Dr. John C.l. Schnars, MD

  • Jasper, GA
  • Orthopedic surgeon
NPI1962405548PAC ID4880678648
Medicare services, 2024
13,178
Medicare patients, 2024
605
Part D claims, 2024
955
MIPS score, 2024
92
Hospital affiliations
2
Practice address
620 J L White Dr, Jasper, GA 30143
Practice phone
Call (770) 801-2500
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Primary practice

Piedmont Physicians of Mountainside

Jasper, Georgia

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Dr. John C.l. Schnars is an orthopedic surgeon in Jasper, Georgia

Dr. Schnars practices at Piedmont Physicians of Mountainside in Jasper, Georgia.

Dr. Schnars' NPI, 1962405548, was assigned on May 27, 2005. Dr. Schnars graduated from Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine in 1997. Dr. Schnars holds Georgia license 046239.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
4880678648
NPI enumeration date
May 27, 2005
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(770) 801-2500
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
55
Medical school graduation
1997

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. John C.l. Schnars practices at Piedmont Physicians of Mountainside in Jasper, Georgia

Dr. Schnars' primary practice is Piedmont Physicians of Mountainside, at 620 J L White Dr, Jasper, GA 30143 in Pickens County. The practice phone is (770) 801-2500.

  • Piedmont Physicians of Mountainside
    620 J L White Dr, Jasper, GA 30143 · Pickens CountyPhone(770) 801-2500

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dr. John C.l. Schnars is affiliated with 7 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Schnars' primary practice is Piedmont Physicians of Mountainside in Jasper, Georgia. Dr. Schnars is also affiliated with Piedmont Mountainside Hospital. The medical group on file is Piedmont Physicians Obstetrics and Gynecology of Jasper. Dmand AI also links Dr. Schnars to 1 more hospital, 2 group practices and clinics, 2 home health agencies and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. John C.l. Schnars' practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Schnars practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Piedmont Physicians of MountainsideAvailable with a free account
+6 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

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Dr. John C.l. Schnars is one of 659 orthopedic surgeons in Georgia

Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Schnars' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dr. Schnars is licensed in Georgia.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Orthopaedic surgery, GeorgiaPrimaryLicense 046239 · taxonomy 207X00000X

Orthopedic surgeons near Dr. Schnars

Counts of orthopedic surgeons with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.

659orthopedic surgeons in Georgia
4orthopedic surgeons in Jasper

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. John C.l. Schnars billed Medicare for 13,178 services in 2024

CMS data shows 13,178 Medicare services from Dr. Schnars across 17 procedure codes in 2024, for 605 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $312,181 for them.

Medicare services, 202413,178
Medicare patients605
Paid by Medicare$312,181
Procedure codes17

Dr. Schnars' Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Drugs given in the office
2023: 9,7172024: 9,713No change
Surgery
2023: 1,5242024: 1,4713%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1,4582024: 1,4352%
Imaging
2023: 5252024: 5596%

Where Dr. Schnars' Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office13,09999%
  • In a facility791%

Dr. Schnars compared with the Georgia median for orthopedic surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Schnars
  • Georgia median
Medicare services
13,178vs 1,5748.4 times
Medicare patients
605vs 2802.2 times
Part D claims
894vs 3542.5 times

Medians across 619 orthopedic surgeons in Georgia with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Schnars' most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. John C.l. Schnars treated 605 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 76

CMS counts 605 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Schnars in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 256 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high blood pressure. 7% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.04, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Schnars' median patient age at 71, with 58% women.

Medicare patients, 2024605
Average age76
Average risk score1.04
Also on Medicaid7%

Dr. Schnars' Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Schnars' Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women35459%
  • Men25141%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Schnars' Medicare patients, 2024

  1. Arthritis75%
  2. High blood pressure75%
  3. High cholesterol75%
  4. Ischemic heart disease30%
  5. Anxiety27%
  6. Chronic kidney disease25%
  7. Diabetes25%
  8. Atrial fibrillation21%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Schnars' patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 71

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women58%
  • Men41%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. John C.l. Schnars wrote 955 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Schnars wrote 955 Medicare Part D claims for 325 patients. 93% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 894 of them, across 7 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $27,216 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 604 claims across 8 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024955
Drugs named by CMS7
Total drug cost$27,216
Part D patients325

Dr. Schnars' Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic892 claims93%
  • Brand-name63 claims7%

Dr. Schnars' most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Schnars' Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids25%236 of 955 claims
  • Antibiotics19%185 of 955 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 6042024: 89448%

Drugs named by CMS: 7 in 2024, 8 in 2023.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. John C.l. Schnars scored 92 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 92 out of 100 for Dr. Schnars for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Schnars accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 27 procedures of knee replacement by Dr. Schnars, more than 61% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Schnars' MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 92of 100Final score
  • 83.2of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Where Dr. Schnars ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Knee replacement
61st percentile27 procedures

CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.

Hip replacement: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. John C.l. Schnars received $2,389 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 42 general payments to Dr. Schnars from 14 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 52% of the total. Medtronic USA, Inc. paid the most, $1,092.

General payments to Dr. Schnars by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Schnars by kind, 2016 to 2025

$2.4Kin total
  • Food and beverage$1,24752%
  • Travel and lodging$1,14248%

Companies that paid Dr. Schnars the most, 2016 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. John C.l. Schnars graduated from Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine

Dr. Schnars graduated from Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine in 1997.

  1. Medical schoolMedical College of Georgia School of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. John C.l. Schnars's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. John C.l. Schnars' NPI number?

Dr. John C.l. Schnars' NPI number is 1962405548. It was assigned on May 27, 2005, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. John C.l. Schnars?

Dr. John C.l. Schnars is an orthopedic surgeon in Jasper, Georgia. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207X00000X).

Where does Dr. John C.l. Schnars practice?

Dr. Schnars practices at 620 J L White Dr, Jasper, GA 30143. Dr. Schnars' primary practice is Piedmont Physicians of Mountainside in Jasper, Georgia. Dmand AI also links Dr. Schnars to 1 hospital, 2 group practices and clinics, 2 home health agencies and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. John C.l. Schnars' office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Schnars is (770) 801-2500.

What is Dr. John C.l. Schnars' medical license number?

Dr. Schnars holds Georgia license 046239.

Which hospitals is Dr. John C.l. Schnars affiliated with?

Dr. Schnars is affiliated with Piedmont Mountainside Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Schnars to 1 more hospital.

What medical group is Dr. John C.l. Schnars part of?

Dr. Schnars is linked to Piedmont Physicians Obstetrics and Gynecology of Jasper. Dmand AI links Dr. Schnars to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. John C.l. Schnars accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Schnars billed Medicare for 13,178 services in 2024, and Dr. Schnars accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. John C.l. Schnars' MIPS score?

Dr. Schnars' MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 92 out of 100, reported through an alternative payment model (APM).

How many Medicare patients does Dr. John C.l. Schnars see?

CMS counts 605 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Schnars in 2024, with an average age of 76.

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What services does Dr. John C.l. Schnars bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Schnars' most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J3301), surgery: bones and joints (20610) and office visit, established patient (99213).

Where did Dr. John C.l. Schnars go to medical school?

Dr. Schnars graduated from Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine in 1997.

What drugs does Dr. John C.l. Schnars prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Schnars' most prescribed drugs by claims were Celecoxib, Clindamycin HCl and Meloxicam.

Has Dr. John C.l. Schnars received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $2,389 in general payments to Dr. Schnars from 14 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Medtronic USA, Inc.

How long has Dr. John C.l. Schnars been practicing?

Dr. Schnars graduated from medical school in 1997, 29 years ago.

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