Dr. Megan Michele Cecchini , MD
Surgery โข Tacoma, WA
1802 Yakima Ave Ste 104
Tacoma, WA 984055303
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NPI assigned on March 19, 2010; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 104 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:
- 99232 โ Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making: 51 service units.
- 99223 โ Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making: 20 service units.
- 99231 โ Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day: 19 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 4 records in the table ยท Guide: How to read Medicare Part B data
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Fewer Medicare Part B services than 60% of clinicians listed under Surgery in Tacoma, WA (2024, 22 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 146. Middle half: 89 to 255.
Close to the middle for Medicare Part B services among clinicians listed under Surgery in Washington (2024, 325 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 116. Middle half: 63 to 221.
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 189 in 2020 to 104 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2020โ2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
1802 Yakima Ave Ste 104
Tacoma, WA 984055303
CMS Doctors and Clinicians lists 1 group name: Franciscan Medical Group. 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
West Virginia University School Of Medicine
2010
What Public CMS Data Show
Surgery: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
86 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 $10,003 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 $7,930 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.
Open Payments general payments, program year 2025
All general payments: $10,000.00 across 4 records.
By nature of payment
- Education: $10,000.00 across 4 records.
Reporting-company totals
- INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.: $10,000.00 across 4 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
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, 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. Cecchini 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. Cecchini 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 Tacoma and Washington
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 60% of clinicians listed under Surgery in Tacoma, WA (2024, 22 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 146. Middle half: 89 to 255.
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Surgery in Washington (2024, 325 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 116. Middle half: 63 to 221.
Medicare-allowed amount
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 70% of clinicians listed under Surgery in Tacoma, WA (2024, 22 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $26,335. Middle half: $9,648 to $57,608.
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 65% of clinicians listed under Surgery in Washington (2024, 325 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $17,811. Middle half: $7,693 to $32,723.
Paid by Medicare
A lower Medicare payment amount than 70% of clinicians listed under Surgery in Tacoma, WA (2024, 22 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $19,860. Middle half: $6,869 to $44,766.
A lower Medicare payment amount than 65% of clinicians listed under Surgery in Washington (2024, 325 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $13,577. Middle half: $5,745 to $25,028.
67 active clinicians are listed under Surgery with a practice address in Tacoma, WA (791 in Washington).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Tacoma
9% of these 67 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
56.7% of these 67 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 45% from 189 in 2020 to 104 in 2024.
- 2020: 189
- 2021: 158
- 2022: 139
- 2023: 160
- 2024: 104
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount decreased 28% from $13,867 in 2020 to $10,003 in 2024.
- 2020: $13,867
- 2021: $12,004
- 2022: $10,178
- 2023: $13,164
- 2024: $10,003
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare decreased 28% from $11,086 in 2020 to $7,930 in 2024.
- 2020: $11,086
- 2021: $9,603
- 2022: $7,990
- 2023: $10,344
- 2024: $7,930
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Industry payments (Open Payments)
Industry payments (Open Payments) decreased 15% from $11,798.11 in 2022 to $10,000.00 in 2025.
- 2022: $11,798.11
- 2023: $4,823.68
- 2024: $8,540.59
- 2025: $10,000.00
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (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): fewer than 11 records totaling $10,000.00.
| Manufacturer | Payment Nature | Product | Type | Amount ($) |
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| INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. |
Education
Cash or cash equivalent
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Da Vinci Surgical System | General | $4,000.00 |
| INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. |
Education
Cash or cash equivalent
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Da Vinci Surgical System | General | $2,000.00 |
| INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. |
Education
Cash or cash equivalent
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Da Vinci Surgical System | General | $2,000.00 |
| INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. |
Education
Cash or cash equivalent
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Da Vinci Surgical System | General | $2,000.00 |
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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51 | 35 | $242.98 | $77.00 |
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99223
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes
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20 | 20 | $594.45 | $168.75 |
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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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19 | 19 | $269.16 | $48.25 |
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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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14 | 14 | $452.71 | $127.43 |
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
Self-certified to NPPES: 2025-02-28NUCC 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.
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 2086S0127X
Trauma surgery is a recognized subspecialty of general surgery. Trauma surgeons are physicians who have completed a five-year general surgery residency and usually continue with a one to two year fellowship in trauma and/or surgical critical care, typically leading to additional board certification in surgical critical care. There is no trauma surgery board certification at this point. To obtain board certification in surgical critical care, a fellowship in surgical critical care or anesthesiology critical care must be completed during or after general surgery residency.
Additional State Medicaid & Healthcare Payer Identifiers
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - EMERGENCY MEDICINE
I20150921002973
WA
2466696315
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
Franciscan Medical Group
1802 Yakima Ave, Tacoma, WA 984055303
Phone: 2534266739
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 Practitioner - Family
Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner
Physician Assistant - Surgical
Physician Assistant (Certified)
Physician Assistant
Physician Assistant (Certified)
Physician Assistant
MPAS, Physician Assistant (Certified)
Physician Assistant - Surgical
Physician Assistant (Certified)
Physician Assistant
Physician Assistant (Certified)
Career & Practice History Timeline
Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status
Registered at 1802 YAKIMA AVE STE 104, TACOMA, WA 984055303 (Tel: 2534266272)
Registered at 1802 YAKIMA AVE STE 104, TACOMA, WA 984055303 (Tel: 2534266272)
Surgery (license number reported to NPPES: WA MD60551208)
Registered at 315 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR WAY, TACOMA, WA 984054234 (Tel: 2534037537)
Registered at 315 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR WAY, MS: 315-R1-TRM, TACOMA, WA 98405 (Tel: 2534037537)
Surgery (license number reported to NPPES: WA MD60551208)
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 925 SENECA ST, MS H8-GME, SEATTLE, WA 981012742 (Tel: 2065836079)
Registered at 925 SENECA ST, MS H8-GME, SEATTLE, WA 981012742 (Tel: 2065836079)
Recorded as MEGAN CECCHINI, M.D.
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Surgery Specialists in Tacoma
- Dr. Matthew Jacobsson, DO
- Liya Savochka
- Dr. Nathan Conway, MD
- Dr. Joshua Rosen, MD
- Dr. William Ketchum, MD
- Dr. Dean Fellabaum, MD
Mailing Address
1802 Yakima Ave Ste 104
Tacoma, WA 984055303
Phone: 2534266272