Dr. Thomas Ostergard, MD

Dr. Ostergard practices at Huntsville Hospital in Huntsville, Alabama, part of City of Huntsville, AL.

Dr. Ostergard's NPI, 1588921969, was assigned on April 23, 2012. Dr. Ostergard holds Alabama license 50581.

Dr. Ostergard's primary practice is Huntsville Hospital, at 101 Sivley Rd, Huntsville, AL 35801 in Madison County. The practice phone is (256) 265-1000.

Dr. Ostergard's primary practice is Huntsville Hospital in Huntsville, Alabama, part of City of Huntsville, AL. Dr. Ostergard is also affiliated with Crestwood Medical Center. The medical group on file is Huntsville Hospital Spine & Neuro Center. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ostergard to 2 more hospitals, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Ostergard practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Neurological surgery is Dr. Ostergard's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207T00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Ostergard's licenses on file in 2 states: Alabama and North Carolina.

CMS data shows 115 Medicare services from Dr. Ostergard across 4 procedure codes in 2024, for 108 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $9,781 for them.

CMS counts 108 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ostergard in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 46 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 11% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.35, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Ostergard's median patient age at 60, with 51% women.

In 2024, Dr. Ostergard wrote 168 Medicare Part D claims for 63 patients. 97% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 107 of them, across 4 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $788 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 408 claims across 10 drugs.

Dr. Ostergard accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 61 procedures of spinal fusion by Dr. Ostergard, more than 60% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 12 papers to Dr. Ostergard, published from 2014 to 2018. 2018 was the busiest year, with 3. The most frequent topics are Craniotomy and Motor Cortex. Dr. Ostergard has published most often in Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). Dr. Ostergard's most frequent co-authors are Simone Esther Dekker, MD, PhD, Chad Glenn, MD and Brian David Rothstein, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 52 general payments to Dr. Ostergard from 20 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Medtronic, Inc. paid the most, $653.