Dr. Edwin Shepherd , DC
Chiropractor โข Seattle, WA
1500 Westlake Ave N Ste 118
Seattle, WA 981093036
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NPI assigned on June 16, 2005; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 252 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:
- 98940 โ Chiropractic manipulative treatment, 1-2 spinal regions: 150 service units.
- 98941 โ Chiropractic manipulative treatment, 3-4 spinal regions: 102 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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Close to the middle for Medicare Part B services among clinicians listed under Chiropractor in Seattle, WA (2024, 63 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 203. Middle half: 119 to 355.
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 60% of clinicians listed under Chiropractor in Washington (2024, 975 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 332. Middle half: 183 to 595.
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 151 in 2019 to 252 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2019โ2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
1500 Westlake Ave N Ste 118
Seattle, WA 981093036
Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.
Medicare Profile & Education
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File
1981
What Public CMS Data Show
Chiropractor: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
15 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 $8,424 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 $6,015 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.
Industry payments (Open Payments)
No Open Payments records are listed for this clinician for 2019โ2025.
Years since graduation
45 years (graduated 1981)
CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 1981 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.
May accept Medicare assignment
CMS data show this clinician may accept Medicare assignment. Clinicians who do not always accept assignment can decide case by case.
Ask the office before your visit. If a clinician does not accept assignment for a service, they can charge up to 15% more than the Medicare-approved amount, and you may be asked to pay the full amount at the visit.
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. Shepherd 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 Seattle and Washington
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Chiropractor in Seattle, WA (2024, 63 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 203. Middle half: 119 to 355.
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 60% of clinicians listed under Chiropractor in Washington (2024, 975 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 332. Middle half: 183 to 595.
Medicare-allowed amount
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Chiropractor in Seattle, WA (2024, 63 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $8,323. Middle half: $5,197 to $14,332.
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 65% of clinicians listed under Chiropractor in Washington (2024, 975 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $12,959. Middle half: $7,187 to $22,851.
Paid by Medicare
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Chiropractor in Seattle, WA (2024, 63 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $5,914. Middle half: $3,720 to $9,834.
A lower Medicare payment amount than 65% of clinicians listed under Chiropractor in Washington (2024, 975 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $8,958. Middle half: $4,962 to $16,171.
350 active clinicians are listed under Chiropractor with a practice address in Seattle, WA (3,009 in Washington).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Seattle
0% of these 350 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
23.7% of these 350 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 67% from 151 in 2019 to 252 in 2024.
- 2019: 151
- 2022: 94
- 2024: 252
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount increased 93% from $4,362 in 2019 to $8,424 in 2024.
- 2019: $4,362
- 2022: $2,733
- 2024: $8,424
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare increased 73% from $3,476 in 2019 to $6,015 in 2024.
- 2019: $3,476
- 2022: $1,878
- 2024: $6,015
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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98940
Chiropractic manipulative treatment, 1-2 spinal regions
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150 | 11 | $64.93 | $28.50 |
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98941
Chiropractic manipulative treatment, 3-4 spinal regions
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102 | 11 | $74.95 | $40.68 |
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
I20130812000851
WA
5698710614
Sources: CMS Provider Enrollment and Order and Referring. Medicare enrollment is a billing status, not an accreditation or quality rating.
Career & Practice History Timeline
Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status
Registered at 1500 WESTLAKE AVE N STE 118, SEATTLE, WA 981093036 (Tel: 2066911800)
Registered at 1500 WESTLAKE AVE N STE 118, SEATTLE, WA 981093036 (Tel: 2066911800)
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 180 NICKERSON ST, SUITE 104, SEATTLE, WA 981091631 (Tel: 2066911800)
Registered at 180 NICKERSON ST, SUITE 104, SEATTLE, WA 981091631 (Tel: 2066911800)
Recorded as EDWIN SHEPHERD, DC
Chiropractor (license number reported to NPPES: WA CH60178630)
Registered at 180 NICKERSON ST, SUITE 104, SEATTLE, WA 981091631 (Tel: 2066911800)
Registered at 180 NICKERSON ST, SUITE 104, SEATTLE, WA 981091631 (Tel: 2066911800)
Chiropractor (license number reported to NPPES: WA CH60178630)
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 1223 US ROUTE 202, WINTHROP, ME 043643810 (Tel: 2073779344)
Registered at 1223 US ROUTE 202, WINTHROP, ME 043643810 (Tel: 2073779344)
Recorded as EDWIN SHEPHERD, DC
Chiropractor (license number reported to NPPES: ME CR806)
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Chiropractors in Seattle
- Dr. Jerry Weider, DC
- Dr. Skylar Pond, DC
- Dr. Michael Arsheed, DC
- Dr. Hugh Wilson, DC
- Dr. Sushil Vasudeva, DC
- Dr. James Devine, DC
Mailing Address
1500 Westlake Ave N Ste 118
Seattle, WA 981093036
Phone: 2066911800