Dr. Kenneth S Helmer , MD
Surgery • Tyler, TX
612 S Fleishel Ave
Tyler, TX 757012012
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NPI assigned on July 4, 2006; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 73 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:
- 99232 — Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making: 50 service units.
- 99222 — Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making: 23 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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Published CMS data list 11 Medicare Part D prescriptions, including refills, in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers – by Provider and Drug, 2024. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part D records, 2024:
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen (Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen) — 11 prescription fills, including refills.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers – by Provider and Drug, 2024. Drug names come from pharmacy claims. Listing a drug here is not an endorsement or a recommendation.
See the full table · Guide: How to read Medicare Part D prescriber data
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Fewer Medicare Part B services than 80% of clinicians listed under Surgery in Tyler, TX (2024, 19 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 183. Middle half: 99 to 283.
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 70% of clinicians listed under Surgery in Texas (2024, 1,113 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 148. Middle half: 72 to 277.
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 232 in 2020 to 73 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2020–2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
612 S Fleishel Ave
Tyler, TX 757012012
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: Conroe Montgomery Physicians Group, Pllc. 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
1998
What Public CMS Data Show
Surgery: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
62 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 $6,554 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 $5,164 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.
30-day fills
11 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
$108 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 – by Provider and Drug, 2024.
Open Payments general payments, program year 2025
All general payments: $420.15 across 11 records.
By nature of payment
- Food and Beverage: $420.15 across 11 records.
Reporting-company totals (3 largest of 6)
- Ethicon Inc.: $150.34 across 4 records.
- Smith+Nephew, Inc.: $109.94 across 1 record.
- Kerecis Limited: $73.08 across 3 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
28 years (graduated 1998)
CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 1998 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
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.
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. Helmer 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. Helmer 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 Tyler and Texas
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 80% of clinicians listed under Surgery in Tyler, TX (2024, 19 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 183. Middle half: 99 to 283.
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 70% of clinicians listed under Surgery in Texas (2024, 1,113 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 148. Middle half: 72 to 277.
Medicare-allowed amount
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 80% of clinicians listed under Surgery in Tyler, TX (2024, 19 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $27,732. Middle half: $9,226 to $75,691.
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 80% of clinicians listed under Surgery in Texas (2024, 1,113 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $20,825. Middle half: $8,873 to $41,247.
Paid by Medicare
A lower Medicare payment amount than 85% of clinicians listed under Surgery in Tyler, TX (2024, 19 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $20,677. Middle half: $7,041 to $59,576.
A lower Medicare payment amount than 80% of clinicians listed under Surgery in Texas (2024, 1,113 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $15,568. Middle half: $6,700 to $31,964.
Medicare Part D prescriptions
Fewer Part D prescriptions than 95% of clinicians listed under Surgery in Tyler, TX (2024, 15 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 95. Middle half: 38 to 150.
Fewer Part D prescriptions than 95% of clinicians listed under Surgery in Texas (2024, 936 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 70. Middle half: 31 to 145.
Part D drug cost
A lower Part D drug cost than 90% of clinicians listed under Surgery in Tyler, TX (2024, 15 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $737. Middle half: $320 to $1,722.
A lower Part D drug cost than 80% of clinicians listed under Surgery in Texas (2024, 936 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $502. Middle half: $180 to $1,728.
29 active clinicians are listed under Surgery with a practice address in Tyler, TX (2,193 in Texas).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Tyler
3.4% of these 29 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
69% of these 29 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 69% from 232 in 2020 to 73 in 2024.
- 2020: 232
- 2021: 177
- 2022: 103
- 2023: 131
- 2024: 73
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount decreased 73% from $24,188 in 2020 to $6,554 in 2024.
- 2020: $24,188
- 2021: $17,823
- 2022: $10,032
- 2023: $12,331
- 2024: $6,554
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare decreased 73% from $18,879 in 2020 to $5,164 in 2024.
- 2020: $18,879
- 2021: $13,732
- 2022: $7,926
- 2023: $8,801
- 2024: $5,164
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Medicare Part D prescriptions
Medicare Part D prescriptions decreased 62% from 29 in 2014 to 11 in 2024.
- 2014: 29
- 2015: 16
- 2016: 20
- 2017: 19
- 2024: 11
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30-day fills
30-day fills decreased 63% from 29 in 2014 to 11 in 2024.
- 2014: 29
- 2015: 16
- 2016: 20
- 2017: 19
- 2024: 11
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Part D drug cost
Part D drug cost went from $248 in 2014 to $108 in 2024.
- 2014: $248
- 2015: $296
- 2016: $386
- 2017: $263
- 2024: $108
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Industry payments (Open Payments)
Industry payments (Open Payments) went from $379.77 in 2021 to $420.15 in 2025.
- 2021: $379.77
- 2022: $214.70
- 2023: $129.77
- 2024: $203.27
- 2025: $420.15
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 – December 31, 2025): 11 records totaling $420.15.
| Manufacturer | Payment Nature | Product | Type | Amount ($) |
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| Smith+Nephew, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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Versajet | General | $109.94 |
| Ethicon Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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Echelon; Endopath | General | $43.31 |
| Ethicon Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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Enseal | General | $39.45 |
| Ethicon Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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Enseal | General | $38.98 |
| Medinc of Texas |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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— | General | $33.53 |
| HemoSonics LLC |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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QUNATRA QPLUS SYSTEM | General | $31.53 |
| Kerecis Limited |
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
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Kerecis SurgiClose | General | $31.22 |
| Ethicon Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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STRATAFIX | General | $28.60 |
| Kerecis Limited |
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
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Kerecis SurgiClose | General | $25.83 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated |
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
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— | General | $21.73 |
| Kerecis Limited |
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
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Kerecis SurgiClose | General | $16.03 |
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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50 | 29 | $143.66 | $73.83 |
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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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23 | 22 | $275.61 | $124.44 |
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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| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 11 | 89 | $108.17 | 11 |
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
NUCC 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.
Additional State Medicaid & Healthcare Payer Identifiers
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - GENERAL SURGERY
I20060829000301
TX
0749284073
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
Conroe Montgomery Physicians Group, Pllc
504 Medical Ctr Blvd, Conroe, TX 773042808
Phone: 9365397415
Conroe Montgomery Physicians Group, Pllc
508 Medical Ctr Blvd, Conroe, TX 773042845
Phone: 8367604600
Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone
Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.
Surgery - Trauma Surgery
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Surgery - Trauma Surgery
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Surgery - Trauma Surgery
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Surgery - Trauma Surgery
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Nurse Practitioner - Acute Care
Registered Nurse, ACNP
Career & Practice History
NPI enumerated July 04, 2006.
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 Surgery Specialists in Tyler
- Dr. Michael Norton, MD
- Dr. John Lahourcade, MD
- Dr. Clinton Mcgehee, MD
- Dr. Bruce Applebaum, MD
- Dr. Adair Deberry-Carlisle, DO
- Dr. Thomas Mcgovern, MD
Mailing Address
Po Box 5500
Tyler, TX 757125500
Phone: 9033246400