Active NPI 1629148135 Individual Practitioner Male Practitioner

Dr. David M Steele , MD

Surgery • Lamar, MO

✓ Accepts Medicare Assignment

Professional Overview & Biography Verified Profile Summary

Dr. David Steele, MD is a certified Surgery practicing in Lamar, MO. With approximately 42 years of clinical experience since graduating from Saint Louis University School Of Medicine in 1984, Dr. Steele delivers high-quality medical care to the local community at 29 NW 1ST LN.

Dr. Steele maintains professional affiliations with Cbch Llc, Cox Barton County Hospital, Barton County Memorial Hospital and accepts Medicare assignment.

Frequently performed procedures and clinical services include established patient outpatient office visit, biopsy of large bowel using an endoscope, biopsy of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using a flexible endoscope. Full Medicare procedure pricing transparency rates and service volume details are listed on this profile.

Practice Location & Contact Primary Location

Practice Address

29 Nw 1st Ln

Lamar, MO 647598105

Telephone 4176515266

Associated Practice Facility / Clinic

🏢 Barton County Memorial Hospital Facility NPI 1104801547

Medicare Profile & Education

Medical School

Saint Louis University School Of Medicine

Graduation Year

1984

Medicare Assignment

✓ Accepts Assignment

Telehealth Flag

In-Person Only

Specialty Benchmarks & Practice Insights

Comparative analytics for Surgery in Lamar, MO

Senior Veteran Specialist (>20 Yrs)

Practitioner Clinical Experience

42 Yrs -3.5 yrs vs City Avg

City Avg: 45.5 Yrs

State Avg: 26.1 Yrs

Regional Practice Density

2 Specialists

Practicing in Lamar, MO (766 Statewide)

Telehealth Adoption Rate

0.0% Regional Adoption

In-Person Office Visits Only

Medicare Pricing Discount

77.2% Avg Savings

Under CMS Medicare Fee Schedule vs Standard Submitted Charges

Clinical Seniority & Experience Comparison

Dr. Steele (42 Years) 42 Yrs

Lamar Specialty Average (45.5 Years) 45.5 Yrs

Performed Procedures & Service Volume

Top Medicare Part B procedures performed by this practitioner

CMS Official Data (2024)

Reporting Year:

HCPCS Code & Description	Services	Patients	Submitted Charge	Medicare Allowed
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes	112	17	$149.85	$61.37
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	65	17	$230.34	$90.48
45380 Biopsy of large bowel using an endoscope	64	63	$812.40	$149.71
43239 Biopsy of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using a flexible endoscope	49	47	$536.40	$80.37
45385 Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope with mechanical snare	12	12	$964.80	$232.47

HCPCS Code & Description	Services	Patients	Submitted Charge	Medicare Allowed
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes	115	16	$135.94	$62.08
45380 Biopsy of large bowel using an endoscope	49	48	$812.40	$150.80
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	49	13	$204.15	$91.67
43239 Biopsy of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using a flexible endoscope	33	32	$536.40	$94.83
45385 Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope with mechanical snare	13	13	$964.80	$235.16

HCPCS Code & Description	Services	Patients	Submitted Charge	Medicare Allowed
45380 Biopsy of large bowel using an endoscope	52	51	$812.40	$155.81
43239 Biopsy of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using a flexible endoscope	42	38	$536.40	$93.31
45385 Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope with mechanical snare	13	12	$964.80	$226.31

HCPCS Code & Description	Services	Patients	Submitted Charge	Medicare Allowed
43239 Biopsy of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using a flexible endoscope	40	38	$447.00	$104.89
45380 Biopsy of large bowel using an endoscope	33	33	$677.00	$167.15

HCPCS Code & Description	Services	Patients	Submitted Charge	Medicare Allowed
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes	148	29	$139.00	$50.37
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	64	24	$211.00	$77.28
45380 Biopsy of large bowel using an endoscope	49	48	$1196.00	$182.77
11042 Removal of skin and tissue, 20.0 sq cm or less	41	19	$259.29	$59.85
43239 Biopsy of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using a flexible endoscope	40	36	$881.00	$91.98
97597 Removal of tissue from wound, 20.0 sq cm or less	24	11	$138.00	$36.81
99222 Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes	20	19	$311.00	$134.80
99223 Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes	15	15	$463.00	$198.45

