of clinicians listed under Neurological Surgery in Ohio (2024, 195 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $31,909. Middle half: $14,048 to $86,787.
Paid by Medicare
A higher Medicare payment amount than 75% of clinicians listed under Neurological Surgery in Columbus, OH (2024, 39 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $37,798. Middle half: $15,747 to $99,045.
A higher Medicare payment amount than 85% of clinicians listed under Neurological Surgery in Ohio (2024, 195 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $24,609. Middle half: $11,009 to $66,867.
Medicare Part D
Comparisons use 2024 data. The latest CMS data for Dr. Buster are from 2022.
85 active clinicians are listed under Neurological Surgery with a practice address in Columbus, OH (357 in Ohio).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Columbus
29.4% of these 85 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
61.2% of these 85 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: 640 in 2020 and 669 in 2024.
- 2020: 640
- 2021: 648
- 2022: 581
- 2023: 774
- 2024: 669
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount increased 26% from $114,819 in 2020 to $144,610 in 2024.
- 2020: $114,819
- 2021: $103,459
- 2022: $118,916
- 2023: $184,276
- 2024: $144,610
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare increased 25% from $90,550 in 2020 to $113,567 in 2024.
- 2020: $90,550
- 2021: $80,886
- 2022: $91,717
- 2023: $145,136
- 2024: $113,567
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Medicare Part D prescriptions
Medicare Part D prescriptions decreased 64% from 224 in 2018 to 81 in 2022.
- 2018: 224
- 2019: 193
- 2020: 200
- 2021: 174
- 2022: 81
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30-day fills
30-day fills decreased 64% from 240 in 2018 to 87 in 2022.
- 2018: 240
- 2019: 211
- 2020: 219
- 2021: 183
- 2022: 87
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Part D drug cost
Part D drug cost decreased 97% from $74,408 in 2018 to $2,090 in 2022.
- 2018: $74,408
- 2019: $2,714
- 2020: $2,261
- 2021: $2,552
- 2022: $2,090
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Industry payments (Open Payments)
Industry payments (Open Payments) went from $234.34 in 2020 to $278.98 in 2025.
- 2020: $234.34
- 2022: $70.92
- 2023: $174.25
- 2024: $1,838.02
- 2025: $278.98
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers (2022), 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): fewer than 11 records totaling $278.98.
| Manufacturer | Payment Nature | Product | Type | Amount ($) |
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| Medtronic, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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ENDOSKELETON TC NANOLOCK SURFACE TECHNOLOGY | General | $139.54 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics |
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
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BARRICAID ACD (ANNULAR CLOSURE DEVICE) | General | $139.44 |
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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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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99 | 79 | $187.00 | $124.36 |
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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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76 | 54 | $126.00 | $48.92 |
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99222
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes
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69 | 68 | $245.00 | $128.89 |
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63048
Partial removal of spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves, each additional segment
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62 | 20 | $665.00 | $210.23 |
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22614
Fusion of additional segment of spine
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50 | 19 | $1226.00 | $390.39 |
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99213
Established patient office or other outpatient visit with low level od decision making, if using time, 20 minutes or more
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48 | 43 | $126.00 | $88.61 |
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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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43 | 42 | $183.00 | $77.72 |
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99442
Telephone medical discussion with physician, 11-20 minutes
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43 | 38 | $126.00 | $88.40 |
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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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33 | 33 | $291.00 | $163.10 |
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22853
Insertion of cage or mesh device to spine bone and disc space during spine fusion
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31 | 18 | $805.00 | $257.17 |
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61783
Computer-assisted spinal procedure
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27 | 26 | $748.00 | $231.65 |
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99441
Telephone medical discussion with physician, 5-10 minutes
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23 | 19 | $76.00 | $54.58 |
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22842
Placement of stabilizing device to back, 3-6 spine bone segments
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21 | 21 | $2392.00 | $760.96 |
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22633
Fusion of spine in lower back with partial removal of spine bone and disc
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15 | 15 | $5628.00 | $1571.02 |
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63052
Partial removal of bone of single segment of spine in lower back with release of spinal cord and/or nerves during fusion of spine in lower back
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15 | 15 | $785.00 | $257.87 |
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63047
Partial removal of spine bone with release of lower spinal cord and/or nerves, 1 segment
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14 | 14 | $3339.00 | $818.51 |
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 2022.
| Brand Name | Generic Name | Prescriptions | Day Supply | Total Cost | Patients |
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| Celecoxib | Celecoxib | 23 | 674 | $1,240.41 | โ |
| Gabapentin | Gabapentin | 19 | 727 | $360.66 | โ |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 15 | 420 | $242.04 | โ |
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 13 | 91 | $101.70 | โ |
| Tizanidine Hcl | Tizanidine Hcl | 11 | 290 | $144.99 | โ |
Source: CMS Part D by Provider and Drug, 2022; rows below 11 claims omitted by CMS; volume isn’t quality. Privacy limits
Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 207T00000X
A neurological surgeon provides the operative and non-operative management (i.e., prevention, diagnosis, evaluation, treatment, critical care, and rehabilitation) of disorders of the central, peripheral, and autonomic nervous systems, including their supporting structures and vascular supply; the evaluation and treatment of pathological processes which modify function or activity of the nervous system; and the operative and non-operative management of pain. A neurological surgeon treats patients with disorders of the nervous system; disorders of the brain, meninges, skull, and their blood supply, including the extracranial carotid and vertebral arteries; disorders of the pituitary gland; disorders of the spinal cord, meninges, and vertebral column, including those which may require treatment by spinal fusion or instrumentation; and disorders of the cranial and spinal nerves throughout their distribution.
Additional State Medicaid & Healthcare Payer Identifiers
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - NEUROSURGERY
I20031119000924
OH
0446154769
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
Ohiohealth Corporation
393 E Town St, Columbus, OH 432154799
Phone: 6145669108
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
Physician Assistant (Certified)
Psychiatry & Neurology - Neurology
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Psychiatry & Neurology - Neurology
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Physician Assistant - Surgical
Physician Assistant (Certified)
Psychiatry & Neurology - Neurology
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Psychiatry & Neurology - Neurology
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Career & Practice History
NPI enumerated September 01, 2005.
No changes to the name, practice address, taxonomy or NPI status in this record have been observed in the monthly NPPES data files from January 2017 to August 2026.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Neurological Surgery Specialists in Columbus
- Reid Johnson
- Dr. John Mcgregor, MD
- Dr. Kelly Kiehm, MD
- Dr. Shahid Nimjee, MD, PhD
- Dr. Mark Damante, MD
- Shayna Coon, PA-C
Mailing Address
5350 Frantz Rd
Dublin, OH 430164259