Dr. Thomas S. Ridder, MD

Dr. Ridder practices at UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central in Colorado Springs, Colorado, part of UCHealth.

Dr. Ridder's NPI, 1487851838, was assigned on June 29, 2007. Dr. Ridder holds Colorado license DR-0053836.

Dr. Ridder's primary practice is UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central, at 1400 E Boulder St, Colorado Springs, CO 80909 in El Paso County. The practice phone is (719) 365-5000.

Dr. Ridder's primary practice is UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central in Colorado Springs, Colorado, part of UCHealth. Dr. Ridder is also affiliated with UCHealth Grandview Hospital. The medical group on file is University of Colorado Medicine (CU Medicine). Dmand AI also links Dr. Ridder to 2 more hospitals and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Ridder practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

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

CMS data shows 75 Medicare services from Dr. Ridder across 4 procedure codes in 2024, for 78 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $7,538 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 78 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ridder in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 32 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 67% have high blood pressure. 21% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.40, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Ridder's median patient age at 57, with 55% women.

In 2024, Dr. Ridder wrote 52 Medicare Part D claims for 20 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 24 of them, across 2 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $484 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 58 claims across 3 drugs.

Dr. Ridder accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Ridder as offering telehealth. CMS counts 26 procedures of laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones) by Dr. Ridder, more than 56% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 11 papers to Dr. Ridder, published from 2012 to 2023. 2015 was the busiest year, with 3. The most frequent topics are Apoptosis, MAP Kinase Kinase 1 and Signal Transduction. Dr. Ridder has published most often in J Neurosurg Pediatr. Dr. Ridder's most frequent co-authors are Jennifer Lynn Rhodes, MD, Laura Z. Fenton, MD and Brooke M. French, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 35 general payments to Dr. Ridder from 9 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2025. Travel and lodging make up the largest share, 74% of the total. Globus Medical, Inc. paid the most, $1,488.