HCPCS Code & Description	Services	Patients	Submitted Charge	Medicare Allowed
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes	463	73	$153.46	$49.41
15275 Application of skin substitute graft to wound of face, scalp, eyelids, mouth, neck, ears, around eyes, genitals, hands, feet, fingers, or toes, 25.0 sq cm or less of wound 100.0 sq cm or less	224	21	$479.80	$94.42
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	194	60	$231.01	$76.29
97597 Removal of tissue from wound, 20.0 sq cm or less	134	40	$148.28	$23.69
11042 Removal of skin and tissue, 20.0 sq cm or less	116	38	$284.05	$56.19
15271 Application of skin substitute graft to wound of trunk, arms, or legs, 25.0 sq cm or less of wound 100.0 sq cm or less	87	20	$442.11	$82.96
45380 Biopsy of large bowel using an endoscope	70	66	$1192.70	$187.38
43239 Biopsy of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using a flexible endoscope	57	53	$867.74	$102.59
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with high level of medical decision making, if using time, 40 minutes or more	50	31	$312.20	$106.51
99222 Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes	30	29	$313.33	$133.56
99232 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes	25	14	$160.28	$70.89
99223 Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes	24	24	$446.00	$197.10
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, 45 minutes or more	23	23	$355.91	$125.87

HCPCS Code & Description	Services	Patients	Submitted Charge	Medicare Allowed
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes	481	68	$169.91	$47.61
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	202	57	$253.19	$73.36
15271 Application of skin substitute graft to wound of trunk, arms, or legs, 25.0 sq cm or less of wound 100.0 sq cm or less	168	18	$494.00	$79.59
15275 Application of skin substitute graft to wound of face, scalp, eyelids, mouth, neck, ears, around eyes, genitals, hands, feet, fingers, or toes, 25.0 sq cm or less of wound 100.0 sq cm or less	166	23	$529.00	$90.98
97597 Removal of tissue from wound, 20.0 sq cm or less	115	32	$165.00	$22.66
11042 Removal of skin and tissue, 20.0 sq cm or less	95	41	$329.00	$55.63
45380 Biopsy of large bowel using an endoscope	87	84	$1166.89	$170.26
43239 Biopsy of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using a flexible endoscope	77	75	$854.77	$90.90
99222 Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes	60	55	$313.73	$128.16
99232 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes	52	27	$159.87	$68.09
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with high level of medical decision making, if using time, 40 minutes or more	46	27	$349.78	$103.78
99223 Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes	41	37	$422.15	$186.26
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, 45 minutes or more	17	17	$383.65	$121.27
45378 Diagnostic exam of large bowel using a flexible endoscope	17	15	$973.71	$173.50
46221 Removal of external hemorrhoids by rubber banding	16	14	$539.94	$109.70
G0105 Colorectal cancer screening; colonoscopy on individual at high risk	14	14	$937.00	$171.33
43235 Diagnostic exam of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using a flexible endoscope	14	13	$660.00	$84.42
99233 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes	13	12	$239.38	$97.51

HCPCS Code & Description	Services	Patients	Submitted Charge	Medicare Allowed
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes	478	79	$169.59	$44.87
15271 Application of skin substitute graft to wound of trunk, arms, or legs, 25.0 sq cm or less of wound 100.0 sq cm or less	152	22	$494.00	$75.48
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	145	61	$255.00	$68.88
43239 Biopsy of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using a flexible endoscope	82	75	$853.00	$87.90
45380 Biopsy of large bowel using an endoscope	79	76	$1115.00	$164.07
11042 Removal of skin and tissue, 20.0 sq cm or less	72	25	$329.00	$52.22
99222 Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes	67	57	$311.10	$120.93
97597 Removal of tissue from wound, 20.0 sq cm or less	55	31	$165.00	$20.85
99232 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes	35	22	$164.94	$63.58
99223 Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes	33	31	$399.03	$178.54
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with high level of medical decision making, if using time, 40 minutes or more	29	19	$348.52	$95.40
99212 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with straightforward medical decision making, if using time, 10 minutes or more	26	18	$107.00	$22.55
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, 45 minutes or more	20	20	$400.90	$114.94
46221 Removal of external hemorrhoids by rubber banding	15	12	$518.00	$98.93
G0105 Colorectal cancer screening; colonoscopy on individual at high risk	14	14	$937.00	$150.85

Medical Specialties & State Licenses

CMS Verified: 2021-07-21

Surgery Primary Specialty

NUCC Taxonomy Code: 208600000X

State License MO 107862

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.